MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.12,-80.67 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -80.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 999 174 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.3 317 13 290.6 292.4 288.5 319.2 10.14 2 950 603 12.7 10.9 89 1.7 11.6 315 16 290.0 291.6 286.9 314.5 8.67 3 900 1054 9.2 7.0 87 2.1 8.0 304 17 291.0 292.2 285.7 311.0 7.01 4 850 1525 5.4 3.5 87 2.0 4.4 292 17 291.8 292.9 284.8 308.5 5.78 5 800 2017 1.3 -1.8 80 3.1 -0.1 286 17 292.6 293.3 283.3 304.8 4.19 6 750 2533 -1.2 -4.8 77 3.5 -2.7 277 13 295.2 295.9 283.7 305.9 3.58 7 700 3081 -3.8 -7.1 78 3.3 -5.1 274 10 298.3 298.8 284.5 307.9 3.20 8 650 3662 -7.3 -22.6 28 15.3 -11.3 272 15 300.7 300.9 282.9 303.8 0.95 9 600 4281 -10.8 -28.6 22 17.7 -14.6 279 15 303.6 303.7 283.6 305.6 0.60 10 550 4944 -14.8 -32.5 21 17.7 -18.0 301 13 306.5 306.6 284.6 308.1 0.45 11 500 5657 -20.1 -34.2 27 14.1 -22.3 320 14 308.5 308.6 285.3 310.0 0.42 12 450 6429 -26.1 -38.6 30 12.5 -27.6 314 17 310.4 310.5 285.8 311.5 0.30 13 400 7269 -32.7 -43.9 32 11.2 -33.6 302 19 312.6 312.6 286.5 313.3 0.19 14 350 8195 -39.3 -51.7 26 12.3 -40.0 295 19 315.7 315.7 287.4 316.0 0.09 15 300 9235 -45.7 -59.1 21 13.4 -46.2 297 20 320.9 320.9 289.0 321.1 0.04 16 250 10437 -48.1 -66.1 11 18.1 -48.5 260 27 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.02 17 200 11919 -45.3 -76.1 2 30.8 -46.1 258 31 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 18 150 13820 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 258 30 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 19 100 16454 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 265 26 426.2 426.2 308.4 426.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5488.91 m Freezing level: 773.93 mb = 2286.20 m = 7500.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 801.08 mb = 2005.86 m = 6580.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.08 % Est. max temperature: 18.65 C = 65.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.49 mb = 589.46 m = 1933.91 ft T: 12.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 14.34 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.04 mb = 915.78 m = 3004.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.47 C = 63.45 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 25.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 304.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.82 mb = 881.36 m = 2891.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.82 mb = 1018.78 m = 3342.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.82 mb = 7376.67 m = 24201.39 ft B at Equ Level: 303.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.82 mb = 9837.24 m = 32274.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 323.9 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -31.3 tot: -29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 76.24 Bulk Shear: 3.99 m/s