MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.38,-78.12 Latitude: 44.38 Longitude: -78.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 191 SFC 996 223 21.8 20.5 92 1.3 20.9 49 6 295.2 298.0 294.1 339.4 15.40 2 950 636 19.2 17.5 90 1.7 18.1 60 13 296.7 299.1 293.2 335.4 13.39 3 900 1099 16.3 15.3 94 1.0 15.7 56 5 298.3 300.6 292.8 334.0 12.27 4 850 1584 12.6 12.2 98 0.3 12.4 219 2 299.3 301.3 291.8 330.3 10.59 5 800 2091 10.3 7.6 83 2.7 8.7 251 7 302.1 303.6 290.7 326.4 8.19 6 750 2625 8.1 -13.8 20 21.9 -0.3 257 8 305.4 305.7 285.7 311.0 1.75 7 700 3190 5.0 -15.5 21 20.5 -2.6 253 8 308.0 308.3 286.5 313.3 1.63 8 650 3790 1.3 -13.1 33 14.5 -4.2 265 8 310.5 310.9 287.9 317.4 2.14 9 600 4430 -2.2 -11.6 48 9.5 -5.9 276 9 313.6 314.1 289.4 322.1 2.62 10 550 5116 -6.2 -23.5 24 17.2 -11.2 270 10 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.3 1.05 11 500 5854 -10.5 -38.6 8 28.1 -15.7 265 16 320.3 320.3 289.1 321.3 0.27 12 450 6653 -17.3 -36.4 17 19.1 -20.6 261 22 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.8 0.38 13 400 7524 -23.7 -41.9 17 18.1 -26.1 254 25 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.0 0.24 14 350 8484 -30.7 -45.6 22 14.9 -32.1 253 31 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.18 15 300 9561 -38.7 -42.6 67 3.9 -39.0 261 35 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.30 16 250 10790 -46.8 -50.9 63 4.1 -47.0 257 57 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.14 17 200 12234 -56.9 -60.9 60 4.1 -57.0 249 73 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.05 18 150 14067 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 258 57 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16624 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 264 31 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.74 m Freezing level: 630.73 mb = 4036.69 m = 13243.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.52 mb = 2608.23 m = 8557.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.07 mb = 383.41 m = 1257.89 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 28.41 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 984.76 m = 3230.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.48 C = 76.06 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 14.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 167.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 791.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.90 mb = 846.77 m = 2778.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.90 mb = 1176.06 m = 3858.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.90 mb = 10476.63 m = 34371.73 ft B at Equ Level: 790.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.90 mb = 13580.23 m = 44554.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: -6.4 tot: 34.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 17.66 Bulk Shear: 44.80 m/s