MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.57,-85.41 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -85.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 984 279 23.2 16.8 67 6.4 18.9 256 14 297.7 300.0 292.7 333.5 12.33 2 950 583 19.5 15.1 76 4.3 16.6 256 19 296.9 299.0 291.7 330.0 11.44 3 900 1045 14.9 14.2 96 0.6 14.4 256 20 296.8 298.9 291.6 329.8 11.40 4 850 1527 11.2 10.2 93 1.1 10.6 268 28 297.9 299.6 290.2 324.8 9.21 5 800 2030 7.9 6.9 93 1.0 7.3 270 28 299.6 301.1 289.6 322.7 7.83 6 750 2560 4.7 2.8 88 1.8 3.7 281 27 301.6 302.8 288.9 320.4 6.27 7 700 3120 1.1 -4.9 64 6.0 -1.6 290 23 303.8 304.5 287.2 315.5 3.81 8 650 3711 -2.3 -8.9 61 6.5 -5.0 291 22 306.3 306.9 287.3 315.7 3.00 9 600 4342 -6.4 -11.3 69 4.8 -8.3 299 23 308.7 309.2 287.8 317.2 2.69 10 550 5018 -10.4 -13.2 80 2.7 -11.4 307 23 311.7 312.2 288.7 319.8 2.52 11 500 5743 -15.7 -17.7 85 2.0 -16.3 313 23 313.8 314.2 288.8 320.1 1.90 12 450 6530 -21.0 -24.2 75 3.3 -21.7 319 24 316.9 317.1 289.0 321.0 1.20 13 400 7389 -27.0 -35.9 43 8.8 -28.3 314 26 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.5 0.45 14 350 8336 -34.7 -41.8 48 7.2 -35.3 303 31 322.0 322.1 289.7 323.1 0.28 15 300 9394 -42.7 -57.2 19 14.5 -43.3 306 33 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.3 0.06 16 250 10599 -51.0 -61.8 27 10.8 -51.3 310 34 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.04 17 200 12044 -52.1 -71.9 8 19.7 -52.5 302 47 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13889 -55.6 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.9 307 49 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16472 -55.0 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 324 22 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.30 m Freezing level: 683.57 mb = 3314.26 m = 10873.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.81 mb = 2950.08 m = 9678.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.99 % Est. max temperature: 23.94 C = 75.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.89 mb = 1083.79 m = 3555.71 ft T: 14.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 18.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.11 mb = 1128.84 m = 3703.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.49 C = 72.49 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.32 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 31.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1181.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.94 mb = 1130.49 m = 3708.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.94 mb = 1177.88 m = 3864.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.94 mb = 10705.17 m = 35121.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1167.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.94 mb = 13241.44 m = 43442.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.8 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 317.8 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 98.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 56.46 Bulk Shear: 20.92 m/s