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: 44.34,-80.35 Latitude: 44.34 Longitude: -80.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 207 SFC 966 505 23.3 18.8 76 4.5 20.2 76 8 299.4 302.0 294.6 341.1 14.29 2 950 654 21.4 17.5 79 3.8 18.7 78 9 298.9 301.3 293.8 337.8 13.37 3 900 1120 17.5 14.9 85 2.5 15.8 94 10 299.5 301.7 292.9 334.5 11.96 4 850 1606 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.7 102 10 300.4 302.3 292.2 331.6 10.61 5 800 2115 10.9 4.8 66 6.1 7.5 104 9 302.8 304.0 289.7 323.1 6.76 6 750 2649 7.2 -4.3 44 11.5 1.8 146 6 304.4 305.1 287.3 315.9 3.71 7 700 3213 4.5 -27.5 8 32.0 -4.4 214 2 307.4 307.5 285.1 309.4 0.57 8 650 3811 0.7 -31.3 7 31.9 -7.2 234 4 309.7 309.8 285.8 311.2 0.43 9 600 4447 -4.0 -28.9 12 24.9 -10.2 223 5 311.4 311.5 286.5 313.5 0.58 10 550 5128 -7.8 -35.6 9 27.8 -13.4 237 12 314.8 314.9 287.4 316.0 0.33 11 500 5862 -12.0 -40.2 8 28.2 -16.9 248 18 318.3 318.4 288.5 319.2 0.23 12 450 6659 -17.9 -33.5 24 15.6 -20.8 249 16 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.5 0.50 13 400 7528 -23.7 -26.6 77 2.9 -24.3 254 19 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.0 1.08 14 350 8491 -29.5 -36.9 48 7.5 -30.5 251 18 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.8 0.46 15 300 9575 -37.5 -49.4 28 11.9 -38.4 269 18 332.4 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.14 16 250 10805 -47.3 -57.8 29 10.5 -47.7 268 25 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 17 200 12251 -52.2 -73.9 6 21.8 -52.5 245 35 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14115 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.8 235 39 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16680 -59.7 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 265 26 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.79 m Freezing level: 643.08 mb = 3899.34 m = 12792.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.36 mb = 2810.61 m = 9221.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.27 % Est. max temperature: 25.91 C = 78.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.55 mb = 1076.68 m = 3532.38 ft T: 17.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 31.71 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.68 mb = 1431.20 m = 4695.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 5.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 204.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.48 mb = 1345.35 m = 4413.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.48 mb = 1492.15 m = 4895.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.48 mb = 10502.42 m = 34456.33 ft B at Equ Level: 825.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.48 mb = 13248.30 m = 43465.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.5 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 239.5 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 23.67 Bulk Shear: 34.92 m/s