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: 42.03,-83.79 Latitude: 42.03 Longitude: -83.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 181 SFC 996 216 26.9 15.8 51 11.1 19.5 101 10 300.4 302.4 292.7 333.9 11.41 2 950 629 21.4 13.1 59 8.3 16.1 101 12 298.9 300.8 291.2 328.2 10.02 3 900 1094 16.8 12.0 73 4.9 13.8 100 12 298.9 300.6 291.0 327.6 9.82 4 850 1578 12.5 7.9 73 4.7 9.8 103 15 299.3 300.7 289.5 322.4 7.87 5 800 2084 10.5 -3.7 37 14.1 3.8 106 18 302.3 303.0 286.5 313.4 3.64 6 750 2619 8.4 -17.2 14 25.6 -0.7 123 11 305.7 306.0 285.3 310.0 1.32 7 700 3185 5.8 -13.6 23 19.5 -1.7 120 6 309.0 309.3 287.1 315.1 1.90 8 650 3787 2.2 -20.4 17 22.7 -5.1 119 3 311.5 311.7 287.2 315.4 1.16 9 600 4428 -1.6 -24.9 15 23.3 -8.3 97 4 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.1 0.84 10 550 5114 -6.3 -30.2 13 24.0 -12.0 173 4 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.7 0.56 11 500 5852 -10.1 -47.4 3 37.3 -15.8 156 7 320.7 320.7 289.0 321.1 0.11 12 450 6655 -15.8 -48.6 4 32.9 -20.1 173 6 323.4 323.5 289.9 323.8 0.10 13 400 7532 -21.2 -53.0 4 31.7 -24.5 215 6 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.07 14 350 8504 -27.8 -48.4 12 20.6 -29.8 248 6 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 15 300 9593 -36.6 -50.2 23 13.6 -37.5 253 15 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 16 250 10829 -46.7 -52.2 54 5.4 -47.0 235 29 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.12 17 200 12279 -53.4 -67.5 16 14.1 -53.7 236 54 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14111 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 250 44 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16644 -61.5 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 269 20 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.03 m Freezing level: 621.15 mb = 4156.77 m = 13637.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.22 mb = 2528.59 m = 8295.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.00 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.50 mb = 1602.33 m = 5256.91 ft T: 12.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 23.82 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1902.59 m = 6242.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.02 C K Index: 11.07 Risk: None Sweat Index: 131.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6667.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.16 mb = 1665.03 m = 5462.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.4 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 145.4 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -3.7 tot: 13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 1.63 m/s