MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.59,-91.08 Latitude: 41.59 Longitude: -91.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 997 208 25.5 15.8 55 9.7 19.1 110 4 298.9 301.0 292.3 332.2 11.42 2 950 627 19.3 12.4 64 7.0 15.0 100 5 296.8 298.5 290.1 324.5 9.54 3 900 1089 14.8 10.7 76 4.1 12.3 99 5 296.7 298.4 289.6 322.9 9.00 4 850 1569 10.2 8.7 91 1.5 9.3 101 6 296.8 298.3 289.1 321.1 8.35 5 800 2072 9.5 -18.4 12 27.9 -0.0 125 10 301.3 301.5 283.4 304.9 1.12 6 750 2605 8.7 -26.9 6 35.7 -1.7 130 10 306.1 306.2 284.5 308.0 0.56 7 700 3173 7.0 -27.8 6 34.7 -3.1 135 11 310.2 310.3 286.1 312.1 0.56 8 650 3777 3.6 -25.3 10 28.8 -5.1 146 11 313.0 313.1 287.3 315.6 0.75 9 600 4420 -0.8 -31.0 8 30.2 -8.4 151 8 315.3 315.3 287.8 316.9 0.48 10 550 5108 -5.6 -36.0 7 30.5 -12.0 179 7 317.5 317.6 288.3 318.7 0.32 11 500 5846 -10.8 -37.6 9 26.8 -15.9 203 7 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.9 0.30 12 450 6647 -16.1 -31.0 27 14.8 -19.3 214 4 322.9 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.64 13 400 7524 -21.5 -35.5 27 14.1 -23.8 334 4 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.8 0.46 14 350 8494 -28.2 -36.5 45 8.3 -29.5 268 8 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.48 15 300 9579 -37.2 -45.7 41 8.5 -37.9 255 13 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.21 16 250 10820 -44.7 -54.8 31 10.1 -45.2 296 24 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.09 17 200 12274 -53.2 -67.7 16 14.5 -53.5 291 42 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14107 -55.4 -79.3 4 23.9 -55.8 289 30 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16646 -62.0 -88.9 2 26.9 -62.2 292 21 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.87 m Freezing level: 608.72 mb = 4307.85 m = 14133.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 800.21 mb = 2069.85 m = 6790.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.54 % Est. max temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.40 mb = 1418.41 m = 4653.52 ft T: 11.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 27.32 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1450.38 m = 4758.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.41 C = 74.13 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 2.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.18 C Showalter Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.04 C Cross Totals Index: 19.58 C K Index: -4.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.50 mb = 1505.25 m = 4938.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.50 mb = 1554.43 m = 5099.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.50 mb = 1852.09 m = 6076.33 ft B at Equ Level: 17.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 781.50 mb = 2265.30 m = 7431.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.8 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 172.8 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 3.78 m/s