MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F059.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F059.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 59 hour NAM valid 5Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.43,-87.45 Latitude: 39.43 Longitude: -87.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 146 20.8 18.0 84 2.8 18.9 62 5 294.0 296.3 292.1 331.4 13.11 1 1000 148 21.6 18.1 81 3.5 19.2 58 4 294.7 297.1 292.4 332.6 13.21 2 950 594 20.6 16.1 75 4.5 17.5 93 15 298.1 300.3 292.6 333.4 12.16 3 900 1058 16.4 15.2 92 1.3 15.6 113 11 298.4 300.6 292.7 333.7 12.12 4 850 1543 13.0 12.0 93 1.0 12.4 123 8 299.8 301.7 291.8 330.3 10.41 5 800 2052 11.1 8.8 86 2.3 9.7 138 10 303.0 304.7 291.6 329.6 8.93 6 750 2589 9.9 -5.7 33 15.6 2.6 137 6 307.3 307.9 288.0 317.7 3.32 7 700 3160 7.7 -32.0 4 39.7 -3.0 154 5 311.1 311.1 286.2 312.4 0.37 8 650 3764 2.9 -23.1 13 26.0 -5.2 155 4 312.3 312.4 287.2 315.4 0.91 9 600 4406 -0.2 -40.1 3 39.8 -8.6 99 2 315.8 315.9 287.6 316.6 0.19 10 550 5096 -4.8 -43.7 3 38.8 -11.9 287 1 318.3 318.4 288.3 318.9 0.14 11 500 5836 -9.9 -42.4 5 32.4 -15.5 287 1 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.6 0.18 12 450 6640 -15.9 -33.5 21 17.6 -19.4 240 4 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.0 0.50 13 400 7514 -22.6 -40.6 18 18.0 -25.1 259 7 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.28 14 350 8479 -29.7 -45.7 20 16.0 -31.3 246 6 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.18 15 300 9562 -36.3 -65.8 3 29.6 -37.5 254 20 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.02 16 250 10808 -43.9 -63.8 9 19.9 -44.6 256 42 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12278 -50.2 -71.1 7 20.9 -50.7 249 49 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14130 -56.8 -79.4 4 22.5 -57.1 272 41 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16651 -64.0 -87.5 3 23.5 -64.2 278 24 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.28 m Freezing level: 603.70 mb = 4358.58 m = 14299.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.66 mb = 2850.43 m = 9351.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.66 C = 80.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.60 mb = 506.36 m = 1661.27 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 21.33 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1229.37 m = 4033.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.78 C = 78.40 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: -4.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 160.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.50 mb = 1034.58 m = 3394.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.50 mb = 1468.39 m = 4817.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.50 mb = 1870.08 m = 6135.35 ft B at Equ Level: 15.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 757.50 mb = 2506.16 m = 8222.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.8 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 152.8 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 21.27 Bulk Shear: 5.69 m/s