MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 20Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 44.12,-94.92 Latitude: 44.12 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 977 340 24.7 18.8 70 5.9 20.6 198 7 299.8 302.4 294.6 341.1 14.12 2 950 584 22.0 17.1 74 4.9 18.7 201 9 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.5 13.02 3 900 1051 18.0 15.1 83 2.9 16.0 241 13 300.0 302.2 293.2 335.3 12.04 4 850 1538 14.3 11.4 83 2.9 12.5 256 22 301.1 303.0 291.9 330.7 10.01 5 800 2047 10.9 9.4 90 1.6 10.0 271 20 302.8 304.5 291.8 330.4 9.28 6 750 2583 7.5 6.4 92 1.2 6.8 287 19 304.8 306.2 291.4 328.9 8.04 7 700 3149 4.6 -6.0 46 10.6 -0.2 301 17 307.6 308.2 288.2 318.5 3.49 8 650 3748 0.8 -6.6 58 7.4 -2.5 297 18 309.9 310.6 289.1 321.2 3.59 9 600 4385 -2.9 -21.7 22 18.7 -8.7 301 19 312.7 312.9 287.6 316.5 1.12 10 550 5069 -7.5 -26.3 20 18.9 -12.3 312 23 315.2 315.4 288.1 318.0 0.81 11 500 5802 -12.8 -31.3 20 18.5 -16.7 324 24 317.5 317.6 288.6 319.5 0.56 12 450 6597 -17.8 -40.0 13 22.1 -21.2 322 29 320.8 320.8 289.3 321.8 0.26 13 400 7467 -24.0 -47.2 10 23.1 -26.6 318 34 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.3 0.14 14 350 8424 -31.5 -49.9 15 18.4 -33.0 315 43 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.11 15 300 9497 -39.7 -58.5 12 18.8 -40.6 311 55 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.05 16 250 10720 -47.7 -64.1 13 16.4 -48.1 310 72 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.03 17 200 12171 -53.4 -70.5 11 17.2 -53.7 303 76 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14010 -56.2 -80.0 4 23.7 -56.6 311 62 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16559 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 317 39 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.16 m Freezing level: 639.20 mb = 3885.45 m = 12747.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.53 mb = 3130.67 m = 10271.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.90 mb = 1080.17 m = 3543.84 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 22.63 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1448.10 m = 4750.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.79 C = 78.42 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 27.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1141.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.81 mb = 1312.06 m = 4304.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.81 mb = 1659.03 m = 5442.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.81 mb = 11045.29 m = 36237.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1125.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.81 mb = 13685.08 m = 44898.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 19.93 Bulk Shear: 57.29 m/s