MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.37,-90.97 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -90.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 997 180 23.5 20.9 85 2.6 21.7 80 4 296.9 299.8 295.0 342.7 15.82 2 950 597 20.3 17.4 83 2.9 18.3 82 11 297.8 300.2 293.4 336.2 13.25 3 900 1061 16.5 15.6 94 0.9 15.9 84 14 298.5 300.8 293.0 334.8 12.46 4 850 1547 13.4 13.4 100 -0.0 13.4 97 16 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.8 11.46 5 800 2056 10.9 10.5 97 0.4 10.7 94 7 302.8 304.7 292.4 332.6 10.03 6 750 2594 9.1 -1.2 48 10.3 3.8 139 3 306.4 307.3 289.0 320.8 4.66 7 700 3164 7.3 -13.9 20 21.2 -1.0 147 6 310.6 310.9 287.6 316.6 1.86 8 650 3768 3.7 -20.0 16 23.8 -4.3 172 7 313.2 313.4 287.8 317.2 1.20 9 600 4413 -0.0 -40.3 3 40.3 -8.5 169 4 316.1 316.1 287.7 316.8 0.19 10 550 5102 -4.8 -43.7 3 38.8 -11.9 206 3 318.3 318.4 288.3 318.9 0.14 11 500 5843 -10.0 -23.5 32 13.4 -13.8 204 4 320.8 321.0 290.2 324.8 1.15 12 450 6645 -16.4 -29.6 31 13.1 -19.3 242 1 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.2 0.73 13 400 7520 -22.3 -27.9 60 5.6 -23.5 264 7 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.5 0.97 14 350 8488 -28.6 -36.7 46 8.1 -29.8 295 3 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.47 15 300 9574 -36.7 -43.6 49 6.9 -37.4 336 11 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 16 250 10810 -46.3 -62.3 15 15.9 -46.9 340 14 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.04 17 200 12264 -51.7 -68.9 11 17.2 -52.1 317 21 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14128 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 266 22 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16681 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 278 16 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.24 m Freezing level: 600.66 mb = 4404.31 m = 14449.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.64 mb = 3039.10 m = 9970.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.64 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.02 mb = 505.33 m = 1657.88 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 26.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.32 mb = 991.60 m = 3253.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.92 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 15.67 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 498.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.57 mb = 913.85 m = 2998.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.57 mb = 1055.81 m = 3463.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 720.57 mb = 2924.54 m = 9594.84 ft B at Equ Level: 51.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.57 mb = 12577.22 m = 41263.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.5 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 151.5 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -11.9 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 133.19 Bulk Shear: 3.74 m/s