MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.12,-90.65 Latitude: 38.12 Longitude: -90.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 992 223 24.3 21.0 82 3.2 22.0 34 3 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.7 16.02 2 950 595 19.8 19.7 99 0.1 19.8 39 4 297.3 300.0 294.7 341.8 15.38 3 900 1059 16.2 15.9 98 0.3 16.0 55 4 298.2 300.5 293.1 335.1 12.71 4 850 1545 13.8 12.7 93 1.1 13.1 111 3 300.6 302.6 292.4 332.8 10.93 5 800 2055 11.4 10.8 96 0.6 11.0 143 4 303.3 305.2 292.7 333.8 10.24 6 750 2594 10.0 3.3 63 6.7 6.2 150 2 307.4 308.6 290.9 327.2 6.48 7 700 3164 7.2 -11.7 25 18.9 -0.6 297 1 310.4 310.8 287.9 317.6 2.23 8 650 3768 3.0 -20.9 15 23.9 -4.8 320 2 312.3 312.5 287.5 316.1 1.11 9 600 4411 -0.2 -40.4 3 40.2 -8.6 337 2 315.9 316.0 287.6 316.6 0.19 10 550 5100 -5.5 -30.3 12 24.8 -11.6 165 3 317.5 317.6 288.6 319.5 0.56 11 500 5838 -11.3 -24.6 33 13.3 -14.8 151 6 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.9 1.04 12 450 6637 -16.1 -21.8 62 5.6 -17.7 166 5 323.0 323.2 291.2 328.1 1.49 13 400 7515 -21.6 -33.2 34 11.6 -23.7 181 8 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.0 0.58 14 350 8483 -29.4 -37.6 45 8.2 -30.5 181 12 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.7 0.43 15 300 9563 -38.1 -50.6 26 12.4 -38.9 206 6 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.12 16 250 10794 -46.2 -59.5 21 13.2 -46.7 248 5 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12264 -47.9 -73.8 4 25.9 -48.6 233 17 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 14140 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 218 26 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16684 -64.5 -88.4 2 24.0 -64.6 244 10 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.64 m Freezing level: 602.76 mb = 4375.36 m = 14354.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.36 mb = 3112.74 m = 10212.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.11 mb = 630.33 m = 2067.99 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 17.72 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.40 mb = 746.48 m = 2449.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.69 C = 74.65 F Cap Strength: -0.16 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 18.97 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1067.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.91 mb = 769.36 m = 2524.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.91 mb = 815.60 m = 2675.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.91 mb = 11176.02 m = 36666.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1044.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.91 mb = 13482.60 m = 44233.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 124.7 at 3.1 knts Storm direction: 154.7 at 2.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -48.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 388.35 Bulk Shear: 2.75 m/s