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: 48.99,-84.66 Latitude: 48.99 Longitude: -84.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 978 341 25.7 16.8 58 8.9 19.6 276 6 300.7 303.0 293.6 337.1 12.37 2 950 593 21.9 15.1 65 6.9 17.4 272 8 299.5 301.5 292.5 332.8 11.41 3 900 1059 17.3 13.9 80 3.5 15.1 271 10 299.4 301.4 292.3 332.0 11.14 4 850 1544 12.9 12.9 100 0.0 12.9 274 11 299.7 301.7 292.3 332.2 11.08 5 800 2051 9.2 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 302 15 301.0 302.6 290.6 326.1 8.48 6 750 2583 6.1 3.3 83 2.7 4.6 317 17 303.2 304.4 289.6 322.7 6.50 7 700 3146 3.6 -2.9 63 6.4 0.4 304 18 306.4 307.2 288.8 320.1 4.42 8 650 3744 0.9 -23.7 14 24.7 -6.4 291 21 310.0 310.2 286.4 312.9 0.86 9 600 4382 -3.2 -26.2 15 23.1 -9.4 283 24 312.5 312.6 287.1 315.0 0.75 10 550 5063 -7.9 -27.5 19 19.7 -12.8 280 26 314.8 314.9 287.8 317.3 0.73 11 500 5797 -12.6 -31.0 20 18.3 -16.6 284 31 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.7 0.58 12 450 6591 -18.8 -33.5 26 14.8 -21.4 281 32 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.5 0.50 13 400 7456 -25.3 -40.9 22 15.6 -27.3 277 32 322.0 322.1 289.7 323.0 0.27 14 350 8409 -32.9 -46.3 25 13.4 -34.0 269 35 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.17 15 300 9475 -41.0 -45.1 64 4.2 -41.2 280 40 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.23 16 250 10689 -51.0 -54.0 70 3.1 -51.1 285 47 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.10 17 200 12107 -57.4 -70.6 17 13.3 -57.5 288 50 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.01 18 150 13938 -54.4 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.8 296 40 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16519 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 297 29 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.25 m Freezing level: 638.48 mb = 3891.28 m = 12766.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.84 mb = 3182.88 m = 10442.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.65 % Est. max temperature: 25.21 C = 77.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.58 mb = 1459.03 m = 4786.77 ft T: 13.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 19.21 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1485.93 m = 4875.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.61 C = 76.29 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 32.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 917.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.78 mb = 1476.76 m = 4844.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.78 mb = 1526.44 m = 5007.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.78 mb = 11169.66 m = 36645.42 ft B at Equ Level: 903.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.78 mb = 13456.96 m = 44149.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.1 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 318.1 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.5 neg: -3.0 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 43.38 Bulk Shear: 21.14 m/s