MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 20Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.00,-88.50 Latitude: 39.00 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 999 162 26.8 21.0 70 5.9 22.6 71 9 300.1 303.0 295.8 346.5 15.85 2 950 598 21.6 18.4 82 3.2 19.4 76 11 299.1 301.7 294.4 340.5 14.18 3 900 1065 17.1 17.1 100 -0.0 17.1 85 12 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.3 13.79 4 850 1551 14.2 12.7 91 1.4 13.3 135 14 301.0 303.0 292.6 333.2 10.93 5 800 2061 11.3 10.2 93 1.1 10.6 127 10 303.2 305.0 292.4 332.4 9.81 6 750 2599 9.4 4.1 70 5.2 6.4 96 4 306.8 308.0 291.0 327.7 6.88 7 700 3169 6.4 0.5 66 5.9 3.2 116 8 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.1 5.66 8 650 3772 2.5 -4.9 58 7.4 -1.0 118 8 311.8 312.5 290.2 324.7 4.08 9 600 4415 -0.9 -11.0 46 10.1 -5.1 145 7 315.0 315.5 290.0 324.0 2.75 10 550 5104 -5.2 -12.4 57 7.2 -8.0 170 8 318.0 318.5 290.8 326.8 2.69 11 500 5845 -10.6 -23.7 33 13.1 -14.2 177 9 320.1 320.4 290.0 324.1 1.13 12 450 6645 -17.1 -23.8 56 6.7 -18.8 168 13 321.8 322.0 290.6 326.1 1.25 13 400 7520 -21.5 -23.5 84 2.0 -22.1 185 17 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.0 1.43 14 350 8489 -28.9 -32.6 71 3.6 -29.5 187 18 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.4 0.71 15 300 9571 -37.7 -46.6 39 9.0 -38.4 171 18 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.19 16 250 10808 -46.0 -59.0 22 13.0 -46.4 180 19 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 17 200 12277 -48.7 -65.6 12 16.9 -49.3 197 35 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.03 18 150 14151 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 225 34 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16683 -64.0 -88.0 2 24.1 -64.1 211 16 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.71 m Freezing level: 613.84 mb = 4236.88 m = 13900.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.10 mb = 3622.00 m = 11883.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.01 mb = 903.23 m = 2963.31 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 22.57 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.35 mb = 966.15 m = 3169.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.88 C = 78.59 F Cap Strength: -0.21 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1307.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.87 mb = 989.67 m = 3246.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.87 mb = 1037.33 m = 3403.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.87 mb = 11274.76 m = 36990.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1287.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.87 mb = 14027.18 m = 46020.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 156.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.0 neg: -14.6 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 135.59 Bulk Shear: 9.64 m/s