MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 4Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.06,-95.71 Latitude: 40.06 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 983 296 18.3 17.4 95 0.8 17.7 118 6 292.8 295.1 291.5 329.3 12.84 2 950 594 21.0 16.2 74 4.8 17.8 136 21 298.4 300.7 292.8 334.1 12.25 3 900 1061 18.8 14.7 77 4.1 16.1 175 11 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.5 11.77 4 850 1550 15.7 13.8 88 1.9 14.5 228 8 302.6 304.8 293.7 337.4 11.76 5 800 2064 14.4 9.5 73 4.9 11.4 305 2 306.5 308.2 293.0 334.8 9.38 6 750 2607 10.9 7.0 77 3.9 8.5 296 3 308.4 309.9 292.8 333.9 8.40 7 700 3179 7.5 -2.3 50 9.8 2.5 321 6 310.7 311.6 290.3 325.2 4.61 8 650 3784 3.6 -12.9 29 16.5 -3.0 335 12 313.0 313.5 288.8 320.1 2.18 9 600 4428 -0.5 -15.4 31 14.9 -6.1 335 16 315.5 315.8 289.3 321.8 1.91 10 550 5118 -4.3 -21.8 24 17.4 -9.8 339 19 318.9 319.2 289.7 323.1 1.22 11 500 5862 -8.5 -37.0 8 28.5 -14.3 338 22 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.8 0.32 12 450 6669 -14.6 -38.2 12 23.5 -18.8 342 28 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.32 13 400 7549 -20.8 -39.7 17 19.0 -23.7 341 35 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.30 14 350 8520 -28.7 -45.4 18 16.7 -30.4 327 32 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.19 15 300 9605 -36.7 -54.7 14 17.9 -37.8 328 35 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 16 250 10843 -44.8 -60.3 16 15.4 -45.4 322 41 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 17 200 12315 -49.7 -68.9 9 19.3 -50.1 313 46 354.1 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.02 18 150 14173 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 286 27 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16712 -63.3 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 296 14 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.40 m Freezing level: 606.61 mb = 4342.93 m = 14248.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.95 mb = 3452.44 m = 11326.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.49 mb = 400.00 m = 1312.31 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 17.27 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2282.54 m = 7488.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.61 C = 90.70 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 28.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 283.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.14 mb = 1241.93 m = 4074.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 376.14 mb = 7996.17 m = 26233.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.14 mb = 8804.18 m = 28884.76 ft B at Equ Level: 31.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.14 mb = 9925.98 m = 32565.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.3 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 1.3 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.9 neg: -18.9 tot: 120.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 102.65 m/s