MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 16Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.94,-87.65 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -87.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 183 24.2 18.2 69 6.0 20.1 46 7 297.3 299.7 293.2 335.6 13.24 1 1000 189 23.0 18.0 73 5.0 19.6 48 6 296.1 298.5 292.7 333.7 13.05 2 950 633 18.0 16.4 90 1.6 17.0 47 6 295.5 297.7 292.0 331.2 12.45 3 900 1094 15.5 9.5 68 5.9 11.9 70 11 297.4 298.9 289.3 321.7 8.31 4 850 1576 11.6 6.6 71 5.0 8.7 84 15 298.2 299.6 288.5 319.4 7.19 5 800 2080 9.3 0.6 54 8.8 4.8 89 17 301.1 302.0 287.5 316.1 4.98 6 750 2613 7.3 -5.8 39 13.2 1.4 97 15 304.6 305.2 287.0 314.8 3.29 7 700 3178 5.2 -11.4 29 16.7 -1.5 121 10 308.3 308.7 287.3 315.6 2.28 8 650 3780 2.5 -20.3 17 22.8 -5.0 102 5 311.7 312.0 287.3 315.6 1.17 9 600 4421 -1.3 -24.9 15 23.7 -8.1 66 5 314.7 314.8 287.9 317.6 0.84 10 550 5107 -6.3 -26.1 19 19.9 -11.6 21 6 316.7 316.8 288.6 319.5 0.82 11 500 5844 -11.3 -35.9 11 24.5 -16.1 8 5 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.5 0.36 12 450 6644 -16.5 -47.8 5 31.3 -20.6 103 7 322.4 322.5 289.6 322.9 0.11 13 400 7516 -23.6 -46.1 11 22.4 -26.2 102 6 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.15 14 350 8477 -30.5 -65.3 2 34.8 -32.4 358 3 327.6 327.6 291.0 327.6 0.02 15 300 9553 -38.4 -58.0 11 19.6 -39.4 304 19 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 16 250 10784 -46.9 -61.0 18 14.1 -47.3 300 24 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.04 17 200 12233 -53.2 -66.6 18 13.5 -53.4 280 28 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14077 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.8 283 23 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16616 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 289 20 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.37 m Freezing level: 616.89 mb = 4204.31 m = 13793.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.19 mb = 2877.40 m = 9440.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.12 mb = 942.61 m = 3092.51 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 20.86 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1252.95 m = 4110.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.29 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 5.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.92 C K Index: 12.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.86 mb = 1057.67 m = 3470.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.86 mb = 1488.52 m = 4883.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 768.86 mb = 2408.19 m = 7900.79 ft B at Equ Level: 16.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 698.86 mb = 3191.31 m = 10470.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 77.9 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 107.9 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.25 Bulk Shear: 2.92 m/s