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: 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 196 SFC 987 312 19.6 19.2 98 0.4 19.3 79 13 293.8 296.4 293.0 334.6 14.30 2 950 637 18.9 17.8 93 1.1 18.1 53 10 296.4 298.8 293.2 335.5 13.59 3 900 1103 18.5 14.5 77 4.0 15.8 280 23 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.6 11.58 4 850 1593 17.3 10.8 65 6.5 13.2 291 30 304.3 306.0 292.5 332.9 9.59 5 800 2109 15.0 7.7 62 7.3 10.5 304 35 307.1 308.6 292.3 332.1 8.25 6 750 2653 11.6 5.3 65 6.2 7.9 309 35 309.1 310.5 292.3 332.1 7.48 7 700 3226 7.5 3.8 77 3.7 5.4 307 31 310.8 312.1 292.5 333.0 7.20 8 650 3832 3.5 1.7 88 1.8 2.5 299 21 312.9 314.1 292.7 333.7 6.67 9 600 4478 -0.2 -4.5 73 4.3 -2.3 281 21 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.5 4.58 10 550 5170 -4.0 -13.9 46 9.9 -7.8 273 22 319.4 319.8 290.9 327.3 2.37 11 500 5914 -9.1 -14.0 68 4.9 -10.9 264 22 321.9 322.4 291.9 330.6 2.59 12 450 6723 -13.3 -14.6 90 1.3 -13.8 248 21 326.5 327.1 293.3 335.8 2.73 13 400 7613 -17.8 -18.6 94 0.8 -18.1 245 20 331.8 332.3 294.2 339.6 2.21 14 350 8598 -24.6 -26.2 86 1.6 -25.0 253 19 335.6 335.8 294.4 340.2 1.28 15 300 9704 -32.3 -34.9 78 2.6 -32.7 261 22 339.8 340.0 294.9 342.3 0.66 16 250 10963 -42.4 -45.6 71 3.2 -42.6 270 23 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.1 0.26 17 200 12427 -55.1 -58.9 62 3.8 -55.2 254 21 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 18 150 14205 -67.5 -72.5 49 4.9 -67.6 248 19 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16725 -63.1 -84.4 4 21.4 -63.3 315 12 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.36 m Freezing level: 602.84 mb = 4441.49 m = 14571.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.87 mb = 4163.39 m = 13659.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.11 mb = 360.12 m = 1181.47 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 3.47 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 2266.90 m = 7437.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.36 C = 92.05 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 263.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.33 mb = 1042.89 m = 3421.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 511.33 mb = 5739.37 m = 18829.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 481.33 mb = 6206.46 m = 20362.14 ft B at Equ Level: 27.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 431.33 mb = 7043.28 m = 23107.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.3 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 322.3 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 6.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: -62.1 tot: 31.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 134.80 m/s