MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F003.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 41.74,-80.34 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -80.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 975 349 14.1 12.3 89 1.8 13.0 194 4 289.3 290.9 287.2 315.4 9.27 2 950 572 16.0 8.8 62 7.2 11.8 246 16 293.4 294.8 287.1 315.0 7.51 3 900 1028 12.0 7.6 74 4.4 9.5 265 16 293.8 295.1 287.0 314.8 7.27 4 850 1503 7.6 6.4 93 1.1 6.9 277 16 294.1 295.3 286.9 314.7 7.13 5 800 2000 3.9 3.0 94 0.9 3.4 291 17 295.3 296.4 286.3 312.7 5.94 6 750 2521 0.4 -1.9 84 2.3 -0.6 286 18 297.1 297.9 285.4 310.2 4.44 7 700 3071 -2.7 -6.4 75 3.8 -4.2 277 19 299.5 300.1 285.2 309.8 3.37 8 650 3656 -5.0 -12.4 56 7.5 -7.7 278 19 303.3 303.8 285.5 310.4 2.26 9 600 4281 -8.5 -17.4 49 8.9 -11.3 272 20 306.2 306.5 285.8 311.4 1.62 10 550 4950 -12.6 -24.9 35 12.2 -15.6 272 21 309.1 309.2 286.1 312.2 0.92 11 500 5669 -17.9 -28.2 40 10.3 -20.0 277 20 311.2 311.4 286.6 313.8 0.75 12 450 6447 -24.1 -37.3 28 13.2 -25.9 281 20 312.9 312.9 286.8 314.1 0.34 13 400 7294 -30.9 -44.6 25 13.6 -32.1 283 18 314.8 314.8 287.2 315.5 0.18 14 350 8224 -38.7 -52.1 23 13.5 -39.4 291 11 316.6 316.6 287.8 317.0 0.09 15 300 9264 -46.0 -61.1 17 15.0 -46.5 268 24 320.5 320.5 288.9 320.6 0.03 16 250 10467 -47.1 -64.7 12 17.6 -47.6 257 55 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 17 200 11952 -46.2 -76.8 2 30.6 -46.9 253 64 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 18 150 13845 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 246 55 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 19 100 16472 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -54.0 233 42 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.50 m Freezing level: 742.89 mb = 2599.33 m = 8527.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.67 mb = 2438.93 m = 8001.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.28 % Est. max temperature: 19.44 C = 66.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.05 mb = 571.39 m = 1874.60 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 5.61 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1541.00 m = 5055.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.91 C = 66.05 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 28.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.73 mb = 1418.38 m = 4653.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.73 mb = 1860.43 m = 6103.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 663.73 mb = 3491.08 m = 11453.55 ft B at Equ Level: 54.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 533.73 mb = 5176.76 m = 16983.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.3 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 305.3 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.4 neg: -3.7 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.71 Bulk Shear: 11.69 m/s