MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.31,-71.14 Latitude: 38.31 Longitude: -71.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -1 24.0 16.1 61 7.9 18.8 19 19 295.7 297.7 291.3 328.5 11.41 1 1000 150 22.1 13.0 57 9.0 16.4 19 21 295.2 296.9 289.5 322.4 9.45 2 950 593 17.7 11.4 67 6.3 13.8 21 22 295.2 296.8 289.0 321.1 8.96 3 900 1054 18.0 -20.1 6 38.0 4.6 39 23 300.1 300.2 282.5 302.9 0.86 4 850 1542 17.3 -21.5 6 38.8 3.8 30 17 304.3 304.5 284.2 307.0 0.81 5 800 2055 14.7 -22.5 6 37.3 2.1 25 17 306.9 307.0 285.1 309.5 0.78 6 750 2596 11.9 -18.9 10 30.7 0.7 1 10 309.4 309.7 286.5 313.2 1.14 7 700 3168 8.7 -26.9 6 35.7 -2.1 326 8 312.2 312.3 286.8 314.3 0.60 8 650 3777 5.7 -33.4 4 39.1 -4.5 309 9 315.5 315.5 287.6 316.7 0.35 9 600 4425 1.6 -34.1 5 35.7 -7.3 295 12 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.2 0.35 10 550 5119 -3.2 -27.0 14 23.8 -9.8 275 15 320.3 320.5 289.7 323.0 0.76 11 500 5864 -8.8 -26.4 23 17.6 -13.5 264 17 322.4 322.5 290.4 325.5 0.89 12 450 6670 -14.2 -31.7 21 17.5 -18.0 258 23 325.4 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.60 13 400 7555 -18.9 -37.6 18 18.7 -22.1 249 30 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.8 0.38 14 350 8537 -24.6 -39.4 24 14.9 -26.8 242 46 335.7 335.7 293.6 337.0 0.36 15 300 9644 -32.0 -49.0 17 17.0 -33.5 243 57 340.3 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.15 16 250 10903 -42.7 -55.2 24 12.4 -43.4 247 66 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.09 17 200 12373 -52.2 -60.2 37 8.1 -52.4 257 93 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.4 0.06 18 150 14192 -60.8 -76.5 11 15.7 -61.0 239 59 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16684 -66.0 -88.0 3 22.0 -66.1 227 29 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.37 m Freezing level: 583.51 mb = 4653.84 m = 15268.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.15 mb = 2739.62 m = 8988.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.61 mb = 991.96 m = 3254.44 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 25.66 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.69 mb = 4033.86 m = 13234.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.87 C = 112.76 F Cap Strength: 9.01 C Lifted Index: 7.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.55 C Showalter Index: 14.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: -12.73 C K Index: -31.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 52.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10864.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.56 mb = 1636.24 m = 5368.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.0 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 15.0 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -139.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -10.9 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 20.27 m/s