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: 47.99,-84.66 Latitude: 47.99 Longitude: -84.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 228 SFC 985 357 20.8 19.3 91 1.5 19.8 134 2 295.2 297.8 293.5 336.8 14.48 2 950 670 17.6 17.6 100 -0.0 17.7 126 3 295.1 297.5 292.7 333.7 13.47 3 900 1132 15.1 15.1 100 -0.0 15.1 107 3 297.0 299.2 292.2 331.9 12.06 4 850 1614 11.9 8.6 80 3.3 9.9 153 3 298.6 300.1 289.6 322.8 8.26 5 800 2119 9.0 3.0 66 6.0 5.8 187 6 300.8 301.8 288.2 318.5 5.94 6 750 2651 6.9 -8.2 33 15.2 0.4 98 2 304.1 304.6 286.2 312.6 2.73 7 700 3213 3.1 -14.6 26 17.7 -3.4 62 4 305.9 306.2 285.8 311.5 1.75 8 650 3809 -0.2 -20.5 20 20.4 -6.5 47 2 308.8 309.0 286.2 312.6 1.15 9 600 4445 -3.9 -17.9 33 14.1 -8.5 140 2 311.6 311.9 287.7 316.7 1.55 10 550 5126 -7.9 -31.5 13 23.6 -13.2 245 1 314.7 314.8 287.6 316.5 0.50 11 500 5858 -13.0 -41.6 7 28.6 -17.5 8 2 317.2 317.3 288.1 318.0 0.20 12 450 6653 -18.7 -44.2 9 25.4 -22.1 14 4 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.3 0.17 13 400 7517 -25.6 -47.3 11 21.6 -27.8 355 6 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.13 14 350 8470 -33.0 -55.9 8 22.9 -34.4 339 7 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.4 0.06 15 300 9534 -41.5 -59.1 13 17.6 -42.2 334 8 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.04 16 250 10748 -48.8 -64.9 14 16.1 -49.2 287 21 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.02 17 200 12201 -51.5 -74.7 5 23.1 -52.0 291 22 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14055 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 294 23 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16643 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 294 16 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.20 m Freezing level: 652.41 mb = 3780.24 m = 12402.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.36 mb = 2712.57 m = 8899.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.86 % Est. max temperature: 24.79 C = 76.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.46 mb = 540.25 m = 1772.45 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 25.26 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 822.54 m = 2698.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.31 C = 70.35 F Cap Strength: -0.11 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 15.71 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1030.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.62 mb = 846.18 m = 2776.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.62 mb = 892.17 m = 2927.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.62 mb = 10600.29 m = 34777.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1028.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.62 mb = 13038.59 m = 42777.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 111.7 at 2.6 knts Storm direction: 141.7 at 2.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -4.2 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 17158.91 Bulk Shear: 0.06 m/s