MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 14Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 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 107 SFC 966 405 19.9 18.7 93 1.1 19.1 107 5 295.9 298.5 293.6 336.9 14.22 2 950 547 18.1 18.1 100 -0.0 18.1 111 6 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.6 13.92 3 900 1010 16.3 13.5 84 2.8 14.5 262 6 298.3 300.2 291.7 329.8 10.85 4 850 1497 15.6 14.4 93 1.2 14.8 291 21 302.5 304.8 294.0 338.8 12.26 5 800 2012 13.6 10.8 83 2.9 11.8 293 14 305.7 307.6 293.4 336.3 10.21 6 750 2554 10.9 8.1 82 2.9 9.2 300 9 308.4 310.1 293.3 336.0 9.05 7 700 3126 7.5 4.7 82 2.8 5.9 298 7 310.8 312.2 292.9 334.5 7.68 8 650 3734 4.8 -0.9 66 5.7 1.8 236 6 314.4 315.4 292.2 331.8 5.51 9 600 4383 0.5 -2.3 81 2.9 -0.9 248 17 316.7 317.8 292.7 333.9 5.38 10 550 5077 -2.5 -14.1 40 11.6 -7.0 245 23 321.1 321.6 291.4 328.9 2.33 11 500 5826 -7.8 -13.9 62 6.1 -10.1 238 25 323.5 324.0 292.3 332.3 2.62 12 450 6638 -13.1 -25.0 36 11.9 -16.3 273 46 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.7 1.11 13 400 7524 -18.9 -20.4 88 1.5 -19.4 265 42 330.4 330.8 293.6 337.0 1.88 14 350 8504 -26.1 -31.2 62 5.1 -27.1 247 42 333.6 333.7 293.4 336.5 0.81 15 300 9604 -33.7 -40.5 50 6.9 -34.4 256 57 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.4 0.37 16 250 10856 -43.5 -47.0 68 3.5 -43.8 241 63 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.22 17 200 12314 -55.6 -62.5 42 6.9 -55.8 252 74 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14102 -64.8 -77.1 17 12.3 -64.9 263 78 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16579 -66.8 -88.6 3 21.8 -67.0 261 37 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.79 m Freezing level: 591.21 mb = 4504.70 m = 14779.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.02 mb = 4156.03 m = 13635.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.13 mb = 546.25 m = 1792.14 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 7.04 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2048.59 m = 6721.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4779.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.90 mb = 1058.72 m = 3473.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.2 neg: -2.4 tot: 57.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 47.58 m/s