MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.49,-84.3 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -84.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 202 SFC 983 357 26.4 20.5 70 5.9 22.2 118 2 301.0 303.9 296.0 347.1 15.65 2 950 652 22.6 18.7 79 3.9 19.9 104 2 300.1 302.8 294.9 342.4 14.43 3 900 1121 18.6 16.5 87 2.1 17.2 102 4 300.7 303.1 294.2 339.6 13.25 4 850 1609 15.2 14.8 97 0.5 15.0 148 2 302.1 304.4 294.1 339.2 12.54 5 800 2122 12.7 11.5 92 1.2 12.0 159 6 304.7 306.7 293.5 336.8 10.72 6 750 2664 11.3 4.4 62 6.9 7.3 153 3 308.9 310.2 291.8 330.4 7.01 7 700 3237 7.7 -0.1 58 7.8 3.5 167 2 311.0 312.0 291.1 327.9 5.42 8 650 3842 3.3 -6.4 49 9.7 -1.2 215 3 312.7 313.4 290.1 324.4 3.66 9 600 4487 -0.5 -11.6 43 11.1 -5.0 193 4 315.5 316.0 290.0 324.1 2.62 10 550 5177 -4.2 -22.7 22 18.6 -9.8 217 7 319.2 319.4 289.7 323.0 1.12 11 500 5922 -7.8 -24.1 26 16.2 -12.6 232 9 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.3 1.09 12 450 6734 -12.3 -34.4 14 22.2 -16.9 218 9 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.5 0.46 13 400 7623 -18.1 -39.7 13 21.6 -21.7 213 4 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.6 0.30 14 350 8606 -25.5 -40.1 24 14.6 -27.6 346 1 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.6 0.33 15 300 9704 -34.0 -49.2 20 15.1 -35.3 79 6 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.14 16 250 10955 -43.2 -61.6 11 18.4 -44.0 215 10 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.04 17 200 12422 -53.0 -67.9 15 14.9 -53.3 232 19 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14242 -59.7 -77.6 8 17.8 -59.9 232 16 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16740 -66.2 -84.7 6 18.5 -66.4 237 3 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.81 m Freezing level: 606.92 mb = 4397.52 m = 14427.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.29 mb = 3689.14 m = 12103.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.19 mb = 1099.66 m = 3607.75 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 24.03 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.37 mb = 1348.20 m = 4423.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.07 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 30.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 446.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.67 mb = 1248.33 m = 4095.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.67 mb = 1492.85 m = 4897.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.67 mb = 2534.07 m = 8313.78 ft B at Equ Level: 17.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.67 mb = 13388.67 m = 43925.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -3.7 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 140.09 Bulk Shear: 3.19 m/s