MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F046.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F046.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 46 hour NAM valid 22Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.66,-81.11 Latitude: 43.66 Longitude: -81.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 205 SFC 983 355 23.1 19.9 82 3.2 20.9 45 3 297.7 300.5 294.7 341.4 15.05 2 950 650 20.5 16.3 77 4.2 17.7 116 10 298.0 300.2 292.7 333.9 12.36 3 900 1116 17.2 13.9 81 3.3 15.1 129 14 299.3 301.3 292.2 332.0 11.19 4 850 1601 13.4 12.0 91 1.4 12.6 130 15 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.8 10.43 5 800 2109 9.9 8.5 91 1.5 9.1 124 15 301.8 303.4 291.0 327.6 8.73 6 750 2644 7.2 5.3 88 1.9 6.1 124 12 304.4 305.8 290.8 326.8 7.47 7 700 3209 3.9 -4.2 56 8.0 0.1 126 11 306.8 307.5 288.5 319.2 4.01 8 650 3807 0.7 -6.8 57 7.4 -2.7 147 8 309.7 310.4 289.0 320.8 3.53 9 600 4445 -3.0 -11.7 51 8.7 -6.4 181 6 312.6 313.1 289.0 321.0 2.60 10 550 5129 -7.2 -13.6 60 6.4 -9.5 203 6 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.6 2.44 11 500 5864 -11.8 -22.4 41 10.6 -14.7 248 13 318.7 319.0 289.7 323.1 1.27 12 450 6661 -17.7 -24.0 58 6.3 -19.3 253 13 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.2 1.22 13 400 7533 -23.1 -26.9 71 3.9 -23.9 257 16 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.7 1.05 14 350 8498 -29.3 -36.9 48 7.6 -30.3 255 15 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.46 15 300 9582 -37.1 -48.9 28 11.9 -37.9 276 13 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.15 16 250 10816 -47.2 -58.5 26 11.4 -47.6 271 15 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12263 -51.6 -70.6 9 19.0 -52.0 243 34 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14132 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 236 43 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16694 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 256 22 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.74 m Freezing level: 641.09 mb = 3920.28 m = 12861.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.58 mb = 3224.95 m = 10580.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.63 mb = 763.28 m = 2504.16 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 22.19 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.38 mb = 1429.50 m = 4689.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 29.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 545.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.52 mb = 1263.30 m = 4144.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.52 mb = 1606.21 m = 5269.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.52 mb = 9362.54 m = 30716.62 ft B at Equ Level: 543.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.52 mb = 12278.33 m = 40282.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.3 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 181.3 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.1 neg: -9.9 tot: 32.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 97.84 Bulk Shear: 5.58 m/s