MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.90,-87.96 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -87.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 209 17.8 16.5 92 1.3 17.0 349 3 290.8 292.9 290.0 324.2 11.85 1 1000 230 17.6 16.1 91 1.5 16.7 355 3 290.8 292.8 289.8 323.5 11.62 2 950 670 17.3 11.7 70 5.6 13.9 98 11 294.8 296.4 289.1 321.1 9.14 3 900 1129 12.9 10.9 88 2.0 11.7 97 12 294.8 296.4 289.1 321.1 9.15 4 850 1606 8.6 8.6 100 0.0 8.6 85 11 295.2 296.7 288.5 319.2 8.30 5 800 2105 7.3 -10.2 28 17.5 0.4 63 10 299.0 299.4 283.7 305.8 2.20 6 750 2637 8.6 -34.3 3 42.9 -2.2 42 9 305.9 306.0 284.1 306.9 0.28 7 700 3202 4.6 -18.0 18 22.6 -3.2 14 12 307.5 307.8 286.0 311.9 1.32 8 650 3802 2.3 -39.8 3 42.1 -6.7 3 8 311.6 311.7 286.1 312.3 0.18 9 600 4444 -0.5 -44.5 2 43.9 -8.9 357 9 315.5 315.5 287.4 315.9 0.12 10 550 5132 -5.8 -41.7 4 35.9 -12.5 327 8 317.1 317.2 288.0 317.8 0.18 11 500 5869 -11.4 -45.8 4 34.3 -16.6 311 15 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.6 0.13 12 450 6668 -16.5 -43.2 8 26.7 -20.4 294 19 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.19 13 400 7542 -22.4 -43.4 13 21.0 -25.2 284 26 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.20 14 350 8509 -29.0 -41.5 29 12.6 -30.4 282 32 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.29 15 300 9592 -38.0 -43.1 58 5.2 -38.4 278 42 331.9 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.28 16 250 10823 -46.6 -59.9 21 13.3 -47.0 262 56 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 17 200 12275 -53.5 -69.3 13 15.8 -53.8 265 60 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14109 -57.0 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 280 49 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16635 -62.5 -89.3 2 26.8 -62.7 291 40 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.00 m Freezing level: 609.48 mb = 4322.33 m = 14180.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 792.80 mb = 2179.75 m = 7151.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.36 % Est. max temperature: 22.25 C = 72.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.38 mb = 373.77 m = 1226.25 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 15.38 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.04 mb = 1259.27 m = 4131.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.97 C = 71.55 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.36 C Showalter Index: 5.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 6.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.86 mb = 1111.15 m = 3645.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.86 mb = 1441.96 m = 4730.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 806.86 mb = 2034.92 m = 6676.16 ft B at Equ Level: 25.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 766.86 mb = 2453.75 m = 8050.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 18.6 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 48.6 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -11.4 tot: -7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 12.72 m/s