MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F051.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F051.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.73,-95.22 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -95.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 981 342 25.4 21.1 77 4.3 22.3 159 9 300.2 303.2 296.1 347.9 16.27 2 950 619 22.0 19.0 83 3.1 19.9 180 20 299.5 302.2 294.9 342.4 14.68 3 900 1090 20.8 18.5 87 2.3 19.2 205 22 303.0 305.8 296.1 347.6 15.07 4 850 1583 18.4 15.3 82 3.1 16.3 213 20 305.4 307.8 295.4 344.3 13.00 5 800 2102 16.6 2.1 38 14.5 8.5 216 23 308.8 309.9 290.6 326.0 5.57 6 750 2648 13.0 3.6 53 9.5 7.6 222 22 310.7 312.0 292.0 331.2 6.60 7 700 3224 8.5 7.3 93 1.1 7.8 224 23 311.8 313.6 294.4 340.4 9.24 8 650 3834 5.8 0.7 70 5.1 3.0 245 19 315.5 316.7 293.1 335.2 6.21 9 600 4485 2.3 -14.7 27 17.0 -4.3 263 17 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.6 2.03 10 550 5180 -3.7 -19.4 28 15.8 -8.9 255 18 319.8 320.0 290.2 324.8 1.49 11 500 5923 -9.1 -32.2 13 23.1 -14.3 274 20 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.9 0.52 12 450 6729 -14.6 -36.7 13 22.0 -18.7 275 19 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.37 13 400 7611 -19.6 -32.1 32 12.5 -22.1 287 22 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.9 0.65 14 350 8590 -25.6 -31.1 60 5.5 -26.6 297 25 334.3 334.5 293.7 337.3 0.82 15 300 9694 -32.0 -37.3 59 5.4 -32.7 326 19 340.3 340.5 294.9 342.3 0.52 16 250 10955 -42.4 -51.5 37 9.0 -43.0 333 13 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.5 0.13 17 200 12422 -54.4 -57.3 69 3.0 -54.4 318 34 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.08 18 150 14200 -67.9 -70.3 71 2.5 -67.9 302 26 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 19 100 16701 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 304 6 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.11 m Freezing level: 580.50 mb = 4755.79 m = 15602.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.47 mb = 4094.75 m = 13434.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.44 mb = 884.63 m = 2902.31 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.61 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.78 mb = 2093.38 m = 6867.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.91 C = 93.03 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 41.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 823.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.68 mb = 1179.56 m = 3869.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.68 mb = 3038.65 m = 9969.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.68 mb = 11627.64 m = 38147.96 ft B at Equ Level: 822.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.68 mb = 15291.13 m = 50167.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 138.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 21.72 Bulk Shear: 37.94 m/s