MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 44.57,-74.01 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -74.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 961 495 25.7 15.4 53 10.3 18.8 233 9 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.2 11.49 2 950 598 23.4 13.6 54 9.8 17.0 233 11 300.9 302.8 292.1 331.4 10.34 3 900 1067 18.6 12.2 66 6.4 14.6 236 14 300.7 302.5 291.7 330.1 9.99 4 850 1553 13.9 11.2 84 2.6 12.2 238 14 300.7 302.5 291.7 329.8 9.91 5 800 2061 10.0 6.3 78 3.7 7.8 255 14 301.8 303.1 290.0 324.0 7.48 6 750 2595 7.2 -2.4 50 9.6 2.5 274 9 304.4 305.2 287.9 317.5 4.28 7 700 3159 3.6 -4.3 56 7.9 -0.1 284 13 306.5 307.2 288.3 318.8 3.96 8 650 3756 0.5 -9.3 48 9.8 -3.6 289 16 309.5 310.0 288.3 318.7 2.90 9 600 4394 -2.9 -14.9 39 12.0 -7.2 279 21 312.7 313.1 288.5 319.2 2.00 10 550 5078 -6.8 -27.5 18 20.7 -12.1 260 22 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.6 0.73 11 500 5814 -11.8 -25.5 31 13.7 -15.3 255 24 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.9 0.96 12 450 6612 -17.5 -31.5 28 14.0 -20.3 256 26 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.5 0.61 13 400 7481 -24.5 -40.4 22 15.9 -26.6 252 31 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.1 0.28 14 350 8437 -32.3 -48.1 19 15.7 -33.6 250 28 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.7 0.14 15 300 9503 -41.5 -56.4 18 15.0 -42.1 235 26 326.9 327.0 290.9 327.2 0.06 16 250 10715 -50.5 -60.4 30 9.8 -50.8 238 22 330.9 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.04 17 200 12144 -54.6 -67.7 18 13.1 -54.9 254 38 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13972 -57.0 -79.2 4 22.1 -57.3 259 42 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16519 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 260 32 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.04 m Freezing level: 643.38 mb = 3840.83 m = 12601.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.85 mb = 3137.18 m = 10292.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.55 % Est. max temperature: 24.98 C = 76.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.84 mb = 1784.80 m = 5855.58 ft T: 12.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1931.44 m = 6336.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.92 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 29.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 371.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.19 mb = 1852.54 m = 6077.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.19 mb = 2111.26 m = 6926.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.19 mb = 10578.20 m = 34704.97 ft B at Equ Level: 369.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.19 mb = 12298.55 m = 40349.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.6 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 292.6 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -7.1 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 36.21 Bulk Shear: 10.27 m/s