MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.43,-81.63 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -81.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 979 283 26.6 21.2 72 5.4 22.7 246 7 301.6 304.6 296.6 349.9 16.40 2 950 547 23.8 19.8 78 4.0 21.0 246 11 301.4 304.2 296.0 347.0 15.52 3 900 1017 19.2 18.5 95 0.7 18.7 247 13 301.3 304.1 295.6 345.5 15.03 4 850 1507 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 14.0 278 19 303.1 305.2 293.2 335.6 10.94 5 800 2020 12.9 9.9 82 3.0 11.0 280 20 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.8 9.65 6 750 2561 11.0 -1.5 42 12.4 4.6 278 26 308.5 309.3 289.6 322.7 4.58 7 700 3133 7.2 -1.9 52 9.2 2.6 276 25 310.5 311.4 290.4 325.3 4.75 8 650 3737 3.5 -7.0 46 10.6 -1.3 273 28 313.0 313.6 290.0 324.1 3.48 9 600 4383 -0.2 -9.0 51 8.9 -4.0 275 32 315.9 316.6 290.7 326.4 3.21 10 550 5074 -4.6 -15.0 44 10.4 -8.4 273 32 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.9 2.17 11 500 5816 -9.2 -20.2 40 11.1 -12.6 274 28 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.1 1.53 12 450 6623 -14.0 -36.7 13 22.7 -18.3 278 30 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.37 13 400 7509 -18.5 -47.5 6 29.1 -22.3 281 40 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.13 14 350 8489 -26.1 -42.0 21 15.9 -28.2 279 40 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 15 300 9586 -34.6 -40.4 55 5.8 -35.2 270 53 336.7 336.7 293.9 338.1 0.38 16 250 10833 -44.7 -47.9 70 3.2 -44.9 278 61 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.20 17 200 12283 -56.5 -61.8 51 5.3 -56.6 286 91 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 18 150 14074 -64.0 -78.8 12 14.8 -64.1 274 41 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16563 -65.2 -86.1 4 20.9 -65.4 277 39 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.38 m Freezing level: 602.03 mb = 4356.46 m = 14292.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.41 mb = 3533.83 m = 11593.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.83 mb = 970.59 m = 3184.30 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 27.21 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1144.52 m = 3754.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 28.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1449.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.33 mb = 1100.06 m = 3609.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.33 mb = 1245.46 m = 4086.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.33 mb = 12723.90 m = 41744.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1436.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.33 mb = 15633.92 m = 51291.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.3 neg: -2.1 tot: 57.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 43.24 Bulk Shear: 33.52 m/s