MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.68,-73.31 Latitude: 41.68 Longitude: -73.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 219 SFC 997 248 24.7 20.2 76 4.5 21.6 66 5 298.1 300.9 294.8 342.2 15.16 2 950 667 20.4 18.7 90 1.7 19.2 69 7 297.9 300.5 294.2 339.6 14.39 3 900 1132 17.4 13.4 77 4.0 14.8 86 3 299.5 301.5 292.0 331.2 10.83 4 850 1618 13.3 11.4 88 1.9 12.1 193 1 300.0 301.9 291.5 329.3 9.98 5 800 2126 11.3 -1.3 42 12.6 4.9 275 3 303.2 304.0 287.6 316.4 4.34 6 750 2662 8.2 -8.3 30 16.6 1.1 271 2 305.5 306.0 286.8 314.1 2.72 7 700 3227 5.1 -19.1 15 24.3 -3.1 231 5 308.2 308.4 286.1 312.1 1.20 8 650 3828 2.0 -25.5 11 27.4 -6.0 205 8 311.2 311.3 286.6 313.7 0.74 9 600 4467 -2.2 -25.6 15 23.3 -8.8 203 13 313.5 313.7 287.5 316.2 0.80 10 550 5152 -7.5 -12.2 69 4.7 -9.4 207 12 315.1 315.7 290.0 324.0 2.72 11 500 5886 -12.0 -13.7 87 1.7 -12.6 197 20 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.1 2.65 12 450 6686 -15.4 -17.1 87 1.7 -16.0 224 25 323.8 324.3 292.1 331.4 2.22 13 400 7567 -20.8 -22.9 83 2.2 -21.3 252 37 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.51 14 350 8544 -25.8 -28.4 79 2.6 -26.3 233 52 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.8 1.05 15 300 9646 -32.8 -35.9 74 3.0 -33.3 224 70 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.3 0.60 16 250 10904 -42.1 -46.8 60 4.7 -42.4 240 92 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.23 17 200 12375 -52.7 -60.1 40 7.4 -52.9 247 91 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.06 18 150 14201 -60.7 -79.3 7 18.7 -60.8 242 63 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16705 -64.7 -88.6 2 24.0 -64.8 252 30 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.93 m Freezing level: 626.79 mb = 4124.49 m = 13531.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.09 mb = 2804.04 m = 9199.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.51 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.83 mb = 814.66 m = 2672.72 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 30.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.92 mb = 1218.46 m = 3997.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 12.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 158.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 596.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.53 mb = 1070.04 m = 3510.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.53 mb = 1308.41 m = 4292.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.53 mb = 8511.61 m = 27924.88 ft B at Equ Level: 592.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.53 mb = 12324.98 m = 40435.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.5 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 232.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -4.8 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 25.78 Bulk Shear: 23.13 m/s