MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F056.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F056.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 56 hour NAM valid 20Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 36.13,-79.79 Latitude: 36.13 Longitude: -79.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 976 252 29.6 22.6 66 7.0 24.4 194 10 304.8 308.2 298.4 358.4 17.92 2 950 494 26.8 21.6 73 5.2 23.0 195 15 304.4 307.6 297.9 356.1 17.34 3 900 970 22.2 20.6 90 1.6 21.1 195 18 304.4 307.6 297.8 355.6 17.17 4 850 1465 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 18.0 203 25 305.2 308.0 296.9 351.2 15.39 5 800 1983 14.8 11.6 81 3.2 12.7 233 35 306.9 308.9 294.2 339.5 10.80 6 750 2527 11.6 5.4 66 6.1 8.0 238 38 309.1 310.5 292.3 332.2 7.54 7 700 3100 7.6 3.8 77 3.8 5.5 242 41 310.9 312.3 292.6 333.2 7.21 8 650 3706 3.6 -0.4 75 3.9 1.5 243 46 313.0 314.1 292.0 331.0 5.73 9 600 4351 -0.9 -3.1 85 2.2 -2.0 242 48 315.1 316.0 292.0 331.1 5.06 10 550 5041 -4.4 -20.1 28 15.6 -9.5 244 47 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.6 1.41 11 500 5785 -8.3 -37.3 8 29.0 -14.2 257 38 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.31 12 450 6592 -15.0 -29.7 27 14.7 -18.3 251 32 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.72 13 400 7471 -21.3 -28.6 52 7.3 -22.9 246 35 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.6 0.90 14 350 8441 -27.7 -34.2 54 6.4 -28.8 237 44 331.3 331.5 292.7 333.6 0.61 15 300 9532 -35.2 -43.7 41 8.6 -36.0 230 52 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.9 0.26 16 250 10779 -43.5 -49.1 54 5.6 -43.9 229 73 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.17 17 200 12242 -54.7 -58.9 60 4.1 -54.9 238 77 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14053 -61.1 -73.3 18 12.2 -61.3 224 57 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16552 -65.5 -86.3 4 20.7 -65.7 242 28 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.31 m Freezing level: 610.23 mb = 4219.35 m = 13842.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.89 mb = 3972.48 m = 13032.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.07 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.09 mb = 1144.24 m = 3754.02 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 26.15 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1218.04 m = 3996.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -7.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.54 C Showalter Index: -5.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 26.27 C K Index: 40.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 505.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3284.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.41 mb = 1180.47 m = 3872.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.41 mb = 1229.92 m = 4035.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.41 mb = 13514.08 m = 44336.99 ft B at Equ Level: 3247.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 273.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.80 Bulk Rich Number: 31.53 Bulk Shear: 104.16 m/s