MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.57,-84.54 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -84.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 222 SFC 981 391 24.6 17.7 66 6.9 19.9 169 4 299.4 301.8 293.7 337.7 13.11 2 950 668 20.5 15.7 74 4.8 17.3 170 5 298.0 300.2 292.4 332.6 11.90 3 900 1132 15.9 14.5 91 1.5 15.0 175 7 297.9 300.0 292.2 331.6 11.60 4 850 1616 12.4 9.1 80 3.3 10.4 210 11 299.2 300.7 290.0 324.3 8.56 5 800 2122 9.9 5.6 74 4.3 7.5 198 10 301.7 303.0 289.6 323.0 7.14 6 750 2655 5.9 0.2 67 5.6 3.0 222 8 302.9 303.9 288.3 318.6 5.19 7 700 3215 1.2 -4.4 66 5.6 -1.3 266 11 303.9 304.6 287.4 316.0 3.95 8 650 3807 -2.1 -5.2 79 3.1 -3.5 257 12 306.6 307.3 288.4 319.0 4.00 9 600 4441 -4.4 -5.9 89 1.5 -5.1 257 10 311.0 311.8 289.9 323.9 4.09 10 550 5122 -8.0 -9.8 87 1.7 -8.8 266 11 314.5 315.2 290.3 325.2 3.31 11 500 5857 -12.2 -14.7 82 2.5 -13.0 262 11 318.2 318.6 290.6 326.3 2.45 12 450 6654 -17.8 -20.4 80 2.6 -18.5 254 10 320.9 321.3 290.7 326.6 1.68 13 400 7524 -23.9 -27.2 74 3.3 -24.6 260 13 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.5 1.02 14 350 8483 -31.7 -37.7 55 6.0 -32.5 260 17 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.42 15 300 9559 -38.4 -46.1 44 7.7 -39.0 269 33 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.20 16 250 10786 -48.3 -53.7 54 5.3 -48.6 267 40 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.10 17 200 12221 -54.8 -70.0 14 15.2 -55.1 271 36 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14065 -54.6 -80.6 3 26.0 -55.0 286 23 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16648 -57.2 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.6 295 13 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.68 m Freezing level: 681.39 mb = 3435.48 m = 11271.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.31 mb = 3039.51 m = 9972.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.09 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.90 mb = 1256.37 m = 4121.89 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 21.70 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.54 mb = 1346.08 m = 4416.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.70 C = 74.65 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.98 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 28.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 707.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.03 mb = 1312.50 m = 4306.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.03 mb = 1457.75 m = 4782.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.03 mb = 9648.55 m = 31654.95 ft B at Equ Level: 704.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.03 mb = 13039.70 m = 42780.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: -4.4 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 59.08 Bulk Shear: 11.98 m/s