MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 19Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 44.23,-95.08 Latitude: 44.23 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 979 325 23.9 18.5 72 5.5 20.2 202 6 298.9 301.4 294.1 339.1 13.80 2 950 584 21.1 16.9 77 4.3 18.2 205 7 298.6 301.0 293.3 336.0 12.84 3 900 1050 17.8 13.7 77 4.1 15.1 248 14 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.0 10.99 4 850 1536 13.6 11.9 90 1.7 12.6 251 21 300.4 302.3 292.0 330.9 10.37 5 800 2046 10.9 9.1 89 1.8 9.8 271 20 302.8 304.5 291.7 329.9 9.13 6 750 2581 7.4 7.4 100 0.0 7.3 285 19 304.6 306.2 291.8 330.4 8.62 7 700 3147 4.6 -2.4 60 7.0 1.2 292 17 307.6 308.5 289.3 321.9 4.60 8 650 3746 1.0 -12.3 37 13.2 -4.2 291 18 310.0 310.5 287.9 317.4 2.29 9 600 4384 -3.4 -16.0 37 12.6 -7.8 297 19 312.2 312.6 288.2 318.2 1.83 10 550 5067 -7.6 -26.3 21 18.6 -12.5 312 23 315.0 315.2 288.0 317.8 0.81 11 500 5799 -12.9 -31.9 19 19.0 -16.9 326 25 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.1 0.53 12 450 6594 -18.1 -38.7 15 20.6 -21.4 326 29 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.6 0.30 13 400 7463 -24.2 -47.3 10 23.0 -26.7 324 33 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.13 14 350 8420 -31.7 -49.9 15 18.2 -33.2 320 41 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.11 15 300 9491 -39.9 -59.7 10 19.8 -40.8 314 51 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.04 16 250 10713 -47.7 -64.0 14 16.3 -48.2 313 70 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.03 17 200 12165 -52.9 -69.0 13 16.0 -53.2 306 71 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14007 -56.2 -80.0 4 23.7 -56.6 310 62 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16557 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 317 38 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.83 m Freezing level: 639.01 mb = 3886.62 m = 12751.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.95 mb = 3276.03 m = 10748.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.67 mb = 1014.92 m = 3329.76 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.79 mb = 1448.78 m = 4753.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 31.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 858.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.14 mb = 1317.57 m = 4322.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.14 mb = 1664.44 m = 5460.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.14 mb = 10524.68 m = 34529.36 ft B at Equ Level: 854.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.14 mb = 12942.38 m = 42461.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.5 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 322.5 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 117.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 17.29 Bulk Shear: 49.62 m/s