MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.26,-73.25 Latitude: 31.26 Longitude: -73.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 -1 27.3 25.4 89 1.9 25.9 184 16 299.0 302.8 298.5 358.9 20.47 1 1000 142 25.6 24.4 93 1.2 24.7 185 18 298.7 302.3 297.9 356.0 19.61 2 950 595 22.6 21.1 91 1.5 21.5 207 22 300.1 303.1 296.5 349.3 16.79 3 900 1066 20.8 18.1 84 2.7 18.9 208 19 302.9 305.6 295.8 346.3 14.64 4 850 1559 17.9 14.5 80 3.4 15.6 213 18 304.9 307.2 294.7 341.7 12.31 5 800 2076 15.0 11.1 78 3.9 12.5 221 17 307.1 309.1 294.0 338.6 10.44 6 750 2621 12.2 6.5 68 5.8 8.8 216 18 309.8 311.4 293.0 334.7 8.10 7 700 3196 9.1 2.4 63 6.6 5.3 213 20 312.5 313.7 292.5 332.8 6.52 8 650 3806 5.7 -1.6 59 7.3 1.9 217 20 315.4 316.5 292.3 332.1 5.25 9 600 4457 2.1 -3.4 67 5.5 -0.7 219 23 318.5 319.5 292.9 334.5 4.96 10 550 5155 -1.6 -8.6 59 7.0 -4.7 219 24 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.2 3.64 11 500 5907 -5.9 -11.5 64 5.7 -8.2 214 21 325.9 326.5 293.4 336.5 3.16 12 450 6726 -10.6 -15.2 69 4.5 -12.3 216 21 329.9 330.4 294.0 338.9 2.62 13 400 7624 -15.5 -18.2 80 2.7 -16.4 264 17 334.8 335.3 295.0 342.9 2.28 14 350 8618 -22.1 -24.3 82 2.2 -22.7 236 7 339.0 339.3 295.4 344.6 1.54 15 300 9735 -30.0 -33.7 70 3.7 -30.6 319 6 343.1 343.2 295.7 345.9 0.74 16 250 11008 -39.7 -45.2 56 5.5 -40.2 243 1 347.0 347.1 296.2 348.1 0.27 17 200 12491 -51.8 -57.5 51 5.6 -52.1 334 8 350.7 350.7 296.8 351.0 0.08 18 150 14289 -66.7 -72.1 46 5.4 -66.8 348 16 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 19 100 16699 -69.7 -83.0 13 13.2 -69.8 325 6 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.35 m Freezing level: 571.89 mb = 4849.21 m = 15909.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.67 mb = 4273.82 m = 14021.54 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.37 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.44 mb = 235.73 m = 773.39 ft T: 24.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 26.76 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 900.88 m = 2955.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 31.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1039.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.08 mb = 639.88 m = 2099.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.08 mb = 1457.19 m = 4780.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.08 mb = 12808.63 m = 42022.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1038.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.08 mb = 16127.93 m = 52912.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.8 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 243.8 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.0 neg: -5.9 tot: 36.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 136.53 Bulk Shear: 7.62 m/s