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: 43.86,-81.14 Latitude: 43.86 Longitude: -81.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 339 20.8 20.2 96 0.6 20.4 213 5 295.3 298.0 294.1 339.2 15.31 2 950 649 19.5 16.5 83 2.9 17.5 159 12 296.9 299.2 292.6 333.2 12.55 3 900 1115 18.4 13.7 74 4.7 15.3 128 13 300.4 302.5 292.4 332.7 11.00 4 850 1602 13.9 11.8 87 2.1 12.6 115 15 300.7 302.6 292.0 330.9 10.28 5 800 2110 11.0 3.0 58 7.9 6.6 108 15 302.8 303.9 289.0 320.8 5.96 6 750 2645 8.0 -4.9 40 12.9 2.0 122 14 305.2 305.9 287.5 316.2 3.54 7 700 3210 4.6 -14.5 24 19.1 -2.6 118 10 307.6 307.9 286.5 313.3 1.77 8 650 3809 0.4 -5.9 63 6.3 -2.5 104 6 309.4 310.1 289.1 321.3 3.79 9 600 4446 -3.5 -10.3 59 6.8 -6.2 137 2 312.1 312.7 289.2 321.4 2.91 10 550 5129 -7.6 -21.8 31 14.2 -11.7 199 4 315.1 315.3 288.5 319.2 1.21 11 500 5862 -12.7 -17.4 68 4.7 -14.2 236 5 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.0 1.95 12 450 6659 -17.4 -17.9 96 0.5 -17.5 260 10 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.4 2.08 13 400 7532 -23.1 -24.3 90 1.2 -23.4 266 15 325.0 325.3 291.6 329.7 1.34 14 350 8496 -29.2 -35.3 56 6.1 -30.2 254 16 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.3 0.54 15 300 9581 -37.2 -49.1 28 11.9 -38.1 271 15 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.15 16 250 10813 -47.2 -58.0 28 10.9 -47.6 269 18 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12259 -52.1 -71.1 8 19.0 -52.5 246 31 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14127 -53.2 -79.5 3 26.3 -53.7 235 41 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16692 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 260 23 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.65 m Freezing level: 645.31 mb = 3868.46 m = 12691.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.99 mb = 2889.10 m = 9478.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.06 mb = 415.28 m = 1362.44 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 25.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.47 mb = 1507.38 m = 4945.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.10 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 19.29 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 530.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.55 mb = 1195.33 m = 3921.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.55 mb = 2041.78 m = 6698.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.55 mb = 9203.00 m = 30193.20 ft B at Equ Level: 530.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.55 mb = 12371.97 m = 40589.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.6 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 162.6 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -36.3 tot: -29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 151.40 Bulk Shear: 3.50 m/s