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: 41.12,-95.92 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 183 SFC 985 313 23.2 20.0 82 3.2 20.9 321 7 297.6 300.3 294.7 341.4 15.11 2 950 629 19.9 19.1 95 0.8 19.4 314 8 297.4 300.1 294.4 340.4 14.84 3 900 1094 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 248 19 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.1 14.64 4 850 1585 17.0 16.0 94 1.0 16.3 249 16 304.0 306.5 295.4 344.4 13.59 5 800 2102 14.4 13.1 92 1.4 13.6 230 16 306.5 308.8 294.9 342.4 11.92 6 750 2643 9.8 9.0 95 0.7 9.3 215 17 307.2 309.0 293.4 336.5 9.68 7 700 3216 8.5 8.5 100 0.0 8.5 239 15 311.9 313.8 295.0 342.6 9.99 8 650 3828 5.5 5.2 97 0.4 5.3 260 14 315.2 316.9 294.8 342.0 8.55 9 600 4477 0.8 -4.6 67 5.4 -1.8 254 17 317.1 318.0 292.2 331.7 4.54 10 550 5171 -3.5 -12.4 50 8.9 -7.1 250 17 320.0 320.5 291.4 328.9 2.68 11 500 5916 -8.8 -19.5 42 10.7 -12.3 259 18 322.3 322.6 291.1 327.9 1.63 12 450 6724 -13.8 -17.7 72 3.9 -15.1 270 22 325.9 326.3 292.6 333.2 2.12 13 400 7610 -18.8 -24.6 60 5.8 -20.3 299 22 330.5 330.8 293.1 335.2 1.30 14 350 8592 -24.9 -27.7 77 2.9 -25.5 298 24 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.3 1.12 15 300 9699 -32.0 -34.7 77 2.7 -32.4 292 19 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.8 0.67 16 250 10959 -42.3 -45.4 71 3.2 -42.5 296 22 343.2 343.3 295.3 344.3 0.26 17 200 12425 -54.4 -58.2 63 3.8 -54.5 319 25 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14202 -69.1 -72.7 59 3.6 -69.1 296 27 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 19 100 16703 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 340 10 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.78 m Freezing level: 590.16 mb = 4613.58 m = 15136.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.67 mb = 4307.45 m = 14131.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.71 mb = 713.20 m = 2339.86 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 7.88 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 1071.86 m = 3516.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.69 C = 78.24 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 41.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 354.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.49 mb = 891.04 m = 2923.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.49 mb = 2461.00 m = 8074.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.49 mb = 3139.54 m = 10300.21 ft B at Equ Level: 30.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.49 mb = 12856.95 m = 42181.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -38.4 tot: -28.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.24 Bulk Shear: 24.88 m/s