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: 47.18,-94.53 Latitude: 47.18 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 969 400 20.1 17.5 85 2.7 18.4 152 7 296.0 298.3 292.7 333.6 13.08 2 950 568 20.3 16.8 80 3.5 17.9 170 19 297.8 300.1 293.0 334.8 12.77 3 900 1033 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.8 173 26 298.2 300.5 293.0 334.6 12.53 4 850 1518 14.1 14.1 100 -0.0 14.1 210 31 300.9 303.1 293.4 336.2 12.00 5 800 2029 12.4 12.4 100 -0.0 12.4 235 22 304.3 306.5 293.9 338.3 11.38 6 750 2569 9.1 7.7 91 1.5 8.3 241 19 306.5 308.1 292.6 333.2 8.82 7 700 3138 5.4 5.2 99 0.2 5.3 243 19 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.8 7.96 8 650 3740 1.4 -1.5 81 2.9 -0.1 240 19 310.5 311.5 290.8 326.9 5.27 9 600 4381 -1.6 -12.3 44 10.7 -5.8 256 18 314.3 314.7 289.5 322.3 2.47 10 550 5067 -5.9 -23.5 24 17.5 -11.0 266 19 317.0 317.2 288.9 320.6 1.05 11 500 5807 -10.0 -42.2 5 32.2 -15.5 264 15 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.6 0.19 12 450 6610 -15.6 -35.1 17 19.4 -19.3 255 14 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.2 0.43 13 400 7488 -21.4 -31.3 40 10.0 -23.3 271 16 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.7 0.70 14 350 8458 -28.0 -36.7 43 8.8 -29.2 253 8 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.8 0.47 15 300 9545 -36.9 -43.1 52 6.3 -37.4 245 19 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.28 16 250 10780 -47.2 -51.1 64 3.9 -47.3 246 28 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.14 17 200 12218 -56.1 -63.0 42 6.8 -56.3 264 21 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14072 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 292 18 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.1 0.00 19 100 16662 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.8 310 12 417.0 417.0 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.57 m Freezing level: 627.16 mb = 4032.54 m = 13229.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.90 mb = 3728.54 m = 12232.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.66 mb = 735.86 m = 2414.22 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1204.03 m = 3950.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.29 C = 73.93 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 37.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 217.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.36 mb = 1076.71 m = 3532.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.36 mb = 2788.01 m = 9146.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.36 mb = 8450.90 m = 27725.73 ft B at Equ Level: 217.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.36 mb = 11892.53 m = 39017.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 253.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 3.82 Bulk Shear: 56.96 m/s