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: 44.64,-96.01 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -96.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 974 345 24.2 19.0 72 5.3 20.6 175 10 299.7 302.3 294.7 341.5 14.31 2 950 560 23.0 18.1 74 4.9 19.6 181 20 300.5 303.0 294.6 341.2 13.88 3 900 1028 18.4 17.2 93 1.2 17.6 184 22 300.5 303.0 294.6 341.0 13.84 4 850 1517 15.2 15.2 100 0.0 15.2 201 27 302.1 304.4 294.3 340.0 12.85 5 800 2031 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.5 275 15 306.6 309.1 295.7 345.8 13.03 6 750 2575 11.8 6.4 69 5.4 8.5 287 18 309.4 310.9 292.8 334.0 8.04 7 700 3149 8.2 -0.4 55 8.6 3.7 272 19 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.2 5.32 8 650 3755 3.7 -3.6 59 7.3 0.1 276 17 313.1 314.0 290.9 327.3 4.50 9 600 4400 -1.4 -3.7 84 2.3 -2.6 287 21 314.5 315.4 291.7 329.8 4.84 10 550 5086 -6.7 -9.9 78 3.2 -7.9 280 18 316.2 316.8 290.8 326.9 3.29 11 500 5824 -11.2 -18.3 56 7.1 -13.5 286 17 319.4 319.7 290.4 325.5 1.81 12 450 6624 -16.6 -22.0 63 5.5 -18.0 291 15 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.5 1.46 13 400 7496 -23.6 -33.1 42 9.4 -25.2 270 15 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.4 0.59 14 350 8461 -29.4 -36.2 52 6.8 -30.3 270 22 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.0 0.50 15 300 9543 -37.2 -46.7 37 9.5 -37.9 245 28 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.19 16 250 10778 -46.8 -53.6 46 6.8 -47.1 241 45 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.10 17 200 12226 -53.1 -72.3 8 19.2 -53.4 259 18 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 14080 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 282 13 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16645 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 327 13 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.38 m Freezing level: 614.02 mb = 4218.96 m = 13841.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.51 mb = 3773.81 m = 12381.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.62 mb = 1012.84 m = 3322.93 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.63 mb = 1282.43 m = 4207.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.86 C = 78.54 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 26.37 C K Index: 33.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 476.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1235.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.15 mb = 1180.19 m = 3871.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.15 mb = 1425.25 m = 4675.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.15 mb = 1625.72 m = 5333.65 ft B at Equ Level: 3.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 819.15 mb = 1830.36 m = 6005.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.5 neg: -4.5 tot: 188.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 16.48 Bulk Shear: 75.01 m/s