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: 47.49,-92.17 Latitude: 47.49 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 969 438 20.8 17.5 81 3.3 18.6 150 10 296.6 299.0 292.9 334.5 13.12 2 950 608 18.8 16.4 86 2.4 17.2 153 16 296.3 298.5 292.3 332.2 12.47 3 900 1071 17.0 14.2 84 2.8 15.1 182 33 299.0 301.1 292.3 332.2 11.38 4 850 1558 14.7 11.7 82 3.0 12.9 183 31 301.6 303.4 292.2 331.8 10.24 5 800 2069 12.7 1.6 47 11.1 6.7 181 31 304.7 305.7 289.0 321.0 5.37 6 750 2608 9.1 8.0 93 1.1 8.4 201 29 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.6 9.01 7 700 3179 6.6 5.5 92 1.2 5.9 234 31 309.8 311.4 293.0 334.7 8.10 8 650 3783 2.7 -0.2 81 2.9 1.1 254 36 312.0 313.1 291.7 330.1 5.80 9 600 4426 -1.9 -3.6 88 1.7 -2.7 262 33 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.3 4.88 10 550 5112 -6.5 -7.5 92 1.1 -7.0 262 28 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.1 3.95 11 500 5852 -10.5 -15.0 70 4.5 -12.1 258 20 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.2 2.39 12 450 6655 -15.8 -19.8 71 4.0 -17.0 257 24 323.4 323.8 291.6 329.5 1.76 13 400 7534 -20.8 -22.6 85 1.8 -21.3 255 23 327.9 328.2 292.6 333.4 1.55 14 350 8507 -27.6 -30.2 78 2.6 -28.1 267 24 331.6 331.7 293.0 334.8 0.89 15 300 9597 -36.0 -39.4 71 3.3 -36.4 230 28 334.6 334.6 293.3 336.2 0.42 16 250 10834 -46.5 -50.4 64 4.0 -46.7 235 29 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.15 17 200 12279 -55.3 -66.8 22 11.6 -55.5 259 37 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14104 -57.4 -74.2 10 16.7 -57.7 238 31 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16684 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 205 11 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.23 m Freezing level: 620.93 mb = 4156.84 m = 13637.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.35 mb = 3966.21 m = 13012.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.02 mb = 854.75 m = 2804.25 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1950.37 m = 6398.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.52 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 35.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.16 mb = 1241.46 m = 4072.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.16 mb = 4199.39 m = 13777.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.16 mb = 7043.71 m = 23109.01 ft B at Equ Level: 65.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 347.16 mb = 8564.21 m = 28097.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.7 neg: -16.2 tot: 345.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 97.25 m/s