MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 48.42,-84.95 Latitude: 48.42 Longitude: -84.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 SFC 972 442 22.9 15.0 61 8.0 17.7 238 11 298.5 300.5 291.9 330.7 11.06 2 950 640 19.6 13.4 67 6.3 15.6 242 14 297.1 299.0 290.7 326.7 10.19 3 900 1102 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 250 16 296.9 298.7 290.6 326.0 10.01 4 850 1583 10.8 9.4 91 1.4 10.0 278 18 297.4 299.0 289.6 322.9 8.75 5 800 2085 6.6 6.0 96 0.6 6.2 297 21 298.2 299.5 288.6 319.7 7.34 6 750 2611 3.3 -6.6 48 9.9 -0.9 316 25 300.2 300.7 285.2 309.7 3.11 7 700 3168 0.9 -15.0 29 15.9 -4.6 316 26 303.5 303.8 284.9 308.9 1.71 8 650 3759 -2.5 -8.8 62 6.4 -5.1 317 28 306.2 306.7 287.3 315.6 3.02 9 600 4390 -6.1 -15.3 48 9.2 -9.2 314 27 309.1 309.5 287.2 315.4 1.94 10 550 5064 -10.9 -18.4 54 7.5 -13.2 317 27 311.1 311.4 287.6 316.4 1.62 11 500 5789 -15.8 -26.6 39 10.8 -18.3 323 27 313.7 313.9 287.6 316.7 0.87 12 450 6574 -22.0 -28.6 55 6.6 -23.2 325 27 315.6 315.8 288.2 318.4 0.81 13 400 7427 -29.2 -33.9 64 4.7 -29.9 319 31 317.0 317.1 288.4 318.9 0.54 14 350 8366 -36.5 -43.2 50 6.7 -37.1 314 35 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.3 0.24 15 300 9415 -44.8 -52.7 41 7.9 -45.2 316 40 322.1 322.2 289.5 322.5 0.10 16 250 10608 -53.8 -59.7 48 5.9 -54.0 313 43 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.2 0.05 17 200 12027 -55.4 -70.7 13 15.2 -55.6 311 39 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 18 150 13886 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 295 37 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16507 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 288 24 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.67 m Freezing level: 686.25 mb = 3330.54 m = 10926.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.42 mb = 2541.94 m = 8339.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.46 % Est. max temperature: 22.29 C = 72.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.55 mb = 1439.93 m = 4724.11 ft T: 12.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 21.76 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1475.12 m = 4839.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.77 C = 71.19 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 20.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 903.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.59 mb = 1459.00 m = 4786.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.59 mb = 1507.90 m = 4947.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.59 mb = 10669.58 m = 35004.76 ft B at Equ Level: 894.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.59 mb = 12795.01 m = 41977.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 338.9 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 13.91 Bulk Shear: 64.91 m/s