MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.66,-89.97 Latitude: 38.66 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 167 24.7 15.7 57 9.0 18.8 41 9 297.5 299.6 291.7 330.2 11.26 1 1000 203 24.6 14.3 53 10.2 17.9 41 10 297.7 299.6 291.0 327.7 10.30 2 950 649 20.3 12.3 60 8.0 15.3 42 15 297.8 299.5 290.4 325.5 9.51 3 900 1112 15.9 11.3 74 4.6 13.0 42 17 297.8 299.5 290.3 325.1 9.35 4 850 1594 12.5 0.7 44 11.8 6.4 62 20 299.2 300.1 286.5 313.3 4.72 5 800 2101 12.4 -28.7 4 41.1 0.4 52 8 304.3 304.4 283.7 305.9 0.45 6 750 2640 10.7 -16.4 13 27.2 0.5 1 6 308.2 308.5 286.4 312.8 1.41 7 700 3211 7.1 4.0 80 3.2 5.3 302 6 310.4 311.8 292.5 332.9 7.29 8 650 3816 3.9 -8.8 39 12.7 -1.6 276 7 313.4 314.0 289.7 323.2 3.03 9 600 4464 2.1 -19.2 19 21.2 -5.4 289 10 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.2 1.40 10 550 5160 -1.6 -15.9 33 14.2 -7.0 301 14 322.1 322.5 291.4 329.0 2.02 11 500 5913 -5.2 -30.2 12 25.0 -11.7 300 22 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.0 0.62 12 450 6730 -11.3 -32.9 15 21.5 -16.2 287 28 329.0 329.1 292.0 330.9 0.53 13 400 7621 -18.1 -36.7 18 18.6 -21.5 275 25 331.4 331.5 292.5 333.0 0.41 14 350 8604 -24.6 -41.3 20 16.6 -27.0 265 22 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.7 0.29 15 300 9708 -33.7 -45.8 29 12.0 -34.9 281 37 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.7 0.21 16 250 10956 -44.0 -75.1 2 31.2 -44.7 288 43 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.7 0.01 17 200 12424 -53.2 -66.9 17 13.6 -53.5 264 80 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14237 -60.0 -79.3 6 19.4 -60.2 294 56 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16731 -65.1 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 288 19 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.82 m Freezing level: 572.30 mb = 4849.74 m = 15911.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.67 mb = 3670.94 m = 12043.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.98 mb = 1301.82 m = 4271.00 ft T: 14.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.54 C/km ThetaE index: 24.35 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.77 mb = 3003.09 m = 9852.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.82 C = 98.27 F Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lifted Index: 8.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.24 C Showalter Index: 15.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.63 C Cross Totals Index: 5.82 C K Index: 15.14 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7642.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.23 mb = 1611.71 m = 5287.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.8 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 11.8 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 20.04 m/s