MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 19Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 45.08,-67.71 Latitude: 45.08 Longitude: -67.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 90 28.9 17.0 48 11.9 20.8 266 6 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.3 12.17 1 1000 152 27.4 15.6 49 11.8 19.5 265 6 300.6 302.6 292.7 333.5 11.21 2 950 603 22.8 14.4 59 8.4 17.3 261 8 300.3 302.3 292.4 332.4 10.93 3 900 1070 18.2 13.4 73 4.8 15.1 258 9 300.3 302.2 292.2 331.9 10.78 4 850 1556 13.5 12.5 94 1.0 12.9 257 9 300.3 302.2 292.2 331.8 10.75 5 800 2064 9.3 6.4 82 2.9 7.6 267 15 301.1 302.5 289.8 323.5 7.57 6 750 2596 5.7 1.8 76 4.0 3.7 272 19 302.8 303.9 288.8 320.3 5.80 7 700 3157 3.0 -4.5 58 7.5 -0.5 269 21 305.8 306.5 288.1 317.8 3.91 8 650 3754 0.2 -11.4 41 11.6 -4.4 263 27 309.2 309.7 287.8 317.1 2.46 9 600 4391 -3.1 -17.3 32 14.2 -7.9 264 33 312.6 312.9 288.1 318.0 1.64 10 550 5075 -6.7 -26.7 19 20.0 -11.9 265 36 316.2 316.3 288.4 318.9 0.79 11 500 5812 -11.6 -36.3 11 24.6 -16.3 260 34 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.1 0.34 12 450 6608 -18.0 -39.8 13 21.8 -21.3 256 36 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.6 0.27 13 400 7477 -24.6 -44.6 14 20.0 -26.9 251 41 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.18 14 350 8433 -31.8 -49.7 15 17.8 -33.3 252 43 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.12 15 300 9503 -40.4 -51.7 29 11.2 -41.1 250 43 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.11 16 250 10721 -49.0 -57.9 35 8.9 -49.3 243 45 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.06 17 200 12169 -51.3 -74.9 4 23.6 -51.7 231 57 351.5 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14017 -55.3 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.7 239 54 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16578 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.7 247 31 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.68 m Freezing level: 646.75 mb = 3795.50 m = 12452.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.10 mb = 3086.61 m = 10126.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.45 mb = 1591.45 m = 5221.22 ft T: 13.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 20.28 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.04 mb = 1655.04 m = 5429.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 30.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 677.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.43 mb = 1651.16 m = 5417.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.43 mb = 1701.10 m = 5580.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.43 mb = 10577.08 m = 34701.27 ft B at Equ Level: 672.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.43 mb = 12654.84 m = 41518.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 22.07 Bulk Shear: 30.69 m/s