MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.42,-90.34 Latitude: 41.42 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 SFC 997 210 20.5 19.4 94 1.0 19.8 111 4 293.9 296.5 293.0 335.0 14.40 2 950 629 21.6 17.8 79 3.7 19.0 130 16 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.9 13.66 3 900 1095 17.6 16.5 93 1.1 16.8 137 17 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.2 13.22 4 850 1582 14.0 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 143 17 300.8 303.0 293.2 335.7 11.86 5 800 2093 12.6 8.1 74 4.6 9.9 145 10 304.6 306.2 291.7 330.1 8.48 6 750 2633 10.9 -7.7 26 18.6 2.5 199 5 308.4 308.9 287.9 317.4 2.84 7 700 3203 7.2 -8.6 32 15.8 0.3 287 2 310.4 311.0 288.6 319.6 2.85 8 650 3809 3.9 -13.3 27 17.2 -2.9 0 2 313.3 313.8 288.8 320.2 2.10 9 600 4452 -0.7 -16.6 29 15.9 -6.4 317 4 315.3 315.7 289.0 321.1 1.73 10 550 5141 -5.3 -16.6 41 11.2 -9.2 333 8 317.8 318.1 290.0 324.1 1.90 11 500 5882 -9.7 -29.6 18 19.9 -14.5 335 14 321.2 321.4 289.8 323.6 0.66 12 450 6687 -15.3 -38.4 12 23.2 -19.3 334 21 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.31 13 400 7564 -21.8 -39.0 20 17.2 -24.4 338 24 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.33 14 350 8531 -29.1 -39.8 35 10.6 -30.5 341 31 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.34 15 300 9616 -37.0 -52.7 18 15.8 -37.9 335 42 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10859 -42.2 -60.6 12 18.5 -42.9 8 54 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 17 200 12334 -53.3 -61.2 38 7.8 -53.5 350 64 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14177 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 300 18 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16720 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 237 9 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.93 m Freezing level: 607.55 mb = 4355.20 m = 14288.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.98 mb = 3250.10 m = 10662.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.20 mb = 338.49 m = 1110.53 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 21.47 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.04 mb = 1190.17 m = 3904.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 21.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 519.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.77 mb = 964.34 m = 3163.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.77 mb = 1396.09 m = 4580.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 818.77 mb = 1897.71 m = 6226.00 ft B at Equ Level: 26.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 708.77 mb = 3100.15 m = 10170.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.9 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 151.9 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -39.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 42.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 779.60 Bulk Shear: 0.67 m/s