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: 44.61,-74.3 Latitude: 44.61 Longitude: -74.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 964 486 17.1 11.6 70 5.5 13.7 207 4 293.3 294.9 288.4 319.0 8.95 2 950 609 18.7 11.6 64 7.1 14.3 239 12 296.2 297.8 289.5 322.5 9.09 3 900 1074 17.6 10.8 65 6.7 13.4 297 15 299.6 301.2 290.6 326.3 9.08 4 850 1559 13.2 9.2 77 4.0 10.8 287 13 300.0 301.6 290.4 325.4 8.63 5 800 2065 9.8 2.2 59 7.5 5.8 265 10 301.6 302.6 288.2 318.4 5.62 6 750 2600 7.9 -8.9 29 16.8 0.7 258 14 305.2 305.7 286.5 313.3 2.59 7 700 3165 4.4 -8.4 39 12.8 -1.1 257 11 307.3 307.9 287.6 316.5 2.90 8 650 3762 0.2 -16.4 27 16.6 -5.6 256 9 309.2 309.5 286.9 314.5 1.63 9 600 4399 -3.4 -24.6 18 21.2 -9.4 259 13 312.1 312.3 287.1 315.1 0.87 10 550 5080 -7.9 -25.7 23 17.7 -12.6 251 12 314.7 314.8 287.9 317.6 0.86 11 500 5813 -12.4 -42.9 6 30.5 -17.1 259 11 318.0 318.0 288.3 318.6 0.17 12 450 6608 -18.5 -36.5 19 18.0 -21.5 269 13 320.0 320.0 289.2 321.3 0.37 13 400 7474 -25.0 -41.1 21 16.1 -27.1 264 14 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.26 14 350 8429 -32.2 -47.1 21 14.9 -33.5 286 14 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.9 0.16 15 300 9500 -40.2 -50.6 32 10.4 -40.8 291 14 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.12 16 250 10717 -50.0 -58.9 34 8.9 -50.3 255 16 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 17 200 12150 -54.0 -70.0 12 16.0 -54.3 256 34 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 13990 -56.0 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.3 258 36 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16549 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 254 22 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.69 m Freezing level: 647.42 mb = 3795.31 m = 12451.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.10 mb = 2819.74 m = 9251.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.15 mb = 1186.09 m = 3891.33 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 12.94 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2556.55 m = 8387.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.13 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 22.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6435.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.41 mb = 1763.65 m = 5786.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.5 neg: -12.9 tot: 34.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 200.64 Bulk Shear: 0.09 m/s