MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.74,-96.88 Latitude: 43.74 Longitude: -96.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 963 477 16.6 15.6 94 0.9 16.0 193 6 292.9 294.9 290.6 326.1 11.68 2 950 594 16.3 15.3 94 1.0 15.7 188 14 293.7 295.8 290.8 326.8 11.59 3 900 1055 16.5 14.3 87 2.2 15.1 203 36 298.5 300.6 292.2 331.9 11.46 4 850 1541 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.7 225 30 300.6 302.8 293.0 334.9 11.66 5 800 2051 11.7 11.7 100 -0.0 11.7 233 21 303.6 305.6 293.3 335.8 10.84 6 750 2590 9.1 9.1 100 0.0 9.2 205 18 306.5 308.3 293.3 335.9 9.75 7 700 3161 6.4 6.0 97 0.4 6.2 192 18 309.6 311.2 293.2 335.4 8.42 8 650 3766 2.9 2.9 100 0.0 2.9 196 20 312.3 313.7 293.0 334.9 7.29 9 600 4411 -1.2 -4.5 78 3.4 -2.8 192 18 314.8 315.6 291.5 329.3 4.56 10 550 5098 -6.5 -11.8 66 5.2 -8.6 203 18 316.3 316.9 290.5 325.5 2.82 11 500 5834 -11.8 -19.0 55 7.2 -14.0 224 17 318.6 319.0 290.1 324.4 1.70 12 450 6638 -14.4 -22.9 49 8.4 -16.8 270 16 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.8 1.35 13 400 7520 -20.1 -43.0 11 22.8 -23.4 294 15 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.22 14 350 8495 -27.3 -43.2 21 15.9 -29.2 279 2 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.24 15 300 9584 -36.3 -51.3 20 15.0 -37.3 329 17 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.11 16 250 10821 -46.3 -49.7 68 3.4 -46.5 298 28 337.2 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.16 17 200 12271 -53.3 -67.1 17 13.7 -53.6 260 2 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14105 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.1 -56.0 312 26 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16658 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 305 20 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.66 m Freezing level: 614.33 mb = 4226.09 m = 13864.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.32 mb = 4090.91 m = 13421.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.40 C = 79.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.13 mb = 592.60 m = 1944.19 ft T: 16.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 11.52 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1653.59 m = 5425.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 25.51 C K Index: 38.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.52 mb = 1126.04 m = 3694.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.52 mb = 5132.88 m = 16839.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.52 mb = 6185.25 m = 20292.58 ft B at Equ Level: 41.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 437.52 mb = 6848.76 m = 22469.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.4 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 239.4 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.3 neg: -22.6 tot: 146.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 14.33 Bulk Shear: 3.05 m/s