MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 4Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.79,-73.91 Latitude: 40.79 Longitude: -73.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1021 5 21.3 18.9 86 2.5 19.6 358 5 292.7 295.1 292.0 331.2 13.54 1 1000 187 20.0 16.5 80 3.6 17.7 10 10 293.2 295.3 290.9 327.0 11.86 2 950 630 16.6 13.8 83 2.8 14.8 16 11 294.0 295.9 290.0 324.0 10.47 3 900 1088 12.9 10.3 84 2.6 11.3 10 11 294.8 296.4 288.8 320.0 8.75 4 850 1565 9.4 5.3 76 4.1 7.2 356 11 296.0 297.2 287.2 315.2 6.59 5 800 2066 7.0 3.1 76 3.9 4.9 340 10 298.6 299.7 287.5 316.3 5.99 6 750 2596 7.2 -6.0 38 13.2 1.3 301 9 304.4 305.0 286.9 314.5 3.26 7 700 3163 6.6 -33.3 4 40.0 -3.6 287 14 309.8 309.9 285.7 311.0 0.33 8 650 3765 2.7 -31.8 6 34.5 -6.1 276 20 312.1 312.2 286.6 313.5 0.41 9 600 4406 -1.7 -32.1 8 30.4 -9.0 267 25 314.2 314.3 287.3 315.7 0.43 10 550 5092 -5.3 -44.0 3 38.7 -12.2 258 31 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.4 0.14 11 500 5834 -9.2 -50.4 2 41.2 -15.3 253 34 321.8 321.8 289.4 322.1 0.08 12 450 6640 -14.6 -40.9 9 26.2 -19.0 252 41 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.24 13 400 7521 -20.4 -34.3 28 14.0 -22.9 254 52 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.52 14 350 8498 -25.1 -49.2 9 24.1 -27.7 249 72 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.12 15 300 9599 -33.3 -48.9 20 15.5 -34.7 242 78 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.15 16 250 10854 -41.5 -57.1 17 15.6 -42.3 237 94 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.07 17 200 12338 -51.0 -66.8 14 15.8 -51.3 235 106 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14160 -60.7 -81.8 5 21.1 -60.8 243 87 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16658 -64.4 -85.3 4 20.8 -64.6 255 42 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.23 m Freezing level: 618.91 mb = 4163.78 m = 13660.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.15 mb = 2737.97 m = 8982.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.93 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.19 mb = 315.89 m = 1036.36 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.97 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.60 mb = 932.75 m = 3060.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.18 C = 73.72 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.00 C Showalter Index: 9.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.62 C Cross Totals Index: 14.54 C K Index: -16.04 Risk: None Sweat Index: 120.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.64 mb = 822.17 m = 2697.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.64 mb = 1053.39 m = 3455.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 773.64 mb = 2341.02 m = 7680.41 ft B at Equ Level: 47.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 713.64 mb = 3004.24 m = 9856.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.2 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 312.2 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -20.8 tot: -7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 53.51 m/s