MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.75,-88.50 Latitude: 39.75 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 995 204 25.1 20.9 78 4.2 22.1 108 10 298.6 301.5 295.4 344.7 15.84 2 950 611 20.6 19.2 92 1.4 19.6 110 13 298.1 300.8 294.6 341.3 14.89 3 900 1076 16.8 16.8 100 -0.0 16.8 120 12 298.8 301.2 293.9 338.1 13.49 4 850 1561 12.5 12.3 99 0.2 12.4 136 11 299.2 301.2 291.8 330.3 10.62 5 800 2069 10.5 9.1 91 1.4 9.7 127 11 302.4 304.0 291.6 329.4 9.11 6 750 2604 6.9 6.8 100 0.0 6.8 141 11 304.0 305.6 291.4 328.9 8.32 7 700 3171 4.9 2.7 86 2.2 3.7 135 10 307.9 309.1 291.2 328.2 6.64 8 650 3773 3.0 -8.8 42 11.8 -2.1 130 11 312.4 313.0 289.4 322.1 3.03 9 600 4417 -0.3 -16.9 27 16.6 -6.2 132 8 315.8 316.1 289.2 321.4 1.69 10 550 5106 -5.2 -25.3 19 20.1 -10.8 162 5 317.9 318.1 289.0 321.0 0.89 11 500 5845 -11.3 -20.2 48 8.9 -14.0 194 6 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.5 1.54 12 450 6644 -17.6 -28.0 40 10.5 -19.9 191 10 321.1 321.3 290.0 324.1 0.85 13 400 7516 -22.8 -25.8 76 3.1 -23.4 218 13 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.5 1.17 14 350 8480 -30.0 -34.5 65 4.5 -30.7 193 18 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.4 0.58 15 300 9563 -36.5 -47.9 30 11.4 -37.4 209 28 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.17 16 250 10805 -44.1 -53.1 36 9.1 -44.5 216 44 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.11 17 200 12279 -49.7 -62.9 20 13.2 -50.1 217 37 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.2 0.04 18 150 14149 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 239 41 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16674 -63.8 -87.9 2 24.1 -63.9 269 13 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.55 m Freezing level: 604.24 mb = 4362.29 m = 14311.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.20 mb = 3548.86 m = 11643.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.11 mb = 728.60 m = 2390.38 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 23.70 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 866.07 m = 2841.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.94 C = 76.89 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 33.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1339.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.50 mb = 854.55 m = 2803.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.50 mb = 901.29 m = 2956.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.50 mb = 10845.15 m = 35580.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1330.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.50 mb = 13790.88 m = 45245.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.6 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 165.6 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 370.49 Bulk Shear: 3.61 m/s