MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 49.78,-88.41 Latitude: 49.78 Longitude: -88.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 186 SFC 991 259 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.5 54 8 287.7 289.4 287.0 314.8 9.73 2 950 623 15.1 14.3 95 0.8 14.6 117 13 292.5 294.4 289.8 323.3 10.84 3 900 1082 15.0 14.9 100 0.0 15.0 204 7 296.9 299.1 292.1 331.5 11.95 4 850 1564 11.9 9.3 84 2.6 10.3 249 12 298.6 300.1 289.9 323.9 8.67 5 800 2069 8.3 5.0 80 3.3 6.5 237 11 300.0 301.3 288.8 320.3 6.85 6 750 2598 4.3 0.9 79 3.4 2.5 236 10 301.2 302.2 287.9 317.6 5.45 7 700 3156 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.7 230 6 304.2 305.2 288.9 320.5 5.36 8 650 3752 -1.1 -2.0 93 0.9 -1.5 253 4 307.8 308.7 289.8 323.5 5.08 9 600 4385 -5.4 -5.8 97 0.4 -5.6 261 6 309.9 310.7 289.6 322.8 4.14 10 550 5064 -9.7 -9.9 98 0.2 -9.8 254 8 312.6 313.2 289.7 323.0 3.27 11 500 5794 -13.1 -13.5 97 0.4 -13.2 269 6 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.0 2.71 12 450 6590 -18.4 -18.9 96 0.5 -18.6 278 7 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.5 1.90 13 400 7454 -26.5 -27.7 90 1.2 -26.8 284 13 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.9 0.98 14 350 8401 -34.3 -49.5 20 15.2 -35.4 301 21 322.5 322.5 289.6 323.0 0.12 15 300 9463 -41.9 -55.2 22 13.3 -42.5 303 25 326.2 326.3 290.7 326.5 0.07 16 250 10671 -51.4 -59.1 39 7.7 -51.5 297 32 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.05 17 200 12101 -54.4 -69.3 14 14.9 -54.7 305 28 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 13956 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.8 315 32 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16546 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 320 28 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.60 m Freezing level: 670.09 mb = 3512.44 m = 11523.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.68 mb = 3333.89 m = 10937.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.35 % Est. max temperature: 24.92 C = 76.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.15 mb = 322.04 m = 1056.55 ft T: 14.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 991.45 mb = 259.11 m = 850.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.15 C = 59.27 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 32.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.09 mb = 766.20 m = 2513.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.09 mb = 2286.01 m = 7499.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 649.09 mb = 3762.96 m = 12345.51 ft B at Equ Level: 63.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 319.09 mb = 9037.92 m = 29651.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.2 neg: -10.8 tot: 98.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 40.52 m/s