MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.74,-87.76 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -87.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 188 23.6 10.7 44 12.9 15.7 33 11 296.3 297.8 288.6 319.7 8.05 1 1000 229 22.5 9.0 42 13.5 14.5 33 11 295.6 296.9 287.6 316.6 7.20 2 950 670 17.8 6.6 48 11.2 11.4 32 17 295.2 296.4 286.7 314.0 6.43 3 900 1129 14.0 -1.1 35 15.1 6.6 39 16 296.0 296.7 284.4 307.6 3.93 4 850 1607 10.2 -1.9 43 12.1 4.5 28 13 296.9 297.6 284.8 308.6 3.92 5 800 2108 7.3 -3.2 47 10.5 2.4 349 7 298.9 299.6 285.4 310.3 3.78 6 750 2639 7.8 -22.4 10 30.2 -1.7 38 5 305.0 305.2 284.5 307.8 0.85 7 700 3207 6.3 -39.9 2 46.2 -4.0 39 4 309.5 309.5 285.4 310.1 0.17 8 650 3809 2.6 -31.5 6 34.1 -6.2 320 10 311.8 311.9 286.5 313.3 0.42 9 600 4450 -1.1 -34.2 6 33.1 -8.8 302 15 314.8 314.9 287.5 316.1 0.35 10 550 5137 -5.3 -41.3 4 36.0 -12.1 301 18 317.7 317.8 288.2 318.4 0.19 11 500 5877 -10.1 -39.5 7 29.4 -15.5 298 21 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.6 0.25 12 450 6679 -16.1 -41.3 9 25.2 -20.1 293 25 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.23 13 400 7555 -22.0 -46.4 9 24.4 -24.9 287 32 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.15 14 350 8521 -29.5 -37.4 46 8.0 -30.5 286 39 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.7 0.44 15 300 9602 -38.0 -51.7 23 13.6 -38.9 282 42 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 16 250 10832 -46.8 -59.6 22 12.8 -47.2 279 49 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12288 -53.9 -70.2 12 16.3 -54.2 284 62 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 14124 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.2 283 49 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16662 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 275 39 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.77 m Freezing level: 615.09 mb = 4256.34 m = 13964.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.89 mb = 2412.76 m = 7915.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.61 % Est. max temperature: 24.04 C = 75.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.65 mb = 1797.35 m = 5896.74 ft T: 9.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 12.10 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.96 mb = 4318.00 m = 14166.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.50 C = 106.70 F Cap Strength: 9.51 C Lifted Index: 10.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.82 C Showalter Index: 13.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.40 C Cross Totals Index: 8.28 C K Index: -27.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 46.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11841.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.80 mb = 2192.74 m = 7193.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.6 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 6.6 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -10.1 tot: -4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 21.10 m/s