MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 34.43,-86.37 Latitude: 34.43 Longitude: -86.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 988 234 31.2 22.5 60 8.6 24.8 212 3 305.3 308.6 298.3 358.2 17.64 2 950 584 26.6 20.5 69 6.1 22.2 232 4 304.2 307.2 297.1 352.4 16.21 3 900 1059 22.0 19.3 85 2.7 20.1 244 6 304.1 307.1 296.9 351.3 15.83 4 850 1553 17.3 17.3 100 -0.0 17.3 252 9 304.3 307.0 296.3 348.3 14.80 5 800 2069 13.7 11.3 85 2.4 12.2 256 15 305.8 307.8 293.7 337.6 10.58 6 750 2611 11.2 6.3 72 4.9 8.3 248 17 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.2 8.01 7 700 3185 8.4 1.2 61 7.1 4.5 242 16 311.8 312.9 291.8 330.5 5.99 8 650 3793 4.2 -3.1 59 7.3 0.6 245 16 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.6 4.70 9 600 4440 1.0 -7.8 52 8.8 -3.0 259 18 317.2 317.9 291.3 328.7 3.53 10 550 5136 -2.2 -15.2 36 13.0 -7.2 257 19 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.6 2.12 11 500 5884 -7.3 -18.4 40 11.2 -11.1 271 22 324.2 324.6 291.8 330.3 1.79 12 450 6698 -12.0 -21.1 47 9.1 -14.9 279 27 328.1 328.4 292.7 333.6 1.57 13 400 7589 -17.9 -26.6 47 8.6 -20.1 276 30 331.7 331.9 293.2 335.6 1.09 14 350 8571 -25.5 -35.1 40 9.7 -27.1 282 32 334.4 334.6 293.4 336.5 0.55 15 300 9671 -34.0 -43.6 38 9.5 -35.0 280 34 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.4 0.27 16 250 10924 -42.6 -54.2 27 11.6 -43.2 270 13 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.1 0.10 17 200 12390 -54.8 -58.7 62 3.8 -54.9 299 41 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14197 -60.5 -74.4 14 14.0 -60.6 311 31 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16639 -70.2 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.3 285 19 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.10 m Freezing level: 585.09 mb = 4647.14 m = 15246.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3897.07 m = 12785.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.58 mb = 1326.58 m = 4352.24 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 29.51 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.51 mb = 1347.11 m = 4419.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.04 C = 86.08 F Cap Strength: -0.15 C Lifted Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 34.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2200.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.89 mb = 1363.19 m = 4472.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.89 mb = 1413.07 m = 4635.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.89 mb = 13268.85 m = 43532.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2173.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: -5.6 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 119.16 Bulk Shear: 18.47 m/s