MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F057.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F057.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-92.14 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -92.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 966 448 19.9 15.5 76 4.4 17.1 157 5 295.9 298.0 291.5 329.2 11.57 2 950 596 18.6 14.7 78 3.9 16.1 159 7 296.1 298.1 291.2 328.3 11.16 3 900 1057 14.1 13.7 97 0.4 13.8 159 8 296.1 298.1 291.1 327.8 11.01 4 850 1538 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.7 195 14 298.5 300.0 289.4 322.2 8.08 5 800 2046 12.5 -10.2 19 22.8 2.9 213 8 304.5 304.9 285.8 311.4 2.19 6 750 2583 9.1 -4.2 39 13.2 2.8 238 5 306.4 307.1 288.1 318.0 3.74 7 700 3151 5.0 5.0 100 0.0 5.0 247 5 308.0 309.5 292.2 331.9 7.83 8 650 3755 2.9 2.9 100 0.0 2.9 237 7 312.2 313.6 293.0 334.8 7.26 9 600 4397 -2.5 -4.8 84 2.3 -3.6 219 8 313.2 314.1 290.9 327.3 4.45 10 550 5081 -7.9 -8.5 96 0.5 -8.2 229 10 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.4 3.67 11 500 5813 -13.6 -15.0 89 1.4 -14.1 225 13 316.4 316.9 290.0 324.2 2.38 12 450 6606 -18.9 -21.9 78 2.9 -19.7 221 16 319.4 319.7 290.1 324.4 1.48 13 400 7475 -23.1 -25.3 82 2.2 -23.7 242 21 324.9 325.2 291.5 329.2 1.22 14 350 8442 -28.5 -31.2 78 2.6 -29.0 269 30 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.2 0.81 15 300 9527 -37.3 -40.4 73 3.1 -37.7 272 31 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.2 0.38 16 250 10759 -47.2 -50.9 66 3.7 -47.4 286 40 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 17 200 12194 -58.1 -62.9 54 4.7 -58.2 285 41 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.04 18 150 14023 -54.7 -81.0 2 26.3 -55.1 311 27 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16599 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 311 17 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.68 m Freezing level: 623.25 mb = 4098.41 m = 13446.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.78 mb = 4033.92 m = 13234.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.26 mb = 997.83 m = 3273.67 ft T: 14.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 17.83 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1312.90 m = 4307.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.32 C = 70.37 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 33.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 239.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.98 mb = 1189.10 m = 3901.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.98 mb = 5066.90 m = 16623.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.98 mb = 7098.08 m = 23287.37 ft B at Equ Level: 59.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 370.98 mb = 8020.38 m = 26313.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -4.5 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.29 Bulk Shear: 8.55 m/s