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: 48.33,-85.11 Latitude: 48.33 Longitude: -85.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 222 SFC 977 424 22.0 17.5 76 4.5 18.9 148 4 297.1 299.4 293.0 334.6 12.97 2 950 665 18.4 16.1 87 2.2 16.9 150 4 295.8 298.0 292.0 331.0 12.22 3 900 1126 15.6 9.6 68 6.0 12.0 167 4 297.5 299.1 289.3 321.9 8.35 4 850 1608 12.4 -1.0 39 13.4 5.8 190 5 299.2 299.9 285.9 311.8 4.19 5 800 2113 9.3 -14.0 18 23.4 0.5 266 3 301.1 301.4 283.9 306.2 1.61 6 750 2644 6.3 -24.4 9 30.7 -2.8 241 3 303.4 303.5 283.7 305.7 0.71 7 700 3205 3.1 -29.6 7 32.7 -5.3 196 1 306.0 306.1 284.4 307.6 0.47 8 650 3801 0.0 -37.7 4 37.7 -7.9 132 2 309.0 309.1 285.2 309.8 0.23 9 600 4436 -3.6 -33.2 8 29.6 -10.3 180 2 312.0 312.0 286.5 313.3 0.39 10 550 5117 -8.5 -30.3 15 21.7 -13.5 172 1 313.9 314.0 287.4 315.9 0.56 11 500 5847 -13.8 -33.3 17 19.6 -17.6 31 3 316.3 316.4 288.1 317.9 0.46 12 450 6638 -19.5 -42.7 11 23.2 -22.6 59 7 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.5 0.20 13 400 7501 -26.1 -48.7 10 22.5 -28.3 42 6 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.4 0.11 14 350 8451 -33.8 -50.0 18 16.2 -34.9 49 9 323.2 323.3 289.9 323.7 0.11 15 300 9513 -42.0 -56.0 21 13.9 -42.6 32 8 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.07 16 250 10725 -49.0 -62.6 19 13.6 -49.3 307 8 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 17 200 12179 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 298 11 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14042 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 300 14 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16637 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 304 18 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.83 m Freezing level: 649.38 mb = 3808.47 m = 12494.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 791.81 mb = 2197.47 m = 7209.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.04 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.65 mb = 988.68 m = 3243.67 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 28.92 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.86 mb = 1797.84 m = 5898.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 7.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 12.80 C K Index: -7.48 Risk: None Sweat Index: 11.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.54 mb = 1436.16 m = 4711.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.54 mb = 4802.69 m = 15756.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.54 mb = 9014.14 m = 29573.59 ft B at Equ Level: 112.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.54 mb = 10399.96 m = 34120.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.5 at 2.5 knts Storm direction: 200.5 at 1.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 256.86 Bulk Shear: 0.44 m/s