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: 48.87,-94.24 Latitude: 48.87 Longitude: -94.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 978 345 17.3 16.6 96 0.7 16.8 114 8 292.3 294.5 290.9 327.0 12.25 2 950 592 15.4 15.5 100 -0.0 15.5 120 22 292.9 294.9 290.6 326.1 11.70 3 900 1051 14.7 14.7 100 -0.0 14.7 163 26 296.6 298.7 291.9 330.6 11.75 4 850 1535 12.5 12.5 100 -0.0 12.6 184 34 299.3 301.2 291.9 330.8 10.80 5 800 2043 10.7 10.7 100 -0.0 10.7 202 27 302.5 304.4 292.4 332.6 10.14 6 750 2580 7.9 7.9 100 0.0 7.9 204 19 305.1 306.8 292.3 332.0 8.94 7 700 3146 4.4 4.2 98 0.3 4.3 199 19 307.4 308.8 291.7 329.9 7.39 8 650 3746 0.6 0.5 100 0.0 0.5 202 19 309.6 310.8 291.3 328.5 6.12 9 600 4384 -3.2 -3.2 100 0.0 -3.1 202 16 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.4 5.05 10 550 5070 -6.6 -6.6 100 0.0 -6.6 216 16 316.3 317.1 291.7 329.9 4.25 11 500 5807 -11.3 -11.4 100 0.0 -11.3 246 11 319.2 319.9 291.6 329.8 3.21 12 450 6609 -16.2 -16.9 94 0.7 -16.4 301 8 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.6 2.26 13 400 7484 -22.4 -26.2 71 3.9 -23.2 318 8 325.9 326.1 291.7 329.9 1.12 14 350 8451 -29.9 -33.6 70 3.7 -30.4 255 10 328.4 328.6 291.9 330.8 0.64 15 300 9531 -38.1 -41.9 67 3.8 -38.5 259 14 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.32 16 250 10760 -47.6 -51.0 68 3.4 -47.7 278 28 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12202 -55.3 -65.6 27 10.2 -55.5 295 32 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14056 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 298 19 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16641 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 332 17 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.00 m Freezing level: 642.38 mb = 3843.01 m = 12608.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.59 mb = 3837.11 m = 12588.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.65 % Est. max temperature: 25.62 C = 78.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.66 mb = 426.09 m = 1397.93 ft T: 16.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 4.25 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.74 mb = 576.00 m = 1889.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.81 C = 64.06 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: 0.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.78 mb = 811.20 m = 2661.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.78 mb = 4112.51 m = 13492.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 590.78 mb = 4506.14 m = 14783.75 ft B at Equ Level: 24.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 500.78 mb = 5795.36 m = 19013.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.2 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 226.2 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.9 neg: -11.5 tot: 283.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 61.71 m/s