MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 20Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 48.45,-81.84 Latitude: 48.45 Longitude: -81.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 979 329 25.7 16.0 55 9.7 19.2 294 8 300.7 302.9 293.2 335.3 11.77 2 950 588 22.1 14.1 61 8.0 16.9 288 12 299.6 301.6 292.0 331.0 10.72 3 900 1054 17.5 13.1 76 4.4 14.7 284 14 299.5 301.4 291.8 330.4 10.57 4 850 1539 12.8 11.6 93 1.2 12.1 288 15 299.6 301.4 291.5 329.3 10.16 5 800 2046 9.4 8.7 96 0.7 9.0 292 24 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.4 8.88 6 750 2579 6.6 5.9 95 0.7 6.2 297 21 303.7 305.2 290.9 327.1 7.80 7 700 3144 3.8 0.4 78 3.4 2.0 289 21 306.7 307.7 289.9 323.9 5.63 8 650 3741 -0.2 -11.3 43 11.1 -4.6 286 25 308.7 309.2 287.6 316.6 2.47 9 600 4377 -3.8 -24.4 18 20.6 -9.6 284 28 311.7 311.8 286.9 314.6 0.88 10 550 5057 -8.3 -27.3 20 19.0 -13.0 284 30 314.2 314.4 287.7 316.8 0.74 11 500 5789 -12.7 -34.0 15 21.3 -16.9 284 36 317.6 317.6 288.5 319.1 0.43 12 450 6585 -18.3 -37.2 17 18.8 -21.4 280 38 320.2 320.2 289.2 321.4 0.35 13 400 7451 -25.0 -37.8 29 12.9 -26.8 278 38 322.6 322.6 289.9 323.9 0.37 14 350 8405 -32.7 -43.8 32 11.2 -33.7 276 40 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.22 15 300 9471 -41.3 -48.7 45 7.4 -41.8 277 45 327.1 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.15 16 250 10683 -51.0 -54.4 68 3.3 -51.2 283 44 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.09 17 200 12098 -57.9 -70.2 20 12.2 -58.1 279 47 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.01 18 150 13921 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.0 286 43 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16503 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 287 27 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.53 m Freezing level: 652.43 mb = 3711.96 m = 12178.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.67 mb = 3322.50 m = 10900.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.10 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.77 mb = 1551.13 m = 5088.95 ft T: 12.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 20.70 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.95 mb = 1598.78 m = 5245.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.75 C = 76.54 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 637.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.47 mb = 1593.62 m = 5228.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.47 mb = 1643.25 m = 5391.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.47 mb = 10955.63 m = 35943.24 ft B at Equ Level: 626.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.47 mb = 13147.67 m = 43134.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: -6.0 tot: 34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 27.28 Bulk Shear: 23.37 m/s