MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51,-92.57 Latitude: 51.00 Longitude: -92.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 974 398 18.9 16.8 87 2.1 17.5 148 6 294.3 296.6 291.7 330.0 12.47 2 950 608 18.4 16.5 89 1.9 17.1 161 19 295.8 298.1 292.2 331.9 12.54 3 900 1071 15.7 12.6 82 3.1 13.7 183 22 297.6 299.5 291.0 327.4 10.23 4 850 1554 12.7 8.1 73 4.6 10.0 189 20 299.5 301.0 289.7 323.1 8.00 5 800 2061 11.6 -6.0 29 17.6 3.5 180 15 303.5 304.1 286.4 312.9 3.04 6 750 2597 8.8 -11.2 23 20.0 0.6 178 14 306.1 306.5 286.4 313.0 2.16 7 700 3164 5.0 -4.1 52 9.1 0.7 167 14 308.1 308.8 288.9 320.7 4.04 8 650 3764 1.0 -5.6 61 6.6 -2.0 161 13 310.1 310.8 289.5 322.3 3.87 9 600 4402 -3.2 -9.5 62 6.3 -5.8 168 14 312.4 313.0 289.5 322.3 3.09 10 550 5086 -6.9 -18.2 40 11.3 -10.6 160 13 315.8 316.2 289.2 321.4 1.65 11 500 5821 -12.0 -43.3 5 31.3 -16.9 138 10 318.4 318.4 288.4 319.0 0.17 12 450 6619 -17.7 -44.7 8 27.0 -21.4 108 10 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.6 0.16 13 400 7488 -23.6 -52.8 5 29.2 -26.3 85 15 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.07 14 350 8448 -31.0 -55.7 7 24.8 -32.7 89 23 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.2 0.06 15 300 9521 -40.2 -57.0 15 16.8 -40.9 92 24 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.06 16 250 10741 -48.9 -64.0 16 15.1 -49.2 95 18 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.03 17 200 12183 -53.5 -72.1 8 18.7 -53.8 333 14 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 14040 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 324 21 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16627 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 345 21 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.62 m Freezing level: 638.13 mb = 3915.36 m = 12845.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.88 mb = 3317.07 m = 10882.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.13 C = 79.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.77 mb = 664.78 m = 2181.01 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1487.98 m = 4881.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.81 C = 74.86 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 2.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 23.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.35 mb = 1181.19 m = 3875.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.35 mb = 4097.68 m = 13443.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.35 mb = 7426.80 m = 24365.86 ft B at Equ Level: 41.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.35 mb = 9443.59 m = 30982.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.9 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 197.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.4 neg: -14.2 tot: 44.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 59.66 Bulk Shear: 0.70 m/s