MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F046.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F046.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 46 hour NAM valid 16Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.46,-87.45 Latitude: 39.46 Longitude: -87.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 150 26.8 21.3 72 5.6 22.8 60 4 299.7 302.6 295.9 346.6 16.05 1 1000 178 25.7 20.4 73 5.2 22.0 59 3 298.8 301.6 295.1 343.3 15.29 2 950 626 21.0 19.1 89 1.8 19.7 71 5 298.5 301.1 294.7 341.6 14.82 3 900 1092 17.3 15.9 91 1.4 16.4 99 12 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.6 12.74 4 850 1578 14.2 13.3 94 0.9 13.6 100 8 301.0 303.0 292.9 334.3 11.33 5 800 2089 11.3 10.3 93 1.0 10.7 134 6 303.2 305.1 292.4 332.6 9.87 6 750 2627 8.8 6.7 87 2.1 7.5 171 3 306.1 307.6 292.0 331.0 8.22 7 700 3196 5.6 4.4 92 1.2 4.9 171 7 308.6 310.1 292.2 331.6 7.51 8 650 3799 2.4 -3.2 66 5.6 -0.4 177 7 311.7 312.5 290.6 326.3 4.64 9 600 4441 -0.9 -11.1 46 10.2 -5.1 158 4 315.0 315.5 289.9 323.9 2.72 10 550 5130 -5.2 -22.1 25 16.9 -10.3 197 7 318.0 318.2 289.3 322.0 1.19 11 500 5871 -10.3 -17.2 57 6.9 -12.6 213 5 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.1 1.98 12 450 6675 -15.1 -25.1 42 10.0 -17.7 220 9 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.2 1.10 13 400 7555 -20.5 -31.0 39 10.4 -22.7 233 12 328.3 328.4 292.0 330.9 0.72 14 350 8529 -27.5 -39.9 30 12.4 -29.2 234 13 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.34 15 300 9618 -36.4 -46.6 34 10.2 -37.3 224 16 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.8 0.19 16 250 10857 -44.6 -58.4 20 13.9 -45.2 218 29 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.06 17 200 12330 -49.4 -71.7 6 22.3 -49.9 219 38 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14190 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.2 244 25 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16715 -63.7 -86.3 3 22.5 -63.9 280 7 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.30 m Freezing level: 614.23 mb = 4258.61 m = 13971.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.44 mb = 3756.16 m = 12323.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.24 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.46 mb = 851.86 m = 2794.79 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.66 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.35 mb = 993.76 m = 3260.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 970.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.08 mb = 939.66 m = 3082.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.08 mb = 1082.00 m = 3549.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.08 mb = 10827.36 m = 35522.41 ft B at Equ Level: 969.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.08 mb = 13729.53 m = 45043.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.4 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 181.4 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 143.29 Bulk Shear: 6.77 m/s