MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F049.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F049.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KOFF ... Searching file for grids... Date: 49 hour NAM valid 13Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: KOFF Latitude: 41.12 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 982 312 21.1 19.2 89 1.8 19.8 157 11 295.8 298.4 293.6 337.3 14.44 2 950 599 21.9 18.8 83 3.1 19.7 182 32 299.4 302.0 294.7 341.7 14.50 3 900 1071 22.3 18.0 77 4.3 19.2 210 32 304.4 307.1 296.1 347.8 14.56 4 850 1567 19.1 17.4 90 1.6 17.9 211 24 306.1 308.9 296.8 350.9 14.91 5 800 2087 16.7 9.8 64 6.9 12.3 208 21 308.9 310.7 293.8 337.9 9.52 6 750 2633 12.5 10.4 87 2.1 11.2 213 27 310.1 312.1 294.9 342.5 10.61 7 700 3211 10.0 5.7 74 4.4 7.4 225 20 313.6 315.2 294.1 339.2 8.21 8 650 3824 7.8 -7.2 34 15.0 0.7 250 17 317.7 318.4 291.4 328.9 3.42 9 600 4478 2.8 -15.7 24 18.6 -4.3 259 16 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.7 1.87 10 550 5174 -3.3 -22.0 22 18.7 -9.2 257 17 320.2 320.5 290.1 324.4 1.20 11 500 5918 -8.8 -32.4 13 23.6 -14.2 280 19 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.2 0.51 12 450 6724 -14.8 -34.3 17 19.4 -18.7 276 19 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.3 0.47 13 400 7604 -20.4 -26.4 59 5.9 -21.8 292 24 328.4 328.6 292.4 332.4 1.11 14 350 8581 -26.3 -29.1 77 2.8 -26.9 296 26 333.3 333.5 293.6 336.9 0.98 15 300 9683 -32.3 -40.4 44 8.1 -33.3 324 17 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.4 0.38 16 250 10942 -42.8 -53.0 32 10.2 -43.4 348 10 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.11 17 200 12406 -54.3 -59.1 55 4.8 -54.4 337 26 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14199 -63.5 -73.5 24 10.0 -63.6 295 37 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16698 -61.1 -86.6 2 25.4 -61.4 271 11 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.03 m Freezing level: 576.64 mb = 4802.88 m = 15757.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3908.49 m = 12822.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.38 C = 90.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.28 mb = 541.97 m = 1778.10 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 18.35 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.92 mb = 2183.62 m = 7164.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.38 C = 93.89 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.86 C Cross Totals Index: 26.21 C K Index: 40.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 519.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 666.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 227.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.51 mb = 1202.23 m = 3944.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.51 mb = 4591.65 m = 15064.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.51 mb = 10899.83 m = 35760.17 ft B at Equ Level: 666.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.51 mb = 14558.35 m = 47763.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.6 neg: -37.0 tot: 228.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 13.61 Bulk Shear: 48.93 m/s