MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-92.33 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -92.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 989 260 24.0 17.1 65 6.9 19.3 98 4 298.1 300.3 292.9 334.4 12.50 2 950 608 20.1 15.2 73 5.0 16.9 104 4 297.6 299.7 292.0 331.0 11.49 3 900 1071 15.6 14.3 92 1.3 14.7 108 5 297.6 299.6 291.9 330.8 11.44 4 850 1554 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 128 8 298.5 300.4 291.2 328.2 10.18 5 800 2060 11.5 -10.4 20 21.9 2.4 161 7 303.4 303.8 285.4 310.2 2.16 6 750 2596 9.6 -21.7 9 31.4 -0.7 154 4 307.0 307.2 285.3 310.0 0.89 7 700 3165 7.3 -23.5 9 30.9 -2.5 37 1 310.6 310.8 286.5 313.4 0.82 8 650 3770 3.2 -6.9 47 10.1 -1.4 315 4 312.6 313.3 289.9 323.9 3.52 9 600 4413 -1.8 -10.4 52 8.7 -5.3 281 5 314.1 314.6 289.8 323.4 2.88 10 550 5098 -6.8 -17.4 43 10.6 -10.3 262 3 316.1 316.4 289.3 322.0 1.78 11 500 5835 -11.4 -25.2 31 13.7 -15.0 217 4 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.5 0.99 12 450 6635 -16.7 -31.3 27 14.7 -19.7 92 1 322.3 322.4 290.1 324.5 0.62 13 400 7508 -22.2 -31.4 43 9.2 -23.9 3 10 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.7 0.69 14 350 8479 -28.0 -36.7 43 8.7 -29.2 350 18 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.8 0.47 15 300 9566 -36.8 -46.0 38 9.2 -37.6 334 18 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.21 16 250 10799 -47.7 -52.3 59 4.6 -47.9 326 15 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.12 17 200 12251 -48.7 -70.5 6 21.7 -49.3 301 22 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 14129 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 244 17 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16674 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.3 276 22 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.70 m Freezing level: 617.50 mb = 4187.94 m = 13739.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.95 mb = 2465.08 m = 8087.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.25 % Est. max temperature: 25.48 C = 77.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.01 mb = 1127.62 m = 3699.48 ft T: 15.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 24.36 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.93 mb = 1242.40 m = 4076.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.80 C = 74.84 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 4.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 81.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.84 mb = 1214.60 m = 3984.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.84 mb = 1358.95 m = 4458.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 819.84 mb = 1855.43 m = 6087.30 ft B at Equ Level: 8.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 789.84 mb = 2166.23 m = 7106.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.3 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 201.3 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -39.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -8.2 tot: 4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 28.83 Bulk Shear: 2.84 m/s