MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.03,-76.34 Latitude: 43.03 Longitude: -76.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 217 20.4 19.3 93 1.2 19.6 148 4 293.5 296.0 292.7 333.8 14.17 1 1000 231 20.0 18.7 92 1.3 19.2 149 3 293.2 295.6 292.3 332.2 13.72 2 950 676 20.7 15.3 71 5.4 17.2 257 2 298.2 300.3 292.3 332.0 11.60 3 900 1141 16.7 14.0 84 2.7 15.0 122 2 298.8 300.8 292.2 331.6 11.27 4 850 1626 12.8 10.1 84 2.6 11.2 204 1 299.5 301.2 290.7 326.4 9.17 5 800 2132 9.8 2.1 59 7.7 5.7 149 1 301.5 302.6 288.2 318.2 5.56 6 750 2665 6.7 -9.6 30 16.4 -0.0 198 1 303.9 304.4 285.9 311.6 2.45 7 700 3227 3.8 -21.3 14 25.1 -4.1 172 3 306.7 306.9 285.3 310.1 1.00 8 650 3825 0.7 -28.6 9 29.3 -7.0 175 5 309.8 309.9 285.9 311.7 0.56 9 600 4462 -3.6 -12.5 50 8.9 -7.0 197 4 312.0 312.5 288.7 319.9 2.44 10 550 5143 -8.3 -10.8 82 2.5 -9.2 197 6 314.3 314.9 290.0 324.2 3.05 11 500 5877 -12.1 -22.5 42 10.3 -15.0 236 12 318.2 318.5 289.5 322.5 1.26 12 450 6675 -17.1 -23.2 59 6.1 -18.7 246 16 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.3 1.32 13 400 7549 -22.2 -33.3 36 11.0 -24.2 239 21 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.2 0.58 14 350 8516 -29.0 -40.9 31 11.8 -30.5 240 26 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.31 15 300 9602 -36.6 -53.4 16 16.8 -37.6 245 38 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.09 16 250 10839 -45.8 -53.0 44 7.2 -46.1 240 52 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.5 0.11 17 200 12301 -52.2 -64.4 22 12.3 -52.5 238 70 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14152 -55.8 -75.0 7 19.1 -56.2 257 42 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.01 19 100 16694 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 242 20 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.10 m Freezing level: 641.29 mb = 3936.26 m = 12914.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.34 mb = 2661.11 m = 8730.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.67 mb = 365.21 m = 1198.18 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 23.73 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.24 mb = 1397.00 m = 4583.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.08 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 9.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 135.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 326.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.48 mb = 1136.57 m = 3728.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.48 mb = 1670.15 m = 5479.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.48 mb = 7817.04 m = 25646.13 ft B at Equ Level: 326.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.48 mb = 11230.80 m = 36846.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.8 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 234.8 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 452.03 Bulk Shear: 0.72 m/s