MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: KIAB Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 98 SFC 965 405 20.0 19.9 99 0.1 19.9 152 4 296.2 298.9 294.4 340.3 15.33 2 950 539 19.3 19.3 100 -0.0 19.3 150 9 296.7 299.4 294.3 339.9 14.97 3 900 1003 16.6 16.6 100 -0.0 16.7 177 17 298.6 301.1 293.7 337.5 13.35 4 850 1491 16.2 15.9 98 0.3 16.0 207 23 303.1 305.6 295.0 343.0 13.46 5 800 2007 15.0 12.1 83 2.9 13.1 224 11 307.2 309.2 294.6 340.9 11.19 6 750 2553 13.5 1.4 44 12.1 6.8 210 7 311.2 312.3 291.4 328.8 5.65 7 700 3130 9.3 -0.3 51 9.6 4.2 172 10 312.8 313.8 291.6 329.6 5.35 8 650 3739 4.6 -1.6 64 6.2 1.4 158 13 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.8 5.25 9 600 4387 0.7 -4.5 68 5.2 -1.8 192 15 316.9 317.8 292.2 331.7 4.58 10 550 5082 -2.6 -7.5 69 4.9 -4.8 217 20 321.0 321.8 292.8 334.1 3.97 11 500 5830 -7.4 -9.8 83 2.4 -8.4 235 30 324.0 324.7 293.3 336.1 3.63 12 450 6642 -13.1 -14.3 91 1.2 -13.6 233 33 326.7 327.3 293.4 336.2 2.81 13 400 7528 -19.5 -22.6 77 3.1 -20.4 236 35 329.6 329.9 293.1 335.1 1.56 14 350 8507 -26.1 -28.5 80 2.4 -26.6 255 35 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.4 1.04 15 300 9604 -34.0 -37.1 73 3.1 -34.4 243 42 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.5 0.53 16 250 10859 -42.7 -49.0 50 6.3 -43.2 241 68 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.18 17 200 12321 -55.2 -59.2 61 3.9 -55.4 243 66 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.6 0.07 18 150 14106 -65.8 -80.6 11 14.8 -65.9 260 80 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.00 19 100 16581 -67.0 -88.8 3 21.8 -67.1 258 33 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.44 m Freezing level: 589.05 mb = 4538.87 m = 14891.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.88 mb = 4019.36 m = 13186.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.87 mb = 414.33 m = 1359.32 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 14.16 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.68 mb = 798.89 m = 2621.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.62 C = 70.92 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 29.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 132.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.77 mb = 872.92 m = 2863.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.77 mb = 920.07 m = 3018.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 878.77 mb = 1207.00 m = 3959.92 ft B at Equ Level: 21.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 818.77 mb = 1809.80 m = 5937.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.0 neg: -9.7 tot: 104.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 6.83 Bulk Shear: 19.48 m/s