MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.61,-81.04 Latitude: 43.61 Longitude: -81.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 205 SFC 982 359 21.4 20.1 92 1.3 20.5 198 2 296.1 298.8 294.3 339.8 15.21 2 950 649 19.6 17.3 87 2.3 18.0 132 7 297.1 299.4 293.1 335.1 13.17 3 900 1114 17.2 14.8 86 2.4 15.6 123 15 299.2 301.4 292.7 333.7 11.80 4 850 1600 13.5 12.4 94 1.0 12.8 121 17 300.2 302.2 292.2 331.8 10.73 5 800 2109 10.5 8.7 88 1.8 9.5 119 17 302.4 304.0 291.3 328.7 8.87 6 750 2644 7.9 5.0 82 2.9 6.2 118 14 305.1 306.5 290.9 327.1 7.30 7 700 3210 3.7 -1.5 69 5.3 1.1 119 12 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.7 4.89 8 650 3807 0.2 -4.8 69 4.9 -2.1 134 8 309.2 309.9 289.4 322.1 4.13 9 600 4445 -3.5 -12.3 50 8.8 -6.9 204 3 312.0 312.5 288.8 320.0 2.47 10 550 5128 -6.8 -32.5 11 25.6 -12.6 239 6 316.0 316.1 287.9 317.6 0.45 11 500 5864 -11.9 -24.9 33 12.9 -15.3 240 11 318.5 318.7 289.3 322.0 1.02 12 450 6661 -17.7 -22.0 69 4.3 -18.8 234 16 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.0 1.46 13 400 7532 -23.4 -26.4 77 2.9 -24.1 252 17 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.5 1.11 14 350 8495 -29.8 -36.5 52 6.7 -30.8 255 15 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.3 0.48 15 300 9577 -37.6 -45.0 46 7.4 -38.2 278 13 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.23 16 250 10808 -47.1 -58.3 27 11.2 -47.5 268 14 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12260 -51.0 -67.2 13 16.2 -51.4 239 39 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14130 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 237 38 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16693 -60.6 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 255 22 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.15 m Freezing level: 647.67 mb = 3836.92 m = 12588.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.42 mb = 3414.73 m = 11203.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.57 mb = 526.48 m = 1727.27 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 18.17 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1304.39 m = 4279.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.37 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.85 mb = 1086.98 m = 3566.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.85 mb = 1521.85 m = 4992.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.85 mb = 10095.01 m = 33119.70 ft B at Equ Level: 732.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.85 mb = 13023.21 m = 42726.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.4 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 174.4 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -11.5 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 325.96 Bulk Shear: 2.25 m/s