MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 48.96,-87.52 Latitude: 48.96 Longitude: -87.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 202 SFC 980 377 24.6 14.9 55 9.7 18.2 264 7 299.5 301.5 292.2 331.5 10.96 2 950 647 21.4 12.6 57 8.8 15.8 281 11 298.9 300.6 290.9 327.2 9.68 3 900 1112 17.3 9.3 59 8.0 12.4 294 16 299.3 300.8 289.8 323.4 8.19 4 850 1596 12.7 7.2 69 5.6 9.5 307 21 299.5 300.9 289.2 321.6 7.50 5 800 2101 8.4 4.6 77 3.8 6.3 323 27 300.1 301.3 288.7 319.9 6.66 6 750 2631 4.5 2.2 85 2.3 3.3 329 26 301.5 302.6 288.5 319.4 5.99 7 700 3189 1.0 -7.0 55 8.0 -2.4 332 27 303.5 304.1 286.6 313.5 3.23 8 650 3781 -2.2 -11.2 50 8.9 -5.7 328 26 306.4 306.9 286.8 314.3 2.50 9 600 4412 -5.9 -13.9 53 8.0 -8.7 315 27 309.3 309.7 287.5 316.3 2.18 10 550 5088 -10.5 -18.4 52 7.9 -12.9 305 30 311.6 311.9 287.8 317.0 1.64 11 500 5814 -15.1 -17.4 83 2.3 -15.8 313 32 314.6 315.0 289.0 321.1 1.96 12 450 6601 -21.2 -23.9 78 2.7 -21.8 311 32 316.6 316.9 289.0 320.8 1.23 13 400 7458 -27.9 -32.1 67 4.2 -28.6 315 34 318.7 318.8 289.0 321.0 0.65 14 350 8401 -35.7 -40.8 59 5.1 -36.2 318 37 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.7 0.31 15 300 9454 -44.5 -51.4 46 6.9 -44.7 320 39 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.11 16 250 10647 -53.8 -60.6 43 6.8 -54.0 325 40 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.2 0.04 17 200 12071 -53.2 -73.7 7 20.5 -53.5 317 39 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13927 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 312 38 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16534 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 307 25 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5612.25 m Freezing level: 685.14 mb = 3365.20 m = 11040.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.26 mb = 2947.33 m = 9669.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.64 % Est. max temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.55 mb = 1590.42 m = 5217.85 ft T: 12.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.04 mb = 1987.18 m = 6519.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.10 C = 77.19 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 27.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 593.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.38 mb = 1891.61 m = 6206.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.38 mb = 2148.91 m = 7050.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.38 mb = 10507.52 m = 34473.09 ft B at Equ Level: 593.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.38 mb = 12221.43 m = 40096.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.5 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 345.5 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.7 neg: -1.5 tot: 104.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 13.87 Bulk Shear: 42.82 m/s