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: 48.85,-94.03 Latitude: 48.85 Longitude: -94.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 973 363 23.4 15.6 62 7.8 18.2 13 4 298.9 301.0 292.4 332.6 11.54 2 950 569 20.7 14.4 67 6.3 16.5 11 5 298.2 300.2 291.7 329.9 10.89 3 900 1033 16.3 11.6 73 4.8 13.4 3 6 298.3 300.1 290.6 326.2 9.56 4 850 1517 13.8 7.1 64 6.7 9.9 315 10 300.6 302.0 289.6 322.8 7.49 5 800 2025 9.7 6.3 79 3.4 7.7 324 12 301.4 302.8 289.9 323.7 7.48 6 750 2558 5.7 3.7 87 2.0 4.6 322 15 302.8 304.0 289.6 322.8 6.68 7 700 3119 1.3 0.6 95 0.6 1.0 319 21 303.9 304.9 289.1 321.2 5.72 8 650 3710 -2.7 -3.2 96 0.5 -2.9 320 22 305.9 306.8 288.8 320.2 4.65 9 600 4341 -6.4 -10.3 74 3.9 -7.9 318 19 308.7 309.3 288.1 318.0 2.92 10 550 5016 -10.4 -13.9 76 3.5 -11.6 324 19 311.7 312.2 288.6 319.4 2.38 11 500 5742 -15.7 -19.6 72 3.9 -16.8 321 24 313.9 314.2 288.5 319.3 1.62 12 450 6531 -20.1 -22.3 82 2.2 -20.7 317 29 317.9 318.2 289.6 322.7 1.41 13 400 7392 -26.6 -29.0 80 2.4 -27.1 322 29 320.4 320.5 289.8 323.4 0.87 14 350 8341 -34.2 -37.4 73 3.2 -34.6 314 26 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.2 0.44 15 300 9399 -43.4 -46.8 69 3.4 -43.6 318 34 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.9 0.19 16 250 10599 -52.2 -56.6 59 4.4 -52.3 323 36 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.07 17 200 12037 -52.2 -75.3 5 23.0 -52.6 329 35 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13893 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 335 35 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16499 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 342 29 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.10 m Freezing level: 684.03 mb = 3307.70 m = 10851.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.62 mb = 3261.12 m = 10699.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.19 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.34 mb = 1346.17 m = 4416.50 ft T: 14.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 9.78 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1877.24 m = 6158.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 36.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 702.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.33 mb = 1553.71 m = 5097.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.33 mb = 2326.60 m = 7633.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.33 mb = 10307.00 m = 33815.22 ft B at Equ Level: 701.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.33 mb = 12323.13 m = 40429.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.0 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 352.0 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 26.22 Bulk Shear: 26.78 m/s