MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.34,-93.19 Latitude: 45.34 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 988 281 23.0 19.6 81 3.5 20.6 133 8 297.2 299.9 294.2 339.6 14.66 2 950 618 20.0 18.3 90 1.7 18.8 143 17 297.4 300.0 293.9 338.1 14.05 3 900 1083 16.6 16.1 97 0.5 16.3 157 20 298.6 300.9 293.3 336.1 12.89 4 850 1568 13.9 13.0 94 0.9 13.4 185 16 300.7 302.8 292.7 333.6 11.17 5 800 2078 12.6 -2.8 34 15.4 5.1 189 17 304.6 305.3 287.6 316.6 3.90 6 750 2617 9.7 2.2 59 7.5 5.6 189 14 307.1 308.3 290.4 325.5 6.00 7 700 3186 6.0 -0.3 64 6.4 2.7 204 9 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.7 5.33 8 650 3789 1.9 -3.9 65 5.8 -0.9 228 6 311.2 312.0 290.3 325.1 4.42 9 600 4430 -1.6 -20.9 21 19.3 -7.7 289 10 314.3 314.5 288.2 318.4 1.21 10 550 5117 -6.4 -11.4 68 4.9 -8.4 289 17 316.5 317.0 290.6 326.0 2.92 11 500 5853 -11.9 -21.6 45 9.6 -14.7 291 21 318.5 318.8 289.7 323.1 1.37 12 450 6651 -17.4 -34.9 20 17.6 -20.5 292 26 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.44 13 400 7522 -23.6 -43.9 14 20.3 -26.1 293 29 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.20 14 350 8482 -31.0 -52.0 11 21.0 -32.6 299 35 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.09 15 300 9558 -38.4 -56.4 13 17.9 -39.4 299 43 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.06 16 250 10789 -47.1 -58.6 26 11.5 -47.4 297 48 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.06 17 200 12244 -51.0 -67.9 12 16.9 -51.4 291 30 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14124 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 266 33 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16698 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 291 10 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.74 m Freezing level: 622.36 mb = 4143.33 m = 13593.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.02 mb = 3640.07 m = 11942.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.00 mb = 718.06 m = 2355.80 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 23.04 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.18 mb = 995.42 m = 3265.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 32.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 971.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.93 mb = 931.83 m = 3057.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.93 mb = 1073.72 m = 3522.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.93 mb = 1963.91 m = 6443.19 ft B at Equ Level: 14.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.93 mb = 13269.96 m = 43536.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.1 neg: -14.2 tot: 86.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 19.83 Bulk Shear: 48.98 m/s