MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.97,-98.34 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -98.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 965 407 27.7 22.3 73 5.3 23.8 121 9 303.9 307.2 298.1 357.1 17.88 2 950 542 26.0 21.5 76 4.6 22.7 124 12 303.6 306.8 297.6 354.7 17.19 3 900 1017 23.1 18.6 76 4.5 19.9 144 7 305.3 308.1 296.8 350.7 15.17 4 850 1513 18.7 17.1 91 1.6 17.7 243 3 305.7 308.5 296.5 349.6 14.62 5 800 2032 15.6 14.4 92 1.2 14.8 268 8 307.8 310.2 296.0 347.0 12.99 6 750 2578 12.9 6.1 63 6.8 8.8 271 20 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.8 7.88 7 700 3154 8.6 2.3 64 6.3 5.1 266 21 312.0 313.2 292.3 332.1 6.45 8 650 3762 4.2 -3.6 57 7.9 0.4 283 24 313.8 314.6 291.2 328.1 4.51 9 600 4408 -0.6 -5.5 69 4.9 -2.9 287 24 315.5 316.3 291.5 329.0 4.23 10 550 5096 -5.9 -10.9 68 5.0 -7.9 297 23 317.1 317.7 290.9 327.0 3.03 11 500 5835 -11.4 -15.6 71 4.1 -12.9 273 12 319.1 319.5 290.7 326.7 2.28 12 450 6635 -16.6 -28.6 35 12.0 -19.3 276 12 322.3 322.5 290.3 325.2 0.80 13 400 7507 -23.8 -33.1 42 9.3 -25.4 259 14 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.2 0.59 14 350 8468 -30.2 -33.6 73 3.3 -30.7 273 16 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.3 0.64 15 300 9548 -37.8 -50.3 26 12.4 -38.7 263 29 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.13 16 250 10780 -47.1 -59.8 22 12.7 -47.5 244 31 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 17 200 12232 -51.9 -62.8 26 10.9 -52.2 258 12 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.8 0.04 18 150 14091 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 291 24 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16652 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 323 16 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.87 m Freezing level: 605.81 mb = 4332.70 m = 14214.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.34 mb = 3832.33 m = 12573.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.00 mb = 1084.43 m = 3557.80 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 29.07 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1567.98 m = 5144.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -9.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -8.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.15 C Cross Totals Index: 28.58 C K Index: 40.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3082.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.82 mb = 1412.99 m = 4635.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.82 mb = 1770.20 m = 5807.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.82 mb = 12401.17 m = 40685.76 ft B at Equ Level: 3070.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.7 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 307.7 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.3 neg: -7.1 tot: 77.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 35.50 Bulk Shear: 86.85 m/s