MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.28,-89.08 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 991 228 17.3 14.9 86 2.3 15.8 185 6 291.1 293.0 289.3 321.7 10.84 2 950 594 18.8 12.1 65 6.8 14.6 237 26 296.3 298.0 289.8 323.4 9.37 3 900 1056 16.0 12.0 77 4.0 13.5 267 27 298.0 299.8 290.7 326.7 9.85 4 850 1540 12.2 10.0 87 2.2 10.9 290 26 299.0 300.6 290.5 325.7 9.14 5 800 2045 8.5 8.5 99 0.1 8.5 302 23 300.2 301.8 290.5 325.9 8.71 6 750 2576 5.8 5.1 95 0.7 5.4 305 21 302.9 304.3 290.3 325.0 7.37 7 700 3138 2.6 -1.4 75 4.0 0.7 307 18 305.4 306.3 288.9 320.5 4.93 8 650 3733 -1.7 -3.9 85 2.2 -2.7 307 20 307.0 307.9 288.9 320.7 4.41 9 600 4366 -5.4 -8.6 78 3.1 -6.7 300 20 309.8 310.5 288.9 320.4 3.34 10 550 5044 -9.6 -16.0 60 6.4 -11.8 301 23 312.7 313.0 288.5 319.2 2.00 11 500 5772 -14.5 -19.7 65 5.2 -16.0 310 20 315.4 315.7 289.0 320.7 1.61 12 450 6562 -19.9 -22.1 82 2.2 -20.4 315 24 318.3 318.5 289.7 323.2 1.45 13 400 7426 -25.4 -27.5 83 2.1 -25.8 303 31 321.9 322.1 290.4 325.4 1.00 14 350 8380 -32.6 -35.4 76 2.8 -33.0 290 42 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.54 15 300 9446 -41.8 -44.9 72 3.1 -42.1 289 42 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.3 0.23 16 250 10651 -51.4 -56.9 52 5.5 -51.6 303 55 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.07 17 200 12091 -52.6 -68.6 13 16.0 -52.9 317 62 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 13932 -55.7 -81.4 3 25.7 -56.1 313 53 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16511 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 319 31 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.10 m Freezing level: 669.60 mb = 3500.22 m = 11483.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.23 mb = 3251.31 m = 10666.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.28 C = 77.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.05 mb = 521.54 m = 1711.08 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 5.42 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.79 mb = 1740.43 m = 5710.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.53 C K Index: 32.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.29 mb = 1301.50 m = 4269.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.29 mb = 3498.57 m = 11478.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.29 mb = 6573.47 m = 21566.23 ft B at Equ Level: 69.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 359.29 mb = 8192.65 m = 26878.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.9 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 324.9 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.4 neg: -4.3 tot: 289.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 57.08 m/s