MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 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 101 SFC 966 405 23.2 21.1 88 2.0 21.8 114 4 299.3 302.4 296.1 347.8 16.58 2 950 547 22.0 19.7 87 2.3 20.4 105 6 299.5 302.3 295.4 344.4 15.36 3 900 1015 18.2 17.8 97 0.5 17.9 77 8 300.3 302.9 294.9 342.5 14.39 4 850 1503 15.0 14.3 96 0.7 14.6 81 7 301.9 304.1 293.8 337.8 12.18 5 800 2016 13.7 9.7 77 4.0 11.2 149 3 305.8 307.6 292.9 334.3 9.48 6 750 2560 13.1 3.4 52 9.7 7.6 261 12 310.8 312.1 292.0 331.1 6.53 7 700 3136 9.2 -0.4 51 9.6 4.1 261 15 312.7 313.7 291.5 329.3 5.30 8 650 3746 4.8 -1.7 63 6.5 1.4 275 23 314.4 315.4 292.0 330.9 5.21 9 600 4394 0.6 -8.8 49 9.4 -3.6 277 39 316.8 317.4 291.0 327.4 3.27 10 550 5086 -3.4 -34.3 7 30.9 -10.6 274 45 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.4 0.38 11 500 5831 -8.8 -32.4 13 23.5 -14.2 270 48 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.1 0.50 12 450 6637 -14.9 -45.4 6 30.4 -19.4 266 52 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.15 13 400 7515 -21.6 -49.7 6 28.1 -24.7 266 56 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.10 14 350 8485 -27.7 -59.9 3 32.3 -30.0 266 66 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.03 15 300 9575 -36.0 -58.6 8 22.7 -37.2 265 73 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 16 250 10817 -44.3 -61.7 13 17.3 -45.0 265 83 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12282 -52.9 -74.6 6 21.7 -53.2 265 89 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14106 -59.5 -80.6 5 21.1 -59.7 264 71 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16598 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.1 -69.0 256 42 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.88 m Freezing level: 593.12 mb = 4489.18 m = 14728.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.68 mb = 3926.28 m = 12881.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.43 mb = 662.11 m = 2172.24 ft T: 21.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 18.43 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.12 mb = 1061.18 m = 3481.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.32 C = 75.78 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 28.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 939.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.24 mb = 1021.85 m = 3352.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.24 mb = 1165.69 m = 3824.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.24 mb = 2077.09 m = 6814.51 ft B at Equ Level: 21.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 744.24 mb = 2624.30 m = 8609.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.2 neg: -31.2 tot: 96.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 7.38 Bulk Shear: 127.33 m/s