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: 49.28,-85.58 Latitude: 49.28 Longitude: -85.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 SFC 977 392 21.4 16.9 76 4.4 18.4 228 7 296.5 298.7 292.4 332.6 12.52 2 950 635 18.8 15.4 80 3.5 16.6 235 10 296.3 298.4 291.7 329.9 11.64 3 900 1097 15.3 10.2 71 5.1 12.2 272 17 297.3 298.8 289.5 322.6 8.69 4 850 1578 11.2 8.6 84 2.6 9.6 285 19 297.8 299.3 289.3 322.0 8.25 5 800 2081 7.1 1.8 69 5.4 4.4 299 21 298.8 299.8 287.1 315.0 5.45 6 750 2611 5.6 -6.2 42 11.8 0.4 322 24 302.6 303.2 286.2 312.5 3.20 7 700 3170 1.3 -3.6 70 4.8 -1.0 326 25 303.9 304.6 287.6 316.7 4.20 8 650 3762 -2.8 -7.2 71 4.4 -4.6 319 27 305.9 306.5 287.6 316.5 3.43 9 600 4391 -7.4 -10.5 78 3.2 -8.6 310 30 307.6 308.1 287.6 316.6 2.86 10 550 5064 -10.8 -13.5 81 2.7 -11.8 309 29 311.2 311.7 288.5 319.1 2.45 11 500 5790 -15.6 -19.5 72 3.9 -16.7 302 32 314.1 314.4 288.6 319.5 1.63 12 450 6576 -21.5 -26.2 66 4.7 -22.5 308 34 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.6 1.00 13 400 7433 -27.6 -35.1 49 7.4 -28.7 314 35 319.1 319.1 289.0 320.8 0.48 14 350 8376 -35.7 -40.0 64 4.4 -36.1 317 35 320.7 320.7 289.3 321.9 0.33 15 300 9426 -45.0 -48.8 66 3.7 -45.2 313 38 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.4 0.15 16 250 10616 -54.7 -58.5 63 3.8 -54.7 317 40 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.06 17 200 12036 -53.5 -73.1 7 19.6 -53.8 313 38 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13897 -51.0 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 308 35 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16513 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 302 26 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.20 m Freezing level: 684.38 mb = 3355.09 m = 11007.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.22 mb = 2761.16 m = 9058.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.00 % Est. max temperature: 23.15 C = 73.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.54 mb = 950.70 m = 3119.05 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 20.09 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.77 mb = 1482.19 m = 4862.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.62 C = 72.71 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 30.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.20 mb = 1370.87 m = 4497.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.20 mb = 1615.60 m = 5300.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.20 mb = 10713.82 m = 35149.91 ft B at Equ Level: 818.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.20 mb = 12498.45 m = 41004.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.3 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 336.3 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 133.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 11.91 Bulk Shear: 68.90 m/s