MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.62,-90.34 Latitude: 38.62 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 998 157 24.0 21.8 87 2.3 22.5 17 6 297.3 300.4 295.7 345.6 16.67 2 950 588 19.8 19.5 98 0.3 19.6 15 9 297.2 300.0 294.6 341.2 15.20 3 900 1053 17.1 17.1 100 -0.0 17.1 12 10 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.3 13.77 4 850 1540 14.7 14.7 100 -0.0 14.7 17 8 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.3 12.48 5 800 2053 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 26 5 304.8 306.9 294.1 339.0 11.48 6 750 2594 10.4 7.4 82 3.0 8.6 54 3 307.8 309.5 292.8 334.1 8.63 7 700 3164 6.9 -14.9 19 21.8 -1.4 150 1 310.2 310.5 287.3 315.8 1.71 8 650 3769 3.9 -27.4 8 31.3 -5.1 318 4 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.6 0.62 9 600 4413 -0.8 -7.3 61 6.5 -3.7 325 8 315.2 315.9 290.9 327.0 3.68 10 550 5101 -6.3 -14.1 54 7.9 -9.2 246 3 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.3 2.33 11 500 5837 -12.2 -18.4 60 6.2 -14.2 237 3 318.2 318.5 290.0 324.2 1.79 12 450 6637 -16.5 -20.0 74 3.5 -17.5 271 7 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.4 1.74 13 400 7511 -23.0 -27.3 68 4.3 -23.9 244 8 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.6 1.02 14 350 8475 -30.1 -33.6 71 3.6 -30.6 285 6 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.5 0.64 15 300 9554 -38.7 -48.0 37 9.3 -39.4 345 10 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.16 16 250 10782 -45.1 -61.6 14 16.5 -45.7 326 8 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 17 200 12274 -44.2 -75.3 2 31.1 -45.1 256 24 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 18 150 14162 -53.2 -78.2 3 25.0 -53.7 251 24 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.5 0.01 19 100 16708 -64.7 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.8 232 16 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.96 m Freezing level: 608.60 mb = 4302.38 m = 14115.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.96 mb = 3082.68 m = 10113.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.22 mb = 440.47 m = 1445.10 ft T: 21.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 23.48 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.80 mb = 662.41 m = 2173.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.25 C = 75.65 F Cap Strength: -0.13 C Lifted Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 26.90 C K Index: 19.76 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1419.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.95 mb = 688.44 m = 2258.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.95 mb = 734.38 m = 2409.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.95 mb = 10945.89 m = 35911.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1412.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.95 mb = 13578.14 m = 44547.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.7 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 22.7 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -173.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 4.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 740.69 Bulk Shear: 1.92 m/s