MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.61,-80.28 Latitude: 43.61 Longitude: -80.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 979 364 24.4 17.6 66 6.7 19.8 291 8 299.4 301.7 293.7 337.5 13.07 2 950 623 21.2 15.9 72 5.2 17.7 293 10 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.8 12.07 3 900 1088 17.1 13.8 81 3.3 15.0 298 8 299.1 301.1 292.1 331.4 11.08 4 850 1574 13.3 10.7 84 2.6 11.7 297 5 300.0 301.8 291.2 328.1 9.54 5 800 2080 9.3 6.7 84 2.6 7.8 308 4 301.0 302.4 289.9 323.9 7.71 6 750 2614 7.1 -4.9 42 12.0 1.6 326 7 304.3 305.0 287.2 315.3 3.55 7 700 3177 4.1 -9.3 37 13.4 -1.6 327 4 307.0 307.5 287.2 315.5 2.69 8 650 3776 1.1 -18.8 21 19.9 -5.5 288 2 310.2 310.4 286.9 314.5 1.33 9 600 4415 -2.0 -26.0 14 24.0 -8.7 316 2 313.7 313.9 287.5 316.4 0.76 10 550 5101 -5.9 -28.4 15 22.5 -11.6 296 6 317.0 317.2 288.5 319.4 0.67 11 500 5838 -11.4 -26.4 28 14.9 -15.2 299 10 319.1 319.3 289.4 322.2 0.89 12 450 6637 -17.3 -36.1 18 18.7 -20.6 311 12 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.9 0.39 13 400 7506 -24.1 -47.9 9 23.9 -26.6 310 11 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.12 14 350 8465 -31.2 -51.4 12 20.1 -32.8 311 16 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.10 15 300 9539 -39.5 -56.4 15 17.0 -40.3 303 18 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.06 16 250 10759 -49.3 -62.0 22 12.6 -49.7 290 15 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.8 0.04 17 200 12196 -54.6 -68.9 15 14.4 -54.8 276 26 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14032 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -56.9 257 22 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16580 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 274 22 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.51 m Freezing level: 633.06 mb = 3992.04 m = 13097.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.69 mb = 2894.12 m = 9495.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.21 % Est. max temperature: 25.45 C = 77.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.84 mb = 1213.45 m = 3981.09 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1499.74 m = 4920.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 21.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 499.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.64 mb = 1389.40 m = 4558.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.64 mb = 1636.31 m = 5368.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.64 mb = 10662.08 m = 34980.15 ft B at Equ Level: 497.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.64 mb = 12740.41 m = 41798.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.9 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 333.9 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -56.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -3.0 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 373.85 Bulk Shear: 1.34 m/s