MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F055.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F055.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 55 hour NAM valid 19Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.7,-77.79 Latitude: 42.70 Longitude: -77.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 225 SFC 999 235 26.1 21.2 75 4.9 22.6 124 6 299.3 302.2 295.8 346.1 16.03 2 950 673 20.9 17.5 81 3.4 18.6 131 6 298.4 300.9 293.6 337.3 13.36 3 900 1139 17.2 15.1 87 2.1 15.8 137 5 299.3 301.5 292.9 334.6 12.10 4 850 1625 13.7 12.6 93 1.1 13.0 153 5 300.5 302.4 292.3 332.4 10.85 5 800 2133 10.2 10.1 100 0.0 10.2 161 6 302.0 303.8 292.0 330.9 9.77 6 750 2668 6.9 6.8 99 0.2 6.8 158 8 304.1 305.6 291.4 328.9 8.28 7 700 3233 3.7 2.3 91 1.4 2.9 170 8 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.3 6.46 8 650 3832 0.4 -0.5 94 0.9 -0.1 174 7 309.4 310.5 290.8 326.9 5.68 9 600 4470 -2.9 -7.6 70 4.7 -5.0 190 8 312.8 313.5 290.0 324.2 3.60 10 550 5156 -6.2 -18.5 37 12.3 -10.2 219 12 316.7 317.0 289.4 322.2 1.62 11 500 5893 -11.6 -23.3 38 11.6 -14.8 228 14 318.8 319.1 289.6 322.9 1.17 12 450 6691 -17.3 -29.9 33 12.6 -20.0 231 12 321.5 321.6 290.0 324.0 0.71 13 400 7563 -23.1 -33.6 37 10.6 -24.9 243 19 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.1 0.56 14 350 8527 -29.1 -41.6 29 12.5 -30.6 243 28 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.28 15 300 9610 -38.0 -47.6 36 9.7 -38.7 243 35 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.17 16 250 10837 -47.3 -58.3 27 11.0 -47.7 231 41 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.06 17 200 12298 -50.0 -70.3 7 20.3 -50.5 229 46 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14159 -55.6 -78.0 4 22.4 -55.9 239 42 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.01 19 100 16702 -61.5 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 267 21 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.31 m Freezing level: 644.36 mb = 3903.82 m = 12807.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.60 mb = 3811.97 m = 12506.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.44 mb = 852.52 m = 2796.94 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 19.82 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.51 mb = 1181.57 m = 3876.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.13 C = 79.03 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.56 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1224.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.46 mb = 1115.48 m = 3659.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.46 mb = 1258.27 m = 4128.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.46 mb = 11174.09 m = 36659.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1209.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.46 mb = 13844.51 m = 45421.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.4 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 217.4 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 173.60 Bulk Shear: 7.05 m/s