MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 44.01,-94.16 Latitude: 44.01 Longitude: -94.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 981 306 20.2 17.7 86 2.4 18.5 107 4 294.9 297.3 292.4 332.5 13.12 2 950 586 20.8 14.7 68 6.1 16.8 183 13 298.3 300.3 291.9 330.7 11.14 3 900 1052 17.6 11.0 65 6.6 13.5 229 19 299.6 301.3 290.7 326.7 9.21 4 850 1537 12.9 10.7 86 2.2 11.5 237 20 299.7 301.4 291.0 327.6 9.53 5 800 2045 10.3 8.9 91 1.4 9.5 271 18 302.2 303.8 291.4 328.9 9.01 6 750 2579 6.8 4.4 85 2.3 5.5 295 14 303.9 305.2 290.3 325.1 7.02 7 700 3144 4.1 0.3 76 3.8 2.1 305 14 307.1 308.1 290.0 324.3 5.61 8 650 3742 0.5 -6.4 60 6.9 -2.6 318 15 309.5 310.2 289.0 321.0 3.63 9 600 4380 -3.2 -16.7 34 13.5 -7.8 319 19 312.5 312.8 288.1 318.1 1.72 10 550 5063 -7.6 -18.3 42 10.7 -11.0 310 22 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.6 1.64 11 500 5796 -12.9 -33.4 16 20.6 -17.0 314 22 317.3 317.4 288.4 319.0 0.45 12 450 6590 -18.6 -32.0 30 13.4 -21.1 326 27 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.9 0.58 13 400 7456 -25.0 -36.2 34 11.2 -26.7 330 33 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.43 14 350 8412 -32.3 -37.1 62 4.9 -32.9 323 37 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.9 0.45 15 300 9482 -39.9 -43.1 72 3.2 -40.2 312 51 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.28 16 250 10704 -48.1 -61.0 21 12.9 -48.5 305 83 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.04 17 200 12156 -52.2 -71.3 8 19.1 -52.5 306 82 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14001 -55.9 -82.4 2 26.5 -56.2 315 63 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16558 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 315 39 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.03 m Freezing level: 643.13 mb = 3829.82 m = 12564.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.57 mb = 3406.81 m = 11177.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.18 % Est. max temperature: 25.82 C = 78.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.02 mb = 613.07 m = 2011.37 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 10.79 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.49 mb = 1741.45 m = 5713.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 32.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 218.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.36 mb = 1463.69 m = 4802.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.36 mb = 2552.61 m = 8374.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 712.36 mb = 3000.49 m = 9844.00 ft B at Equ Level: 18.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.36 mb = 11179.94 m = 36679.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.6 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 323.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 217.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 2.85 Bulk Shear: 76.65 m/s