MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 7Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 48.51,-90.22 Latitude: 48.51 Longitude: -90.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 965 474 18.0 16.0 88 2.1 16.7 270 2 294.1 296.3 291.2 328.2 11.91 2 950 610 18.3 15.2 82 3.1 16.3 286 5 295.8 297.8 291.4 328.9 11.51 3 900 1072 15.8 12.6 81 3.2 13.8 66 2 297.8 299.7 291.0 327.6 10.24 4 850 1555 12.0 8.5 79 3.5 10.0 53 4 298.7 300.2 289.6 322.9 8.24 5 800 2060 9.4 -2.0 45 11.4 3.8 203 2 301.1 301.9 286.6 313.6 4.13 6 750 2593 7.3 5.4 88 1.9 6.2 245 6 304.5 305.9 290.9 327.2 7.53 7 700 3158 3.5 1.6 88 1.9 2.5 242 8 306.3 307.5 290.3 325.0 6.14 8 650 3755 -0.1 -0.1 100 0.0 -0.1 216 13 308.9 310.0 290.9 327.0 5.86 9 600 4393 -3.6 -3.6 100 0.0 -3.6 235 12 312.0 312.9 290.9 327.3 4.89 10 550 5074 -8.5 -9.2 95 0.7 -8.8 250 12 314.0 314.7 290.3 325.2 3.48 11 500 5808 -13.2 -14.6 90 1.3 -13.7 247 14 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.1 2.48 12 450 6604 -18.0 -21.5 75 3.4 -19.0 257 12 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.8 1.53 13 400 7473 -23.8 -33.3 41 9.5 -25.4 283 13 324.0 324.2 290.6 326.1 0.57 14 350 8432 -31.5 -43.2 30 11.7 -32.7 285 23 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.24 15 300 9503 -40.4 -45.1 61 4.6 -40.8 282 31 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 16 250 10719 -49.7 -60.0 29 10.3 -50.0 293 39 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.05 17 200 12154 -54.4 -69.8 13 15.4 -54.7 300 35 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14000 -54.3 -80.3 3 26.0 -54.6 311 39 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16579 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 330 31 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.59 m Freezing level: 650.98 mb = 3743.32 m = 12281.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.89 mb = 3731.58 m = 12242.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.13 % Est. max temperature: 24.22 C = 75.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.46 mb = 732.68 m = 2403.79 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 15.29 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1537.72 m = 5044.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.55 C = 72.59 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 31.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.17 mb = 1328.03 m = 4357.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.17 mb = 3413.20 m = 11198.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 448.17 mb = 6633.92 m = 21764.56 ft B at Equ Level: 62.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 328.17 mb = 8879.25 m = 29131.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.1 neg: -5.3 tot: 24.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.90 Bulk Shear: 7.95 m/s