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: 44.20,-78.52 Latitude: 44.20 Longitude: -78.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 212 SFC 993 277 24.9 19.4 71 5.5 21.1 67 8 298.7 301.3 294.5 340.7 14.43 2 950 660 20.5 18.1 86 2.4 18.9 71 10 298.0 300.5 293.9 338.3 13.90 3 900 1125 16.4 16.2 98 0.3 16.3 81 10 298.5 300.8 293.4 336.2 12.97 4 850 1610 14.1 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 90 10 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.8 11.52 5 800 2120 11.1 2.4 55 8.7 6.4 144 5 303.0 304.0 288.8 320.2 5.69 6 750 2654 6.8 -2.8 50 9.6 2.2 198 5 303.9 304.7 287.6 316.6 4.15 7 700 3218 4.3 -22.9 12 27.2 -4.0 225 6 307.3 307.4 285.4 310.2 0.87 8 650 3816 0.6 -20.5 19 21.2 -6.1 227 7 309.7 309.9 286.6 313.5 1.15 9 600 4452 -3.9 -32.5 9 28.6 -10.4 219 9 311.6 311.7 286.4 313.1 0.42 10 550 5132 -8.0 -44.6 3 36.5 -14.0 221 10 314.5 314.6 287.1 315.0 0.13 11 500 5866 -12.2 -43.5 5 31.3 -17.1 234 14 318.2 318.2 288.3 318.8 0.16 12 450 6661 -18.1 -26.5 48 8.3 -20.1 232 22 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.8 0.98 13 400 7531 -24.0 -26.4 80 2.5 -24.5 240 24 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.7 1.10 14 350 8492 -30.4 -34.2 69 3.8 -30.9 252 19 327.8 327.9 291.7 330.0 0.60 15 300 9570 -38.3 -42.2 67 3.9 -38.7 260 18 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.31 16 250 10800 -47.3 -52.4 56 5.1 -47.6 257 23 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.12 17 200 12257 -50.0 -64.2 17 14.2 -50.4 237 45 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.03 18 150 14123 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 241 46 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16686 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.5 262 26 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.62 m Freezing level: 642.90 mb = 3906.46 m = 12816.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.39 mb = 2848.41 m = 9345.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.89 mb = 974.05 m = 3195.66 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 30.52 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.08 mb = 1038.24 m = 3406.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 12.66 Risk: None Sweat Index: 255.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1315.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.32 mb = 1026.55 m = 3367.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.32 mb = 1073.91 m = 3523.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.32 mb = 11195.12 m = 36728.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1291.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.32 mb = 13897.36 m = 45594.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.9 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 229.9 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 37.54 Bulk Shear: 35.06 m/s