MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.83,-72.86 Latitude: 41.83 Longitude: -72.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 109 27.9 21.5 68 6.4 23.3 32 6 300.0 302.9 296.0 347.2 16.15 1 1000 217 25.6 20.2 72 5.4 21.8 32 7 298.8 301.5 295.0 342.7 15.10 2 950 666 21.0 19.1 89 1.9 19.7 41 7 298.5 301.2 294.7 341.6 14.81 3 900 1132 17.4 15.1 86 2.3 15.9 71 5 299.5 301.7 293.0 334.8 12.09 4 850 1618 13.7 9.0 73 4.7 10.9 107 4 300.5 302.0 290.5 325.6 8.49 5 800 2127 11.7 -2.6 37 14.2 4.7 190 4 303.6 304.3 287.3 315.7 3.96 6 750 2662 7.8 -7.5 33 15.3 1.1 215 6 305.1 305.6 286.8 314.1 2.90 7 700 3227 5.3 -29.5 6 34.8 -4.1 219 8 308.4 308.5 285.3 310.0 0.48 8 650 3828 1.9 -24.5 12 26.5 -5.9 209 12 311.1 311.3 286.7 313.9 0.81 9 600 4467 -2.0 -33.4 7 31.3 -9.4 219 14 313.7 313.8 287.1 315.1 0.38 10 550 5154 -5.3 -25.6 19 20.3 -10.9 234 17 317.9 318.0 289.0 320.9 0.87 11 500 5895 -10.1 -25.5 27 15.4 -14.2 228 19 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.1 0.96 12 450 6698 -15.7 -24.9 45 9.2 -18.1 241 27 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.4 1.12 13 400 7577 -21.0 -24.8 72 3.7 -22.0 235 36 327.6 327.9 292.3 332.2 1.28 14 350 8549 -26.9 -29.5 78 2.6 -27.4 233 50 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.95 15 300 9641 -34.6 -42.2 46 7.6 -35.4 234 67 336.6 336.7 293.8 337.8 0.31 16 250 10897 -41.9 -49.3 44 7.4 -42.4 238 91 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.5 0.17 17 200 12369 -52.5 -65.5 19 13.0 -52.8 236 87 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14198 -58.1 -80.0 4 21.9 -58.3 241 55 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16711 -64.9 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 245 35 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.10 m Freezing level: 625.82 mb = 4136.92 m = 13572.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.14 mb = 2781.83 m = 9126.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.01 mb = 914.63 m = 3000.71 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 37.23 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.35 mb = 1033.66 m = 3391.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: 3.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: -2.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 134.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.62 mb = 974.48 m = 3197.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.62 mb = 1116.75 m = 3663.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.62 mb = 10325.71 m = 33876.58 ft B at Equ Level: 959.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.62 mb = 13723.20 m = 45023.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 249.1 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 33.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 26.21 Bulk Shear: 36.91 m/s