MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.27,-94.93 Latitude: 47.27 Longitude: -94.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 436 22.1 16.9 73 5.2 18.6 139 12 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.7 12.62 2 950 593 20.6 16.3 76 4.3 17.7 140 18 298.1 300.4 292.8 334.1 12.37 3 900 1058 16.1 15.5 96 0.6 15.7 144 22 298.1 300.4 292.8 334.1 12.38 4 850 1543 14.7 12.8 89 1.9 13.5 184 20 301.5 303.5 292.8 334.0 11.01 5 800 2055 12.6 10.3 86 2.3 11.2 206 14 304.6 306.4 292.9 334.3 9.92 6 750 2595 10.4 1.2 53 9.2 5.5 212 14 307.9 308.9 290.3 325.0 5.57 7 700 3167 7.5 -2.9 48 10.4 2.3 252 15 310.7 311.6 290.2 324.6 4.41 8 650 3772 3.0 -0.5 78 3.5 1.2 257 18 312.4 313.4 291.7 330.2 5.69 9 600 4415 -1.7 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 258 20 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.3 5.45 10 550 5103 -5.6 -15.3 46 9.7 -9.1 260 22 317.4 317.8 290.1 324.4 2.11 11 500 5842 -10.6 -27.9 23 17.2 -14.9 263 21 320.1 320.2 289.6 322.8 0.77 12 450 6643 -16.1 -33.8 20 17.7 -19.5 268 20 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.8 0.49 13 400 7519 -22.0 -43.1 13 21.1 -24.8 275 22 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.21 14 350 8487 -28.1 -31.4 73 3.3 -28.6 289 33 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.8 0.79 15 300 9576 -36.7 -39.6 75 2.8 -37.1 294 40 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.41 16 250 10812 -46.0 -53.5 43 7.4 -46.4 313 37 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.0 0.11 17 200 12256 -55.5 -60.6 52 5.2 -55.6 301 37 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14108 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 256 11 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.2 0.00 19 100 16695 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 252 11 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.29 m Freezing level: 618.38 mb = 4178.90 m = 13710.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.17 mb = 4008.40 m = 13150.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.61 mb = 1089.76 m = 3575.27 ft T: 16.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 9.70 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1652.52 m = 5421.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 27.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.89 mb = 1201.53 m = 3941.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.89 mb = 4024.74 m = 13204.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.89 mb = 8285.25 m = 27182.26 ft B at Equ Level: 171.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.89 mb = 11079.39 m = 36349.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 140.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 94.43 m/s