MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 111 SFC 966 405 20.8 19.5 93 1.3 19.9 81 5 296.8 299.5 294.3 339.9 14.93 2 950 552 18.7 18.7 100 -0.0 18.7 87 6 296.2 298.8 293.8 337.8 14.46 3 900 1016 16.0 15.5 97 0.4 15.7 310 0 298.0 300.2 292.8 334.0 12.41 4 850 1504 17.2 12.5 74 4.7 14.1 283 20 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.4 10.80 5 800 2018 13.1 11.3 89 1.8 12.0 289 23 305.1 307.1 293.6 336.9 10.60 6 750 2559 10.5 8.0 85 2.5 8.9 289 22 307.9 309.6 293.2 335.3 9.01 7 700 3132 7.7 2.6 70 5.2 4.8 269 13 311.0 312.3 292.1 331.5 6.59 8 650 3738 3.6 -4.9 53 8.6 -0.4 261 20 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.0 4.08 9 600 4384 0.5 -12.0 38 12.5 -4.6 255 26 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.0 2.53 10 550 5078 -1.9 -22.8 18 20.9 -8.5 256 31 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.6 1.11 11 500 5829 -7.1 -11.4 72 4.2 -8.9 262 40 324.4 325.0 293.1 335.1 3.21 12 450 6641 -13.2 -24.1 40 10.8 -16.3 265 39 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.9 1.21 13 400 7526 -19.1 -42.3 11 23.2 -22.6 267 52 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.0 0.23 14 350 8506 -25.7 -47.9 11 22.3 -28.1 268 56 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.14 15 300 9603 -34.3 -47.1 26 12.8 -35.4 256 55 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.8 0.18 16 250 10852 -44.2 -49.3 57 5.1 -44.5 247 65 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.17 17 200 12311 -54.7 -75.5 6 20.7 -55.0 255 75 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 18 150 14105 -63.9 -78.0 13 14.1 -64.0 265 75 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16593 -67.2 -88.9 3 21.8 -67.2 242 31 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.27 m Freezing level: 589.72 mb = 4526.64 m = 14850.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.26 mb = 3684.73 m = 12088.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.04 mb = 560.71 m = 1839.57 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 923.03 m = 3028.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.55 C = 70.80 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 31.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.74 mb = 970.55 m = 3184.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.74 mb = 1018.05 m = 3340.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 889.74 mb = 1113.52 m = 3653.24 ft B at Equ Level: 20.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 849.74 mb = 1506.44 m = 4942.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.8 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 296.8 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.8 neg: -26.3 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 98.20 m/s