MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.43,-89.00 Latitude: 40.43 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 991 242 26.4 18.5 62 7.9 20.9 73 9 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.2 13.63 2 950 608 21.8 15.4 67 6.4 17.5 74 11 299.3 301.4 292.6 333.2 11.63 3 900 1074 17.2 14.1 82 3.1 15.1 77 11 299.2 301.2 292.3 332.1 11.28 4 850 1559 13.5 9.3 76 4.2 10.9 105 10 300.3 301.9 290.5 325.9 8.67 5 800 2067 10.0 6.5 79 3.5 7.9 135 11 301.8 303.2 290.0 324.3 7.59 6 750 2599 6.6 -6.6 38 13.3 0.8 137 6 303.8 304.4 286.5 313.4 3.10 7 700 3167 7.2 -39.3 2 46.5 -3.6 133 6 310.5 310.5 285.7 311.2 0.18 8 650 3770 3.0 -31.2 6 34.2 -5.9 133 8 312.3 312.4 286.7 313.8 0.43 9 600 4412 -0.9 -41.0 3 40.0 -9.1 159 4 315.0 315.1 287.3 315.7 0.18 10 550 5100 -5.6 -26.2 18 20.6 -11.2 225 5 317.5 317.6 288.8 320.3 0.82 11 500 5838 -11.4 -22.6 39 11.2 -14.5 218 9 319.2 319.4 289.8 323.5 1.25 12 450 6636 -17.7 -27.0 44 9.3 -19.8 187 11 321.0 321.2 290.0 324.3 0.93 13 400 7506 -23.6 -27.3 72 3.6 -24.4 178 9 324.3 324.5 291.1 327.9 1.02 14 350 8472 -29.0 -33.4 65 4.4 -29.7 198 11 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.1 0.65 15 300 9554 -37.7 -44.2 51 6.5 -38.3 173 15 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 16 250 10787 -45.9 -50.0 64 4.0 -46.2 211 21 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.16 17 200 12257 -48.0 -71.8 5 23.8 -48.6 229 27 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 14130 -54.2 -80.2 3 26.1 -54.5 243 32 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16671 -62.5 -86.9 2 24.4 -62.7 259 16 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.46 m Freezing level: 612.18 mb = 4255.54 m = 13961.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.99 mb = 2698.64 m = 8853.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.08 mb = 1234.71 m = 4050.84 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 29.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1475.29 m = 4840.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.14 C = 79.06 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: -12.38 Risk: None Sweat Index: 141.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 366.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.66 mb = 1394.06 m = 4573.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.66 mb = 1641.38 m = 5385.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 711.66 mb = 3030.99 m = 9944.07 ft B at Equ Level: 51.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.66 mb = 11579.45 m = 37989.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.6 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 164.6 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: -3.0 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 30.75 Bulk Shear: 11.92 m/s