MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 41.21,-88.66 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -88.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 SFC 995 224 24.2 23.1 93 1.1 23.4 147 3 297.7 301.0 296.7 350.4 18.13 2 950 633 22.1 19.8 87 2.3 20.5 163 7 299.6 302.4 295.4 344.7 15.45 3 900 1101 18.2 16.9 92 1.3 17.4 151 8 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.2 13.61 4 850 1590 16.9 11.0 68 5.9 13.1 174 7 303.8 305.6 292.5 332.9 9.74 5 800 2104 13.9 4.8 54 9.1 8.7 199 6 306.0 307.2 290.7 326.6 6.77 6 750 2646 11.9 -8.7 23 20.5 2.7 233 6 309.5 310.0 288.1 317.9 2.65 7 700 3219 8.7 -9.8 26 18.6 0.7 274 6 312.2 312.7 288.9 320.5 2.59 8 650 3827 4.5 -9.5 35 14.0 -1.6 297 9 314.1 314.7 289.8 323.4 2.87 9 600 4473 0.2 -12.5 38 12.7 -4.9 320 10 316.4 316.9 290.1 324.4 2.43 10 550 5165 -4.1 -27.1 15 23.0 -10.4 298 12 319.2 319.3 289.3 321.9 0.75 11 500 5909 -8.3 -32.3 12 24.0 -13.9 278 15 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.51 12 450 6717 -14.0 -25.0 39 11.0 -16.9 265 14 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.6 1.12 13 400 7601 -19.0 -22.8 72 3.8 -20.0 293 19 330.3 330.6 293.2 335.7 1.53 14 350 8586 -24.7 -26.8 82 2.1 -25.2 299 32 335.5 335.8 294.3 340.0 1.22 15 300 9687 -33.9 -36.3 79 2.4 -34.3 305 23 337.6 337.7 294.3 339.7 0.57 16 250 10936 -43.7 -48.2 61 4.5 -44.0 312 36 341.1 341.1 294.8 341.9 0.19 17 200 12399 -54.3 -67.0 20 12.7 -54.5 308 49 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14196 -63.0 -70.7 34 7.8 -63.0 300 14 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.02 19 100 16716 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 260 13 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.74 m Freezing level: 597.33 mb = 4509.85 m = 14795.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.08 mb = 3395.56 m = 11140.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.60 mb = 364.37 m = 1195.42 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 32.43 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.91 mb = 987.02 m = 3238.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 17.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 824.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.90 mb = 892.73 m = 2928.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.90 mb = 1130.33 m = 3708.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 876.90 mb = 1323.36 m = 4341.69 ft B at Equ Level: 10.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.90 mb = 14763.67 m = 48436.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: -2.8 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 47.77 Bulk Shear: 17.25 m/s