MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F056.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F056.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 56 hour NAM valid 20Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.21,-89.03 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 989 243 22.2 18.0 77 4.2 19.3 360 8 296.3 298.7 292.9 334.3 13.20 2 950 590 18.4 16.5 89 1.9 17.2 357 9 295.9 298.1 292.3 332.0 12.56 3 900 1051 14.4 14.4 100 -0.0 14.4 341 4 296.3 298.4 291.6 329.5 11.51 4 850 1531 10.7 9.1 89 1.7 9.7 337 6 297.4 298.9 289.5 322.3 8.54 5 800 2037 9.6 2.3 60 7.3 5.7 323 8 301.3 302.4 288.2 318.2 5.64 6 750 2569 6.0 1.1 71 4.8 3.5 329 13 303.1 304.1 288.7 319.8 5.55 7 700 3131 2.6 -6.5 51 9.0 -1.4 332 16 305.3 305.9 287.3 315.8 3.37 8 650 3727 0.5 -26.5 11 27.0 -6.9 344 20 309.5 309.7 286.0 311.8 0.68 9 600 4365 -2.3 -27.5 12 25.2 -9.0 343 22 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.7 0.67 10 550 5050 -6.4 -42.4 4 35.9 -12.9 339 23 316.4 316.5 287.8 317.1 0.17 11 500 5787 -11.0 -45.2 4 34.2 -16.3 332 27 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.1 0.13 12 450 6588 -15.7 -44.4 7 28.7 -19.9 329 35 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.1 0.16 13 400 7464 -22.6 -40.8 17 18.2 -25.2 327 44 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.27 14 350 8428 -30.0 -40.9 34 10.9 -31.2 327 52 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.31 15 300 9506 -38.5 -51.3 25 12.8 -39.4 324 60 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.11 16 250 10732 -48.3 -58.9 28 10.6 -48.6 331 64 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 17 200 12165 -58.1 -65.5 38 7.4 -58.2 324 65 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 18 150 13973 -58.3 -78.6 6 20.3 -58.6 324 60 369.5 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16516 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 330 28 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.75 m Freezing level: 641.21 mb = 3838.75 m = 12594.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.25 mb = 2966.62 m = 9732.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.76 % Est. max temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.29 mb = 777.72 m = 2551.54 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.10 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.94 mb = 910.47 m = 2987.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.09 C = 71.76 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 21.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.92 mb = 901.36 m = 2957.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.92 mb = 948.05 m = 3110.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 460.92 mb = 6405.91 m = 21016.51 ft B at Equ Level: 199.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.92 mb = 11526.19 m = 37815.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.3 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 7.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 19.25 Bulk Shear: 10.80 m/s