MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F058.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F058.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 58 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 37.85,-78.45 Latitude: 37.85 Longitude: -78.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 988 139 26.6 23.3 82 3.3 24.2 144 7 300.8 304.2 297.7 355.2 18.48 2 950 480 22.8 21.3 91 1.5 21.8 159 17 300.3 303.5 296.7 350.3 17.04 3 900 951 19.8 18.8 94 1.0 19.1 175 30 301.9 304.8 296.0 347.3 15.37 4 850 1442 17.1 15.8 92 1.2 16.3 202 36 304.0 306.5 295.3 344.0 13.44 5 800 1958 14.0 11.8 87 2.2 12.6 219 29 306.0 308.1 294.0 338.9 10.93 6 750 2500 10.8 6.5 75 4.3 8.2 227 36 308.3 309.8 292.6 333.1 8.14 7 700 3073 7.9 -2.4 48 10.3 2.7 233 37 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.6 4.57 8 650 3679 4.2 -8.8 38 12.9 -1.5 241 36 313.7 314.3 289.8 323.5 3.03 9 600 4325 0.6 -12.3 37 12.9 -4.6 245 37 316.9 317.3 290.3 325.0 2.48 10 550 5017 -3.3 -31.9 9 28.7 -10.4 250 39 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.9 0.48 11 500 5765 -7.5 -45.0 3 37.5 -14.0 256 40 323.9 324.0 290.1 324.5 0.14 12 450 6574 -14.1 -32.9 19 18.8 -18.1 250 35 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.5 0.53 13 400 7454 -21.3 -45.4 10 24.1 -24.4 232 29 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.17 14 350 8423 -28.7 -54.5 7 25.8 -30.7 229 34 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.07 15 300 9509 -36.2 -52.0 18 15.8 -37.2 227 49 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10752 -45.0 -51.1 51 6.0 -45.4 229 61 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.7 0.14 17 200 12208 -54.7 -63.5 33 8.8 -54.8 236 76 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14022 -60.9 -77.2 10 16.2 -61.1 222 54 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16525 -64.1 -83.1 6 19.1 -64.2 236 40 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.17 m Freezing level: 591.85 mb = 4438.28 m = 14561.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.07 mb = 3454.69 m = 11334.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.55 mb = 558.15 m = 1831.19 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 31.69 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 894.10 m = 2933.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.58 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.75 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2241.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.20 mb = 804.91 m = 2640.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.20 mb = 1044.65 m = 3427.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.20 mb = 12865.02 m = 42207.57 ft B at Equ Level: 2209.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 427.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 425.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.23 Bulk Rich Number: 15.56 Bulk Shear: 144.01 m/s