MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.33,-88.13 Latitude: 41.33 Longitude: -88.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 999 175 27.1 18.1 58 9.0 20.9 89 7 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.1 13.23 2 950 616 22.2 15.3 65 6.9 17.6 90 9 299.7 301.8 292.7 333.6 11.58 3 900 1082 17.6 14.3 81 3.3 15.5 91 9 299.7 301.8 292.6 333.3 11.49 4 850 1568 13.0 12.7 98 0.4 12.8 99 8 299.8 301.8 292.2 331.7 10.90 5 800 2075 9.9 4.7 70 5.1 7.0 141 6 301.6 302.9 289.3 321.7 6.72 6 750 2609 8.0 -0.7 54 8.7 3.6 211 4 305.3 306.2 288.8 320.1 4.85 7 700 3177 6.7 -30.8 5 37.5 -3.4 143 7 309.9 310.0 285.8 311.3 0.42 8 650 3780 2.9 -30.5 6 33.5 -5.9 143 9 312.3 312.4 286.7 313.9 0.46 9 600 4421 -1.4 -30.5 9 29.1 -8.7 141 9 314.6 314.6 287.5 316.3 0.50 10 550 5107 -6.1 -41.9 4 35.8 -12.6 177 6 316.9 316.9 287.9 317.5 0.18 11 500 5845 -11.4 -22.9 38 11.5 -14.6 242 8 319.2 319.4 289.8 323.3 1.21 12 450 6643 -17.5 -23.8 58 6.3 -19.1 218 9 321.2 321.5 290.4 325.5 1.25 13 400 7514 -23.6 -33.7 39 10.1 -25.3 181 11 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.3 0.55 14 350 8479 -28.6 -32.0 73 3.3 -29.2 219 10 330.1 330.3 292.5 332.9 0.75 15 300 9564 -37.0 -45.1 43 8.0 -37.7 303 8 333.2 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.23 16 250 10798 -46.5 -56.9 29 10.5 -46.9 234 15 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 17 200 12260 -49.4 -74.7 4 25.4 -49.9 228 27 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14125 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 241 28 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16674 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 276 13 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.93 m Freezing level: 615.78 mb = 4218.89 m = 13841.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.44 mb = 2894.41 m = 9495.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.65 mb = 1305.81 m = 4284.10 ft T: 15.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 27.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1434.48 m = 4706.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: -0.38 Risk: None Sweat Index: 176.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 428.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.68 mb = 1442.36 m = 4732.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.68 mb = 1491.74 m = 4894.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.68 mb = 2971.61 m = 9749.27 ft B at Equ Level: 51.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.68 mb = 12013.25 m = 39413.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.3 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 174.3 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -1.0 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 62.43 Bulk Shear: 6.86 m/s