MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.91,-82.87 Latitude: 43.91 Longitude: -82.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 995 217 25.8 17.7 61 8.0 20.3 117 2 299.4 301.7 293.6 337.2 12.94 2 950 620 21.1 15.4 70 5.7 17.3 115 4 298.6 300.7 292.4 332.4 11.62 3 900 1085 16.8 14.0 84 2.7 15.0 159 3 298.8 300.8 292.2 331.6 11.26 4 850 1570 12.9 11.5 92 1.3 12.0 221 4 299.6 301.5 291.5 329.3 10.11 5 800 2077 9.4 8.2 93 1.1 8.7 234 7 301.1 302.7 290.7 326.5 8.58 6 750 2610 6.9 4.3 84 2.6 5.5 221 5 304.1 305.4 290.3 325.0 6.97 7 700 3173 3.3 1.0 85 2.2 2.1 257 4 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.1 5.90 8 650 3771 0.7 -4.7 67 5.4 -1.8 271 3 309.8 310.6 289.6 322.8 4.16 9 600 4410 -2.8 -13.7 43 10.8 -6.9 306 5 312.8 313.3 288.8 320.1 2.22 10 550 5094 -6.1 -38.0 6 31.9 -12.5 313 7 316.8 316.8 288.0 317.8 0.26 11 500 5833 -10.2 -44.7 4 34.5 -15.7 273 8 320.7 320.7 289.1 321.2 0.14 12 450 6635 -16.4 -43.1 8 26.7 -20.4 271 9 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.3 0.19 13 400 7507 -23.8 -34.5 37 10.6 -25.6 288 7 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.9 0.51 14 350 8465 -31.5 -48.0 18 16.5 -32.9 277 5 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.14 15 300 9537 -39.6 -53.5 22 13.8 -40.4 214 7 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.09 16 250 10757 -49.5 -60.7 25 11.3 -49.8 229 7 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.04 17 200 12195 -53.6 -66.4 19 12.8 -53.8 255 21 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14034 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -56.9 277 25 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16582 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 277 21 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.84 m Freezing level: 639.59 mb = 3904.26 m = 12809.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.23 mb = 3487.64 m = 11442.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.65 mb = 1230.90 m = 4038.34 ft T: 15.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 19.40 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1409.54 m = 4624.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 525.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.42 mb = 1339.23 m = 4393.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.42 mb = 1486.15 m = 4875.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.42 mb = 10797.70 m = 35425.08 ft B at Equ Level: 520.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.42 mb = 12576.16 m = 41259.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -3.3 tot: 10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 63.80 Bulk Shear: 8.24 m/s