MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 21.0 19.6 92 1.4 20.1 78 6 297.0 299.8 294.4 340.5 15.03 2 950 553 19.1 19.1 100 -0.0 19.1 82 7 296.5 299.2 294.1 339.2 14.80 3 900 1017 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 78 7 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.5 12.62 4 850 1505 17.2 12.4 74 4.8 14.1 330 9 304.2 306.1 293.3 336.1 10.72 5 800 2020 13.9 10.3 79 3.6 11.7 357 16 306.0 307.8 293.3 335.8 9.91 6 750 2561 10.0 8.1 88 1.8 8.8 293 7 307.4 309.1 293.0 334.9 9.09 7 700 3133 7.6 2.3 69 5.3 4.6 253 16 310.8 312.1 291.9 330.8 6.45 8 650 3739 3.4 -0.9 73 4.3 1.1 269 24 312.8 313.8 291.7 330.0 5.51 9 600 4385 0.5 -9.0 49 9.5 -3.7 251 30 316.6 317.3 290.9 327.1 3.22 10 550 5079 -2.5 -17.5 30 15.0 -7.9 257 34 321.1 321.5 290.9 327.1 1.76 11 500 5828 -7.0 -29.9 14 22.9 -12.8 267 31 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.8 0.64 12 450 6639 -13.2 -42.7 6 29.4 -18.1 268 56 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.3 0.20 13 400 7525 -18.7 -45.0 8 26.4 -22.4 267 56 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.17 14 350 8506 -25.7 -49.0 9 23.3 -28.2 265 61 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.13 15 300 9602 -34.7 -42.9 44 8.1 -35.6 251 56 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.5 0.29 16 250 10849 -44.5 -56.5 25 12.0 -45.1 248 70 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.07 17 200 12306 -54.8 -75.9 6 21.0 -55.1 258 82 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 14103 -63.1 -79.7 9 16.5 -63.3 265 74 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16593 -67.0 -88.8 3 21.8 -67.2 240 29 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.72 m Freezing level: 592.28 mb = 4491.89 m = 14737.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.21 mb = 3886.74 m = 12751.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.24 mb = 578.31 m = 1897.31 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 9.32 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 880.21 m = 2887.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.47 C = 70.64 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.75 mb = 952.76 m = 3125.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.75 mb = 1000.15 m = 3281.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 891.75 mb = 1095.41 m = 3593.81 ft B at Equ Level: 20.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 851.75 mb = 1487.14 m = 4879.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.0 neg: -52.3 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 105.97 m/s