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: 48.67,-80.51 Latitude: 48.67 Longitude: -80.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 990 280 22.4 12.2 52 10.3 16.0 253 8 296.5 298.1 289.6 322.6 9.03 2 950 631 18.1 9.9 59 8.1 13.1 255 11 295.5 297.0 288.4 318.9 8.08 3 900 1090 13.5 8.7 73 4.8 10.7 256 12 295.4 296.8 288.1 318.2 7.87 4 850 1568 8.9 7.7 93 1.1 8.2 256 13 295.4 296.8 288.1 318.0 7.79 5 800 2066 4.8 1.5 79 3.3 3.1 273 20 296.2 297.2 286.0 312.0 5.34 6 750 2589 0.6 -2.7 78 3.3 -0.9 284 20 297.2 298.0 285.2 309.6 4.17 7 700 3139 -2.4 -11.6 49 9.3 -5.7 288 21 299.9 300.3 284.1 306.8 2.24 8 650 3724 -5.1 -21.2 27 16.1 -9.6 294 23 303.2 303.4 284.1 306.7 1.08 9 600 4347 -8.7 -33.3 12 24.6 -13.6 299 24 306.0 306.1 284.3 307.4 0.39 10 550 5017 -12.3 -30.0 21 17.6 -16.0 308 27 309.5 309.6 285.8 311.5 0.58 11 500 5737 -17.3 -22.8 62 5.6 -18.6 318 32 312.0 312.2 287.5 316.1 1.22 12 450 6518 -23.0 -30.6 50 7.6 -24.3 317 33 314.4 314.5 287.6 316.7 0.67 13 400 7368 -30.1 -36.8 52 6.8 -30.9 312 35 315.9 316.0 287.9 317.4 0.41 14 350 8303 -37.5 -44.9 46 7.4 -38.1 323 40 318.1 318.1 288.3 318.8 0.20 15 300 9348 -46.0 -52.1 50 6.2 -46.2 321 46 320.6 320.6 289.0 321.0 0.10 16 250 10536 -53.8 -61.8 37 8.1 -53.9 310 48 326.1 326.2 290.6 326.3 0.04 17 200 11968 -51.5 -71.3 8 19.8 -51.9 291 43 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13845 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 284 34 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 19 100 16480 -51.7 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.4 267 25 427.9 427.9 308.6 428.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5547.83 m Freezing level: 740.11 mb = 2697.47 m = 8849.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.35 mb = 2467.08 m = 8094.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.34 % Est. max temperature: 21.56 C = 70.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.33 mb = 1564.62 m = 5133.21 ft T: 8.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 15.94 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1632.37 m = 5355.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.50 C = 70.69 F Cap Strength: -0.09 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: 0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 24.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 268.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.03 mb = 1645.36 m = 5398.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.03 mb = 1694.34 m = 5558.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.03 mb = 8164.06 m = 26784.66 ft B at Equ Level: 267.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.03 mb = 10878.26 m = 35689.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.5 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 324.5 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 8.66 Bulk Shear: 30.96 m/s