MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 41.78,-72.67 Latitude: 41.78 Longitude: -72.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 17 27.1 20.2 66 6.9 22.2 48 6 299.3 302.0 295.0 342.7 14.88 1 1000 115 25.2 19.7 71 5.5 21.3 50 6 298.3 301.0 294.5 340.6 14.55 2 950 564 20.6 18.8 89 1.9 19.4 55 7 298.1 300.7 294.4 340.2 14.49 3 900 1030 17.9 16.2 90 1.7 16.8 133 7 299.9 302.3 293.8 338.0 13.01 4 850 1518 15.6 14.2 91 1.4 14.7 184 8 302.5 304.7 293.9 338.3 12.08 5 800 2031 12.6 8.8 78 3.8 10.3 212 10 304.6 306.2 292.0 331.3 8.91 6 750 2569 8.2 5.4 82 2.9 6.6 216 13 305.5 306.9 291.2 328.1 7.50 7 700 3136 5.7 -7.0 40 12.6 -0.0 231 11 308.8 309.4 288.4 319.0 3.24 8 650 3739 2.7 -15.6 25 18.2 -4.1 228 19 312.0 312.3 288.0 317.7 1.74 9 600 4380 -2.1 -13.4 41 11.3 -6.4 224 25 313.7 314.2 289.1 321.1 2.27 10 550 5064 -7.8 -17.3 46 9.5 -10.9 226 26 314.9 315.2 289.0 320.8 1.79 11 500 5798 -12.3 -13.9 87 1.6 -12.9 233 18 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.7 2.61 12 450 6598 -15.8 -18.2 81 2.4 -16.5 253 17 323.4 323.8 291.8 330.3 2.03 13 400 7477 -20.9 -31.3 39 10.3 -23.0 257 17 327.8 327.9 291.8 330.3 0.70 14 350 8449 -28.1 -41.5 27 13.3 -29.7 252 14 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.29 15 300 9535 -37.4 -46.7 38 9.3 -38.1 254 26 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 16 250 10765 -47.7 -53.9 49 6.1 -48.0 252 34 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12200 -56.6 -70.0 17 13.4 -56.8 230 34 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.2 0.02 18 150 14001 -60.2 -77.9 8 17.7 -60.4 251 32 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16522 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 278 26 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.67 m Freezing level: 621.84 mb = 4099.88 m = 13450.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.29 mb = 3132.74 m = 10277.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.39 mb = 893.30 m = 2930.74 ft T: 18.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 20.58 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1093.17 m = 3586.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 26.50 C K Index: 29.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1179.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.45 mb = 873.86 m = 2866.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.45 mb = 1807.50 m = 5930.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.45 mb = 11841.57 m = 38849.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1167.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.45 mb = 14365.33 m = 47129.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 73.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 20.00 Bulk Shear: 58.98 m/s