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: 45.52,-79.33 Latitude: 45.52 Longitude: -79.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 185 SFC 981 354 23.3 20.0 81 3.4 21.0 18 4 298.2 300.9 294.8 342.1 15.14 2 950 630 19.5 18.6 94 0.9 18.9 19 4 297.0 299.6 293.9 338.4 14.33 3 900 1093 15.4 14.9 97 0.5 15.1 61 3 297.4 299.5 292.2 331.9 11.93 4 850 1576 11.8 9.7 87 2.1 10.5 205 1 298.5 300.1 290.2 324.6 8.92 5 800 2081 10.0 -4.7 35 14.7 3.2 271 6 301.8 302.4 286.1 312.2 3.38 6 750 2615 7.4 -19.2 13 26.7 -1.6 265 6 304.7 304.9 284.7 308.3 1.11 7 700 3178 4.5 -22.5 12 27.0 -3.9 271 8 307.4 307.6 285.5 310.4 0.90 8 650 3777 1.1 -18.3 22 19.4 -5.5 271 8 310.2 310.4 287.0 314.7 1.39 9 600 4415 -3.1 -21.9 22 18.7 -8.8 268 12 312.5 312.7 287.5 316.2 1.11 10 550 5098 -7.4 -26.1 21 18.7 -12.3 270 13 315.3 315.4 288.1 318.1 0.82 11 500 5831 -12.6 -30.5 21 17.9 -16.5 267 17 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.7 0.60 12 450 6624 -18.5 -40.0 13 21.5 -21.7 257 21 319.9 320.0 289.0 320.9 0.26 13 400 7492 -24.9 -42.1 19 17.2 -27.1 264 32 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.24 14 350 8446 -33.0 -51.3 14 18.4 -34.3 264 34 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.10 15 300 9511 -41.1 -49.4 40 8.3 -41.5 264 33 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.14 16 250 10725 -50.2 -58.1 39 7.8 -50.5 268 36 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.06 17 200 12158 -54.2 -66.8 20 12.6 -54.4 261 45 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14000 -55.3 -79.2 4 23.9 -55.6 259 48 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.01 19 100 16566 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 278 27 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.10 m Freezing level: 637.43 mb = 3937.31 m = 12917.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.26 mb = 2437.35 m = 7996.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.93 % Est. max temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.58 mb = 779.37 m = 2556.96 ft T: 18.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 33.83 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.99 mb = 933.04 m = 3061.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.45 C = 72.41 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 7.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 134.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1318.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.47 mb = 947.29 m = 3107.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.47 mb = 994.23 m = 3261.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.47 mb = 11247.19 m = 36899.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1304.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.47 mb = 13980.01 m = 45865.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.2 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 300.2 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 82.29 Bulk Shear: 16.02 m/s