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: 40.43,-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 26.2 18.5 63 7.7 20.9 78 9 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.2 13.65 2 950 607 21.9 15.6 68 6.3 17.7 79 11 299.4 301.6 292.8 334.0 11.83 3 900 1074 17.3 14.6 84 2.7 15.5 78 11 299.4 301.5 292.7 333.5 11.70 4 850 1559 12.8 12.5 98 0.4 12.6 90 11 299.6 301.6 292.0 331.1 10.76 5 800 2066 8.9 8.7 99 0.2 8.8 127 13 300.6 302.2 290.7 326.7 8.83 6 750 2600 9.5 9.4 100 0.0 9.5 134 10 306.8 308.7 293.5 336.8 9.94 7 700 3169 6.2 -19.5 14 25.8 -2.6 154 6 309.4 309.6 286.5 313.2 1.16 8 650 3772 2.7 -33.3 5 36.0 -6.2 153 7 312.1 312.1 286.5 313.3 0.36 9 600 4413 -0.9 -38.1 4 37.2 -8.9 184 5 315.1 315.1 287.4 316.0 0.24 10 550 5101 -5.5 -26.0 18 20.5 -11.1 233 5 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.4 0.83 11 500 5840 -11.4 -22.1 41 10.6 -14.5 226 8 319.1 319.3 289.8 323.5 1.30 12 450 6638 -17.7 -25.7 49 8.1 -19.6 195 10 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.7 1.04 13 400 7508 -23.1 -27.1 70 3.9 -24.0 183 9 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.6 1.04 14 350 8475 -28.9 -34.3 59 5.5 -29.7 210 8 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.0 0.60 15 300 9558 -37.7 -43.3 56 5.6 -38.2 187 13 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.28 16 250 10790 -46.1 -51.0 58 4.9 -46.4 211 16 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.14 17 200 12261 -47.8 -70.4 6 22.6 -48.4 225 24 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 14134 -54.0 -80.1 3 26.1 -54.4 238 30 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16678 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 251 17 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.79 m Freezing level: 612.27 mb = 4255.86 m = 13962.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.65 mb = 3044.86 m = 9989.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.44 % Est. max temperature: 25.82 C = 78.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.07 mb = 1215.84 m = 3988.94 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 23.62 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1362.39 m = 4469.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.55 C = 77.99 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 11.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 179.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 446.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.62 mb = 1365.35 m = 4479.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.62 mb = 1414.30 m = 4640.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 754.62 mb = 2549.16 m = 8363.28 ft B at Equ Level: 56.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.62 mb = 12110.36 m = 39731.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.3 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 168.3 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 40.08 Bulk Shear: 11.14 m/s