MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.8,-87.59 Latitude: 37.80 Longitude: -87.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 998 118 25.7 22.5 83 3.2 23.4 21 3 299.0 302.2 296.7 350.0 17.48 2 950 553 22.4 20.2 87 2.2 20.9 284 3 299.9 302.8 295.8 346.4 15.89 3 900 1022 19.5 17.9 91 1.5 18.4 266 8 301.6 304.3 295.4 344.4 14.52 4 850 1513 16.6 14.6 88 2.0 15.3 265 17 303.5 305.8 294.4 340.3 12.39 5 800 2027 13.9 13.8 100 0.0 13.8 261 18 305.9 308.3 295.1 343.5 12.53 6 750 2569 9.8 9.5 98 0.3 9.6 274 14 307.2 309.0 293.7 337.3 9.98 7 700 3140 7.5 5.7 89 1.8 6.4 257 16 310.7 312.3 293.3 336.1 8.23 8 650 3747 3.3 -0.6 76 3.9 1.3 242 25 312.7 313.8 291.8 330.4 5.65 9 600 4391 -1.1 -3.1 86 2.0 -2.1 232 24 314.8 315.8 292.0 330.9 5.08 10 550 5080 -5.6 -6.7 92 1.1 -6.1 239 28 317.4 318.2 292.0 331.0 4.22 11 500 5821 -9.6 -9.7 99 0.1 -9.6 258 42 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.4 3.66 12 450 6631 -13.1 -14.4 90 1.4 -13.6 262 48 326.8 327.4 293.4 336.3 2.78 13 400 7520 -18.0 -23.3 63 5.3 -19.5 262 46 331.6 331.9 293.5 336.8 1.46 14 350 8505 -24.7 -28.9 68 4.2 -25.6 255 45 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.2 1.00 15 300 9610 -32.6 -36.2 70 3.6 -33.1 258 48 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.6 0.58 16 250 10869 -42.3 -45.9 69 3.5 -42.6 251 49 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.25 17 200 12332 -55.5 -59.7 60 4.2 -55.6 263 67 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.06 18 150 14125 -63.9 -77.0 15 13.1 -64.0 279 74 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16598 -66.0 -78.4 16 12.3 -66.1 287 39 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.55 m Freezing level: 612.57 mb = 4229.22 m = 13875.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.28 mb = 3982.32 m = 13065.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.31 mb = 522.08 m = 1712.84 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 13.12 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1051.94 m = 3451.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 38.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1239.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.13 mb = 858.39 m = 2816.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.13 mb = 1391.19 m = 4564.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.13 mb = 12582.26 m = 41279.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1234.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.13 mb = 15378.88 m = 50455.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 23.23 Bulk Shear: 53.37 m/s