MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.05,-98.77 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -98.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 1 950 584 SFC 941 662 16.9 16.4 97 0.5 16.6 102 4 295.1 297.4 292.0 331.3 12.59 3 900 1045 16.1 14.1 88 2.0 14.8 266 7 298.0 300.1 291.9 330.8 11.27 4 850 1533 16.9 9.9 64 7.0 12.6 283 20 303.8 305.5 292.0 330.9 9.06 5 800 2049 15.4 6.8 57 8.6 10.2 292 24 307.5 309.0 292.0 331.1 7.76 6 750 2593 12.1 4.7 60 7.4 7.8 293 20 309.8 311.1 292.2 331.8 7.16 7 700 3167 7.8 5.6 86 2.2 6.5 265 13 311.1 312.7 293.4 336.4 8.20 8 650 3775 3.8 0.6 79 3.2 2.1 262 8 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.6 6.16 9 600 4420 -0.9 -4.3 78 3.4 -2.5 262 1 315.1 316.0 291.7 329.9 4.65 10 550 5107 -6.7 -11.8 67 5.0 -8.7 97 5 316.1 316.6 290.3 325.3 2.82 11 500 5845 -10.8 -13.1 84 2.2 -11.7 125 4 319.8 320.4 291.5 329.1 2.80 12 450 6650 -14.5 -16.1 88 1.6 -15.0 255 5 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.2 2.42 13 400 7533 -20.4 -21.9 87 1.5 -20.8 272 13 328.5 328.8 292.9 334.2 1.65 14 350 8508 -27.0 -29.3 81 2.3 -27.4 287 13 332.4 332.6 293.3 335.9 0.97 15 300 9600 -35.8 -38.7 75 2.8 -36.1 287 20 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.45 16 250 10840 -46.1 -49.5 69 3.3 -46.3 273 23 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.17 17 200 12283 -56.6 -61.1 57 4.5 -56.7 270 24 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14128 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 302 18 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16682 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 340 17 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.48 m Freezing level: 609.31 mb = 4300.16 m = 14107.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.35 mb = 4061.18 m = 13323.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.68 mb = 722.70 m = 2371.02 ft T: 16.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 0.45 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.07 mb = 2863.09 m = 9393.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 35.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 380.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.81 mb = 1564.63 m = 5133.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.81 mb = 4939.76 m = 16206.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 491.81 mb = 5971.61 m = 19591.66 ft B at Equ Level: 49.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 431.81 mb = 6959.58 m = 22832.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.4 neg: -34.8 tot: 38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 19.11 Bulk Shear: 2.62 m/s