MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F052.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F052.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 52 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 181 SFC 982 342 25.5 21.2 77 4.3 22.4 234 4 300.2 303.2 296.2 348.0 16.33 2 950 630 22.4 20.0 86 2.4 20.7 224 6 300.0 302.8 295.7 345.8 15.68 3 900 1101 20.7 17.2 80 3.6 18.3 240 19 302.9 305.4 295.3 343.8 13.84 4 850 1593 17.5 16.0 91 1.5 16.4 244 17 304.4 306.9 295.5 344.8 13.55 5 800 2110 15.3 9.3 67 6.0 11.5 245 19 307.4 309.1 293.2 335.3 9.21 6 750 2655 12.3 -1.5 38 13.8 5.2 244 22 309.9 310.8 290.0 324.2 4.58 7 700 3228 7.3 3.9 79 3.4 5.4 236 24 310.6 312.0 292.5 333.0 7.26 8 650 3835 4.7 3.8 94 0.9 4.2 237 21 314.2 315.7 293.9 338.5 7.75 9 600 4485 1.2 -3.8 69 5.0 -1.3 246 17 317.5 318.4 292.5 333.0 4.81 10 550 5178 -3.9 -16.0 39 12.0 -8.3 241 19 319.4 319.8 290.6 326.1 2.00 11 500 5922 -9.2 -24.8 27 15.6 -13.5 246 20 321.8 322.0 290.4 325.4 1.03 12 450 6727 -14.8 -28.0 32 13.1 -18.0 250 18 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.7 0.85 13 400 7611 -18.8 -20.4 87 1.6 -19.3 272 24 330.6 330.9 293.6 337.2 1.88 14 350 8594 -24.5 -28.1 73 3.5 -25.4 290 27 335.7 335.9 294.2 339.6 1.09 15 300 9701 -31.9 -35.0 74 3.1 -32.4 308 23 340.4 340.6 295.0 342.9 0.65 16 250 10960 -42.3 -46.6 63 4.2 -42.6 303 13 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.23 17 200 12428 -54.6 -58.7 60 4.1 -54.7 313 16 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.6 0.07 18 150 14205 -67.7 -72.8 48 5.1 -67.8 297 24 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 19 100 16708 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.6 -59.0 323 7 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.39 m Freezing level: 588.29 mb = 4647.09 m = 15246.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.85 mb = 4325.87 m = 14192.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.60 mb = 884.80 m = 2902.85 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 20.59 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.98 mb = 1583.59 m = 5195.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 39.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 819.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.42 mb = 1202.51 m = 3945.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.42 mb = 2829.04 m = 9281.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.42 mb = 11670.10 m = 38287.26 ft B at Equ Level: 817.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.42 mb = 15359.41 m = 50391.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.5 neg: -7.9 tot: 39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 40.50 Bulk Shear: 20.24 m/s