MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.72,-76.89 Latitude: 44.72 Longitude: -76.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 SFC 996 217 25.2 18.7 67 6.5 20.7 21 4 298.7 301.2 294.0 338.6 13.72 2 950 630 19.8 16.7 83 3.1 17.8 21 5 297.3 299.6 292.8 334.1 12.73 3 900 1093 15.5 14.9 96 0.6 15.1 349 5 297.5 299.6 292.3 332.0 11.90 4 850 1576 11.9 10.9 93 1.0 11.3 332 6 298.6 300.4 290.8 326.9 9.67 5 800 2081 9.7 9.7 100 -0.0 9.7 317 7 301.5 303.3 291.6 329.7 9.52 6 750 2616 8.0 -9.0 29 16.9 0.8 301 5 305.2 305.7 286.5 313.3 2.58 7 700 3181 5.2 -14.8 22 20.0 -2.3 289 8 308.2 308.5 286.6 313.8 1.73 8 650 3781 1.0 -16.0 27 16.9 -5.1 274 11 310.0 310.4 287.3 315.6 1.69 9 600 4418 -3.1 -23.5 19 20.4 -9.0 272 13 312.5 312.7 287.3 315.7 0.96 10 550 5101 -7.3 -28.8 16 21.6 -12.5 270 16 315.5 315.6 288.0 317.7 0.64 11 500 5836 -12.0 -31.0 19 19.0 -16.2 268 21 318.3 318.5 288.9 320.4 0.57 12 450 6631 -17.9 -38.3 15 20.4 -21.2 268 23 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.8 0.31 13 400 7501 -24.3 -43.7 15 19.3 -26.6 267 24 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.20 14 350 8456 -32.7 -48.5 19 15.9 -33.9 259 28 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.13 15 300 9522 -41.3 -55.5 20 14.2 -42.0 253 33 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.07 16 250 10734 -50.3 -61.4 26 11.1 -50.6 256 36 331.2 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.04 17 200 12170 -53.6 -65.1 23 11.6 -53.8 259 49 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14012 -55.4 -79.3 4 23.9 -55.8 260 52 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16575 -58.4 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 270 30 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.27 m Freezing level: 638.35 mb = 3929.39 m = 12891.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.42 mb = 2754.19 m = 9035.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.04 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.79 mb = 1038.27 m = 3406.34 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 1041.28 m = 3416.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.99 C = 75.18 F Cap Strength: -0.18 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 14.87 Risk: None Sweat Index: 164.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1015.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.22 mb = 1062.63 m = 3486.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.22 mb = 1109.96 m = 3641.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.22 mb = 11044.92 m = 36236.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1008.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.22 mb = 13278.34 m = 43563.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.8 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 313.8 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 52.69 Bulk Shear: 19.26 m/s