MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.05,-72.54 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -72.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 63 26.8 20.4 68 6.4 22.3 72 8 298.4 301.1 294.8 341.9 14.96 1 1000 219 24.6 19.2 72 5.4 20.9 71 11 297.8 300.3 294.0 338.9 14.18 2 950 666 20.2 18.1 88 2.1 18.8 74 14 297.7 300.2 293.8 337.9 13.88 3 900 1131 16.5 15.8 96 0.7 16.0 124 10 298.5 300.8 293.1 335.3 12.64 4 850 1616 13.5 11.7 89 1.8 12.4 131 6 300.3 302.2 291.8 330.4 10.25 5 800 2126 11.6 4.4 61 7.2 7.6 199 2 303.5 304.8 289.8 323.3 6.57 6 750 2662 8.0 0.1 57 7.9 3.9 247 7 305.3 306.2 289.0 321.0 5.14 7 700 3227 4.5 -21.6 13 26.1 -3.8 253 10 307.4 307.6 285.5 310.7 0.97 8 650 3826 1.1 -24.7 13 25.7 -6.4 241 12 310.2 310.3 286.4 312.9 0.80 9 600 4463 -2.9 -29.4 11 26.5 -9.5 235 14 312.7 312.9 287.0 314.7 0.56 10 550 5147 -6.4 -23.9 24 17.4 -11.3 243 19 316.4 316.6 288.7 319.9 1.01 11 500 5885 -11.2 -22.7 38 11.5 -14.4 236 24 319.4 319.7 289.9 323.7 1.24 12 450 6686 -15.9 -22.4 57 6.6 -17.7 246 30 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.1 1.40 13 400 7564 -21.5 -27.7 58 6.2 -22.9 252 43 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.5 0.98 14 350 8534 -28.0 -31.2 74 3.2 -28.6 246 52 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.9 0.80 15 300 9627 -34.2 -37.4 73 3.2 -34.6 240 74 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.51 16 250 10883 -42.0 -47.5 55 5.4 -42.5 241 100 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.21 17 200 12360 -51.1 -68.9 10 17.8 -51.5 234 90 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 18 150 14194 -57.9 -82.9 3 25.0 -58.2 248 62 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16707 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 251 35 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.41 m Freezing level: 636.58 mb = 3996.94 m = 13113.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.59 mb = 2944.42 m = 9660.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.22 mb = 874.91 m = 2870.42 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 31.25 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 994.14 m = 3261.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.69 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 10.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 177.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 763.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.03 mb = 941.83 m = 3089.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.03 mb = 1083.13 m = 3553.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.03 mb = 9508.90 m = 31196.80 ft B at Equ Level: 757.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.03 mb = 12855.36 m = 42175.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.5 neg: -6.9 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 11.03 Bulk Shear: 69.18 m/s