MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 20Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.35,-92.38 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -92.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 990 259 25.1 21.8 82 3.3 22.8 93 5 299.1 302.2 296.3 348.3 16.86 2 950 619 21.1 20.3 95 0.8 20.6 94 5 298.6 301.5 295.6 345.1 16.00 3 900 1085 17.0 17.0 100 -0.0 17.0 105 12 299.0 301.5 294.1 339.0 13.70 4 850 1572 14.8 12.3 85 2.5 13.2 116 12 301.7 303.6 292.6 333.1 10.65 5 800 2085 13.6 1.3 43 12.3 7.0 134 4 305.7 306.7 289.3 321.8 5.27 6 750 2626 12.1 -22.3 7 34.3 0.4 12 2 309.7 309.8 286.2 312.5 0.85 7 700 3198 7.9 -3.2 45 11.2 2.4 327 7 311.3 312.1 290.2 324.8 4.31 8 650 3804 3.4 -7.3 45 10.7 -1.4 324 7 312.8 313.5 289.9 323.7 3.41 9 600 4448 -0.7 -14.2 35 13.5 -5.8 328 8 315.3 315.8 289.5 322.4 2.13 10 550 5137 -4.9 -15.4 44 10.4 -8.8 326 12 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.2 2.10 11 500 5879 -9.1 -35.8 9 26.6 -14.6 315 15 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.2 0.36 12 450 6684 -15.0 -28.7 30 13.7 -18.2 312 18 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.79 13 400 7565 -20.4 -46.5 8 26.1 -23.7 328 27 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.15 14 350 8539 -27.5 -47.2 14 19.7 -29.5 318 35 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.4 0.16 15 300 9629 -36.1 -51.0 20 14.8 -37.2 319 36 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.12 16 250 10867 -45.8 -53.2 43 7.4 -46.2 314 44 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.11 17 200 12326 -51.9 -68.7 12 16.8 -52.2 298 45 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14182 -56.3 -75.2 8 18.9 -56.5 278 26 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.01 19 100 16719 -63.4 -85.9 3 22.5 -63.6 276 12 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.44 m Freezing level: 608.14 mb = 4343.00 m = 14248.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.49 mb = 3575.11 m = 11729.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.96 mb = 673.98 m = 2211.19 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 35.76 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.34 mb = 827.12 m = 2713.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.79 C = 76.61 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 25.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1184.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.54 mb = 834.55 m = 2738.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.54 mb = 881.22 m = 2891.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 781.54 mb = 2280.21 m = 7480.92 ft B at Equ Level: 40.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.54 mb = 14544.93 m = 47719.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.8 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 14.8 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.5 neg: -10.1 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 66.16 Bulk Shear: 17.90 m/s