MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 48.94,-84.27 Latitude: 48.94 Longitude: -84.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 194 SFC 984 330 20.0 18.3 90 1.7 18.8 229 5 294.5 296.9 292.6 333.2 13.54 2 950 634 17.4 16.2 92 1.2 16.7 246 8 294.9 297.1 291.7 330.1 12.28 3 900 1094 14.4 10.7 79 3.6 12.1 292 15 296.3 297.9 289.5 322.5 9.04 4 850 1574 10.3 6.4 77 3.9 8.1 299 18 296.9 298.2 288.0 317.7 7.11 5 800 2075 7.4 1.1 64 6.3 4.2 299 19 299.0 300.0 286.9 314.5 5.19 6 750 2604 4.0 -2.7 62 6.6 0.8 297 20 300.9 301.6 286.6 313.5 4.19 7 700 3161 0.7 -6.5 58 7.2 -2.4 305 20 303.3 303.9 286.6 313.6 3.36 8 650 3753 -2.6 -7.7 68 5.1 -4.7 318 25 306.0 306.7 287.5 316.3 3.29 9 600 4383 -6.7 -11.3 70 4.6 -8.4 322 25 308.4 308.9 287.8 316.9 2.69 10 550 5057 -11.3 -16.2 67 4.9 -12.9 319 26 310.7 311.0 287.8 317.0 1.96 11 500 5779 -16.7 -21.6 66 4.9 -18.0 317 28 312.6 312.9 287.8 317.2 1.36 12 450 6561 -22.5 -29.6 52 7.1 -23.8 312 31 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.5 0.73 13 400 7415 -28.6 -42.2 26 13.6 -30.0 311 29 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.7 0.23 14 350 8355 -36.8 -45.2 42 8.4 -37.4 311 32 319.1 319.1 288.7 319.8 0.19 15 300 9401 -45.4 -50.5 57 5.0 -45.7 310 36 321.3 321.3 289.3 321.8 0.12 16 250 10592 -54.0 -59.0 54 5.0 -54.2 309 40 325.7 325.7 290.6 325.9 0.05 17 200 12015 -53.5 -71.4 9 17.9 -53.8 307 36 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13878 -50.4 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.0 299 33 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 19 100 16503 -53.3 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 288 22 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5585.70 m Freezing level: 689.03 mb = 3291.10 m = 10797.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.97 mb = 2745.65 m = 9007.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.80 % Est. max temperature: 23.09 C = 73.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.92 mb = 544.78 m = 1787.31 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 19.65 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.02 mb = 1178.34 m = 3865.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.94 C = 71.50 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 26.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1138.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.25 mb = 1053.97 m = 3457.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.25 mb = 1289.88 m = 4231.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.25 mb = 10872.06 m = 35669.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1114.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.25 mb = 13095.55 m = 42963.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.4 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 339.4 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 84.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 23.57 Bulk Shear: 48.32 m/s