MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.10,-72.43 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -72.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 24.9 19.1 70 5.8 20.9 69 7 297.1 299.6 293.6 337.1 13.85 1 1000 222 24.2 18.3 70 5.9 20.1 70 9 297.3 299.8 293.3 335.9 13.34 2 950 668 19.9 17.2 84 2.8 18.1 75 13 297.4 299.8 293.2 335.3 13.08 3 900 1133 16.8 14.6 87 2.1 15.4 118 8 298.8 300.9 292.5 332.9 11.72 4 850 1618 14.0 11.5 85 2.5 12.4 130 5 300.8 302.7 291.9 330.6 10.09 5 800 2127 11.3 1.6 51 9.7 6.1 20 1 303.2 304.2 288.5 319.4 5.36 6 750 2662 7.5 -1.2 54 8.7 3.2 226 4 304.7 305.6 288.4 319.0 4.69 7 700 3226 4.0 -9.9 36 13.9 -1.7 241 6 306.9 307.3 287.1 315.0 2.57 8 650 3826 1.3 -17.8 22 19.2 -5.2 233 10 310.5 310.8 287.2 315.3 1.45 9 600 4464 -2.5 -19.3 26 16.8 -7.9 239 11 313.2 313.5 288.0 317.8 1.38 10 550 5149 -6.5 -11.3 69 4.7 -8.4 256 15 316.3 316.9 290.5 325.9 2.94 11 500 5887 -11.1 -13.4 83 2.3 -12.0 246 20 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.5 2.72 12 450 6689 -15.4 -17.2 86 1.8 -16.0 229 21 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.4 2.21 13 400 7568 -21.4 -23.9 81 2.4 -22.1 239 22 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.0 1.39 14 350 8540 -27.9 -30.7 77 2.8 -28.5 240 38 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.2 0.85 15 300 9630 -34.2 -43.4 39 9.2 -35.1 243 75 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.3 0.27 16 250 10888 -42.1 -48.1 52 6.0 -42.5 241 99 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.3 0.20 17 200 12364 -51.0 -65.5 16 14.5 -51.4 236 88 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.03 18 150 14194 -58.4 -80.4 4 22.1 -58.6 247 64 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16703 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 252 35 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.24 m Freezing level: 632.60 mb = 4047.87 m = 13280.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.66 mb = 3022.75 m = 9917.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.07 mb = 859.70 m = 2820.52 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 22.14 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.35 mb = 1271.86 m = 4172.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 22.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 385.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.95 mb = 1047.64 m = 3437.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.95 mb = 1879.31 m = 6165.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.95 mb = 8663.05 m = 28421.75 ft B at Equ Level: 384.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.95 mb = 11326.79 m = 37160.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -14.9 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 7.98 Bulk Shear: 48.35 m/s