MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.78,-80.48 Latitude: 47.78 Longitude: -80.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 978 345 20.8 18.7 88 2.1 19.4 349 8 295.9 298.4 293.4 336.3 14.05 2 950 592 18.5 17.5 94 1.0 17.9 340 14 296.0 298.4 292.9 334.5 13.40 3 900 1055 16.7 15.0 90 1.7 15.6 324 12 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.6 11.99 4 850 1541 13.4 13.4 100 0.0 13.4 299 12 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.8 11.44 5 800 2050 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.7 284 15 302.6 304.4 292.4 332.5 10.09 6 750 2585 6.8 5.6 92 1.2 6.1 291 21 304.0 305.4 290.8 326.9 7.64 7 700 3149 3.7 -4.1 57 7.8 0.0 287 23 306.6 307.3 288.4 319.0 4.02 8 650 3747 0.1 -9.7 48 9.8 -4.0 286 25 309.1 309.6 288.1 318.0 2.81 9 600 4383 -3.6 -12.3 51 8.7 -7.0 282 26 311.9 312.4 288.7 319.9 2.47 10 550 5065 -8.2 -17.4 48 9.1 -11.2 282 27 314.3 314.6 288.8 320.2 1.78 11 500 5797 -12.9 -26.7 30 13.8 -16.3 287 31 317.3 317.4 288.8 320.2 0.86 12 450 6592 -18.1 -38.7 15 20.7 -21.3 287 32 320.5 320.6 289.2 321.6 0.30 13 400 7460 -25.0 -37.9 29 12.8 -26.8 285 34 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.37 14 350 8414 -32.4 -39.9 47 7.5 -33.2 278 37 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.3 0.34 15 300 9481 -41.2 -47.5 50 6.3 -41.6 281 37 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.17 16 250 10693 -51.1 -56.0 56 4.9 -51.2 293 32 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.08 17 200 12108 -58.1 -65.6 38 7.5 -58.2 286 40 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 18 150 13937 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 279 45 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16527 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.3 -56.5 290 26 419.5 419.5 307.7 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.24 m Freezing level: 648.96 mb = 3760.02 m = 12335.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.75 mb = 3151.88 m = 10340.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.21 mb = 608.09 m = 1995.01 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 15.79 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.57 mb = 1202.30 m = 3944.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.08 C = 75.35 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 26.34 C K Index: 31.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1146.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.18 mb = 977.86 m = 3208.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.18 mb = 1509.22 m = 4951.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.18 mb = 11412.94 m = 37443.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1133.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.18 mb = 13803.28 m = 45285.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.6 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 319.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -9.5 tot: 25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 30.11 Bulk Shear: 38.07 m/s