MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 48.49,-83.00 Latitude: 48.49 Longitude: -83.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 978 342 22.2 19.0 82 3.3 20.0 309 3 297.3 299.8 293.9 338.5 14.24 2 950 596 19.6 17.7 89 1.9 18.3 322 5 297.1 299.5 293.4 336.3 13.55 3 900 1060 17.0 14.3 84 2.7 15.3 304 3 299.0 301.1 292.4 332.4 11.44 4 850 1545 13.4 12.1 92 1.3 12.6 272 6 300.2 302.1 292.0 330.9 10.48 5 800 2053 9.1 8.7 97 0.5 8.9 286 8 300.9 302.5 290.9 327.0 8.83 6 750 2586 7.2 0.7 63 6.5 3.8 308 13 304.4 305.4 289.0 320.8 5.38 7 700 3151 4.5 -13.2 26 17.7 -2.3 303 17 307.5 307.9 286.7 313.8 1.98 8 650 3749 0.6 -16.9 26 17.5 -5.5 294 21 309.6 309.9 287.0 314.7 1.56 9 600 4385 -3.9 -17.1 35 13.2 -8.3 287 24 311.6 311.9 287.8 317.1 1.67 10 550 5066 -8.2 -24.7 25 16.5 -12.6 285 26 314.3 314.5 287.9 317.5 0.94 11 500 5798 -12.8 -31.9 19 19.1 -16.8 287 30 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.2 0.53 12 450 6592 -18.7 -33.6 26 15.0 -21.4 281 33 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.6 0.50 13 400 7458 -25.4 -42.0 20 16.7 -27.3 277 37 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.24 14 350 8411 -32.8 -46.4 25 13.6 -34.0 273 41 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.17 15 300 9476 -41.2 -49.2 42 8.0 -41.6 276 45 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.15 16 250 10689 -51.3 -55.5 61 4.1 -51.5 281 45 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.08 17 200 12104 -57.5 -67.3 28 9.8 -57.7 284 47 341.6 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.02 18 150 13935 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 286 40 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16518 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 292 32 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.62 m Freezing level: 643.82 mb = 3827.54 m = 12557.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.59 mb = 2936.28 m = 9633.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.45 C = 77.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.45 mb = 755.72 m = 2479.37 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 24.61 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1284.03 m = 4212.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.94 C K Index: 20.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1247.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.65 mb = 1101.11 m = 3612.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.65 mb = 1439.64 m = 4723.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.65 mb = 11480.96 m = 37666.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1230.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.65 mb = 13907.27 m = 45626.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.4 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 320.4 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 47.85 Bulk Shear: 26.06 m/s