MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 19Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.78,-77.43 Latitude: 36.78 Longitude: -77.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 34 31.9 22.4 57 9.4 24.9 179 5 305.0 308.2 298.1 356.8 17.33 1 1000 38 30.8 21.6 58 9.2 24.2 179 4 304.0 307.0 297.3 353.0 16.49 2 950 495 25.8 20.5 72 5.3 22.0 179 8 303.4 306.3 296.9 351.3 16.15 3 900 969 21.2 19.5 90 1.6 20.0 178 9 303.3 306.3 296.8 351.0 16.07 4 850 1462 17.4 16.1 92 1.3 16.5 194 18 304.4 306.9 295.6 345.1 13.65 5 800 1978 13.4 12.5 94 0.9 12.9 209 23 305.5 307.6 294.3 339.9 11.47 6 750 2520 11.1 9.1 88 2.0 9.9 229 30 308.6 310.4 293.9 338.2 9.72 7 700 3093 7.9 -0.4 56 8.3 3.5 242 38 311.2 312.3 291.1 327.9 5.33 8 650 3701 4.3 -4.1 54 8.5 0.2 250 37 313.9 314.7 291.0 327.7 4.34 9 600 4348 1.3 -10.9 39 12.3 -3.8 262 37 317.7 318.2 290.8 326.8 2.77 10 550 5043 -2.1 -23.2 18 21.1 -8.7 264 40 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.3 1.07 11 500 5793 -6.6 -29.7 14 23.1 -12.5 264 41 325.0 325.2 291.0 327.4 0.65 12 450 6608 -11.5 -35.4 12 23.8 -16.6 262 40 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.3 0.42 13 400 7500 -17.2 -29.2 34 12.0 -20.0 262 40 332.7 332.9 293.3 335.8 0.86 14 350 8486 -24.5 -46.0 12 21.5 -27.1 267 46 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.18 15 300 9590 -33.1 -55.6 9 22.5 -34.7 276 47 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.07 16 250 10846 -42.8 -57.8 18 15.1 -43.5 307 62 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.06 17 200 12308 -54.9 -62.4 39 7.4 -55.1 307 57 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14102 -63.6 -76.8 15 13.2 -63.7 252 56 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16573 -67.0 -83.5 8 16.5 -67.2 260 26 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.02 m Freezing level: 580.67 mb = 4616.93 m = 15147.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.58 mb = 3730.95 m = 12240.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.42 mb = 1227.44 m = 4026.97 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 31.49 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1227.24 m = 4026.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.13 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 31.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1818.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.53 mb = 1177.10 m = 3861.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.53 mb = 1325.68 m = 4349.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.53 mb = 13193.22 m = 43284.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1802.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.5 neg: -3.7 tot: 252.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.59 Bulk Rich Number: 18.84 Bulk Shear: 96.51 m/s