MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 13Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 40.75,-77.83 Latitude: 40.75 Longitude: -77.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 964 442 19.6 19.4 99 0.2 19.5 264 1 295.8 298.5 294.0 338.7 14.88 2 950 564 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.4 235 1 296.0 298.5 293.4 336.6 14.12 3 900 1029 18.1 14.7 80 3.5 15.8 136 2 300.2 302.3 293.0 334.6 11.75 4 850 1517 14.5 13.6 94 0.9 14.0 229 5 301.4 303.5 293.2 335.6 11.61 5 800 2027 10.9 9.0 88 1.9 9.8 255 9 302.8 304.5 291.6 329.8 9.06 6 750 2563 7.9 7.5 97 0.4 7.6 232 15 305.1 306.8 292.0 331.3 8.68 7 700 3129 4.6 3.6 94 0.9 4.1 229 15 307.5 308.9 291.5 329.3 7.12 8 650 3730 1.1 0.0 92 1.1 0.5 233 18 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.5 5.90 9 600 4370 -2.7 -3.2 97 0.5 -3.0 244 18 312.9 313.9 291.4 328.8 5.04 10 550 5055 -6.5 -6.6 99 0.1 -6.6 258 17 316.3 317.1 291.7 329.9 4.24 11 500 5794 -10.4 -14.0 75 3.6 -11.7 253 19 320.4 320.9 291.5 329.0 2.60 12 450 6599 -15.0 -21.0 60 6.0 -16.8 241 21 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.8 1.59 13 400 7479 -20.7 -25.4 66 4.7 -21.8 236 26 328.1 328.3 292.4 332.4 1.22 14 350 8451 -28.2 -33.9 58 5.7 -29.2 212 28 330.7 330.8 292.5 333.0 0.62 15 300 9539 -37.0 -40.8 68 3.7 -37.4 224 25 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.36 16 250 10770 -47.6 -50.7 70 3.1 -47.8 249 36 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.15 17 200 12207 -56.9 -71.3 15 14.4 -57.1 255 42 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.01 18 150 14015 -59.8 -78.0 8 18.2 -60.0 269 45 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16530 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.9 249 24 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.49 m Freezing level: 635.71 mb = 3912.48 m = 12836.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.22 mb = 3825.92 m = 12552.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.63 mb = 459.35 m = 1507.05 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 5.81 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1440.47 m = 4725.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 420.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.43 mb = 1139.22 m = 3737.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.43 mb = 1783.74 m = 5852.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.43 mb = 10416.46 m = 34174.31 ft B at Equ Level: 419.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.43 mb = 13102.32 m = 42986.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -2.0 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 19.87 Bulk Shear: 21.16 m/s