MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 37.96,-78.06 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -78.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 989 122 25.3 22.7 86 2.5 23.4 136 7 299.3 302.6 297.0 351.5 17.85 2 950 476 23.3 21.0 87 2.2 21.7 149 24 300.8 303.9 296.6 350.0 16.73 3 900 947 20.1 20.1 100 -0.0 20.2 167 36 302.2 305.3 297.0 351.7 16.73 4 850 1440 17.7 17.7 100 -0.0 17.7 180 41 304.7 307.5 296.7 350.0 15.20 5 800 1956 14.2 11.5 84 2.6 12.4 221 42 306.2 308.2 294.0 338.5 10.74 6 750 2499 11.2 6.4 73 4.7 8.3 230 39 308.7 310.2 292.6 333.4 8.09 7 700 3072 7.8 2.6 69 5.3 4.9 242 35 311.2 312.4 292.2 331.6 6.58 8 650 3679 4.2 -7.2 43 11.4 -1.0 243 31 313.7 314.4 290.2 324.7 3.43 9 600 4325 0.2 -11.3 42 11.5 -4.6 247 30 316.3 316.8 290.3 325.1 2.68 10 550 5017 -3.6 -27.0 14 23.4 -10.1 250 38 319.8 320.0 289.5 322.5 0.76 11 500 5761 -8.7 -29.6 17 20.9 -13.9 248 42 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.7 0.65 12 450 6568 -14.8 -40.1 10 25.3 -19.1 236 38 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.26 13 400 7447 -21.0 -41.4 14 20.3 -23.9 228 34 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.25 14 350 8420 -27.0 -55.6 5 28.6 -29.4 241 43 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.06 15 300 9516 -34.0 -40.7 51 6.7 -34.8 241 59 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.8 0.36 16 250 10767 -43.8 -47.8 64 4.0 -44.0 236 59 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.20 17 200 12227 -54.9 -58.6 63 3.7 -55.0 230 81 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.07 18 150 14027 -62.5 -75.5 16 13.0 -62.7 228 63 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16530 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.7 234 23 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.32 m Freezing level: 597.69 mb = 4356.77 m = 14293.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.33 mb = 3574.68 m = 11727.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.72 mb = 441.30 m = 1447.81 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 26.95 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.88 mb = 899.60 m = 2951.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.01 C Showalter Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 26.47 C K Index: 38.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 556.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2233.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.70 mb = 767.56 m = 2518.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.70 mb = 1202.62 m = 3945.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.70 mb = 12758.95 m = 41859.55 ft B at Equ Level: 2232.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 665.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 665.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 221.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.93 Bulk Rich Number: 12.66 Bulk Shear: 176.38 m/s