MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F041.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F041.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 41 hour NAM valid 23Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.93,-98.89 Latitude: 43.93 Longitude: -98.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 952 504 29.4 23.4 70 6.0 24.9 146 18 306.9 310.5 299.7 365.3 19.37 2 950 523 29.0 23.2 71 5.8 24.7 146 16 306.6 310.2 299.5 364.3 19.16 3 900 1002 24.1 22.2 89 1.9 22.7 154 31 306.3 309.9 299.4 363.5 18.99 4 850 1501 20.2 20.2 100 -0.0 20.2 171 38 307.3 310.6 298.9 360.9 17.78 5 800 2024 17.5 17.5 100 -0.0 17.5 189 37 309.8 312.8 298.4 358.5 15.97 6 750 2578 17.4 7.8 53 9.6 11.3 201 20 315.4 317.1 295.1 343.2 8.88 7 700 3162 13.2 -0.5 39 13.7 5.6 212 21 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.9 5.26 8 650 3780 8.3 -3.3 44 11.6 2.3 222 17 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.2 4.62 9 600 4436 3.9 -12.6 29 16.4 -3.0 262 15 320.6 321.1 291.3 328.7 2.42 10 550 5134 -2.4 -12.3 47 9.8 -6.5 282 13 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.2 2.71 11 500 5880 -9.1 -14.7 64 5.5 -11.2 272 12 321.9 322.4 291.7 330.1 2.45 12 450 6686 -14.8 -28.2 31 13.3 -18.0 287 16 324.6 324.7 291.0 327.5 0.83 13 400 7565 -21.5 -34.9 29 13.3 -23.9 289 20 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.8 0.49 14 350 8532 -29.3 -41.7 29 12.4 -30.7 284 22 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.28 15 300 9615 -36.4 -56.4 11 20.0 -37.6 287 41 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.06 16 250 10858 -44.1 -55.6 27 11.4 -44.7 282 49 340.4 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.08 17 200 12328 -51.2 -55.2 63 3.9 -51.4 288 62 351.6 351.7 297.1 352.1 0.11 18 150 14158 -57.7 -75.6 8 17.9 -58.0 282 39 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16694 -60.2 -80.3 5 20.1 -60.4 196 14 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.54 m Freezing level: 569.42 mb = 4862.62 m = 15953.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.39 mb = 4056.99 m = 13310.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.83 mb = 1269.41 m = 4164.67 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 36.62 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1353.58 m = 4440.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -10.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -9.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.32 C Cross Totals Index: 29.33 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 522.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3999.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.53 mb = 1302.45 m = 4273.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.53 mb = 1454.35 m = 4771.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 764.53 mb = 2413.42 m = 7917.94 ft B at Equ Level: 21.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.3 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 238.3 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.8 neg: -18.8 tot: 261.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.75 Bulk Rich Number: 67.08 Bulk Shear: 59.62 m/s