MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F054.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F054.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 38.25,-75.69 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -75.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 5 27.8 21.5 69 6.2 23.3 62 2 300.6 303.6 296.3 348.5 16.32 1 1000 38 28.0 21.1 66 7.0 23.0 65 2 301.2 304.1 296.2 348.0 15.92 2 950 492 24.2 19.5 75 4.7 20.9 201 2 301.8 304.5 295.8 346.4 15.16 3 900 963 20.6 18.2 86 2.4 18.9 200 7 302.8 305.5 295.8 346.5 14.76 4 850 1456 17.0 15.4 90 1.6 15.9 208 16 304.0 306.4 295.0 342.8 13.05 5 800 1971 13.9 9.3 74 4.6 11.0 234 19 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.8 9.26 6 750 2512 10.5 5.4 71 5.0 7.5 240 26 307.9 309.4 292.0 330.9 7.53 7 700 3083 6.6 5.2 91 1.4 5.8 243 25 309.8 311.3 292.9 334.2 7.95 8 650 3689 2.8 1.7 92 1.1 2.2 250 27 312.2 313.5 292.5 333.0 6.69 9 600 4333 -1.1 -2.1 93 1.0 -1.6 257 30 314.9 315.9 292.3 332.2 5.48 10 550 5022 -4.6 -8.4 75 3.8 -6.3 263 29 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.6 3.69 11 500 5767 -9.0 -11.9 79 2.9 -10.2 268 29 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.3 3.08 12 450 6575 -13.3 -14.9 87 1.7 -13.9 264 26 326.6 327.1 293.2 335.6 2.67 13 400 7464 -18.6 -29.1 39 10.5 -21.0 283 44 330.8 331.0 292.8 334.0 0.86 14 350 8445 -25.5 -47.0 12 21.5 -27.9 285 57 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.16 15 300 9544 -33.9 -52.8 13 18.9 -35.3 293 69 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.09 16 250 10794 -44.1 -53.9 33 9.7 -44.6 287 80 340.4 340.5 294.5 340.9 0.10 17 200 12247 -56.2 -60.5 58 4.3 -56.3 285 83 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14038 -63.8 -70.7 39 6.9 -63.9 250 71 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16541 -61.0 -86.6 2 25.5 -61.3 282 30 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.34 m Freezing level: 613.64 mb = 4156.90 m = 13637.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.51 mb = 4062.20 m = 13327.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.14 mb = 798.89 m = 2620.99 ft T: 21.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 15.54 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1302.86 m = 4274.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 39.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1486.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.99 mb = 1079.21 m = 3540.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.99 mb = 1526.23 m = 5007.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.99 mb = 12800.29 m = 41995.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1466.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.99 mb = 15787.12 m = 51794.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 21.93 Bulk Shear: 67.79 m/s