MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 48.35,-89.88 Latitude: 48.35 Longitude: -89.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 955 509 20.6 15.3 72 5.3 17.1 290 8 297.6 299.7 292.0 331.0 11.51 2 950 556 19.0 14.4 75 4.6 16.0 291 8 296.4 298.4 291.2 328.0 10.93 3 900 1018 14.2 13.3 95 0.9 13.6 299 11 296.1 298.0 290.9 327.1 10.74 4 850 1497 10.7 7.6 81 3.1 8.9 328 17 297.4 298.8 288.7 319.9 7.70 5 800 2001 8.6 -3.4 42 12.1 2.9 332 20 300.3 301.0 285.9 311.6 3.70 6 750 2531 5.0 -1.5 63 6.5 1.8 332 20 302.0 302.8 287.3 315.8 4.57 7 700 3090 1.5 -5.8 58 7.3 -1.7 333 19 304.2 304.8 287.1 315.1 3.55 8 650 3682 -2.5 -7.0 71 4.5 -4.4 325 22 306.2 306.8 287.8 317.0 3.47 9 600 4313 -6.7 -9.1 83 2.4 -7.7 322 24 308.3 308.9 288.2 318.4 3.20 10 550 4986 -11.5 -15.5 72 4.1 -12.8 319 26 310.5 310.9 287.8 317.2 2.07 11 500 5709 -16.2 -26.6 40 10.4 -18.5 314 29 313.3 313.4 287.5 316.2 0.87 12 450 6494 -21.5 -34.9 29 13.4 -23.6 321 34 316.3 316.4 288.1 317.8 0.44 13 400 7351 -27.5 -35.1 49 7.6 -28.6 316 37 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.48 14 350 8295 -35.4 -41.8 52 6.4 -36.0 307 36 320.9 321.0 289.3 322.0 0.28 15 300 9347 -44.7 -48.8 63 4.1 -44.9 309 39 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.0 0.15 16 250 10540 -53.3 -59.1 49 5.8 -53.4 298 42 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.05 17 200 11969 -53.5 -71.4 9 17.9 -53.8 310 40 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13829 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 324 32 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16452 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -53.0 331 22 426.7 426.7 308.5 426.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.59 m Freezing level: 681.11 mb = 3313.52 m = 10870.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.10 mb = 2815.53 m = 9237.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.53 % Est. max temperature: 22.96 C = 73.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.51 mb = 1172.85 m = 3847.88 ft T: 13.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 19.43 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.87 mb = 1322.73 m = 4339.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.90 C = 67.82 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 27.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 628.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.22 mb = 1271.13 m = 4170.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.22 mb = 1416.59 m = 4647.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 808.22 mb = 1916.02 m = 6286.06 ft B at Equ Level: 5.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.22 mb = 12026.49 m = 39456.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.9 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 351.9 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 22.57 Bulk Shear: 27.83 m/s