MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2507221800F051.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2507221800F051.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 24 JUL 25 Station: 42,-88 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 988 213 35.1 21.4 45 13.7 25.0 233 13 309.3 312.4 298.5 359.3 16.41 2 950 561 30.2 20.2 55 10.0 22.9 233 19 307.8 310.8 297.8 355.7 15.84 3 900 1042 25.4 19.2 69 6.2 20.9 233 20 307.7 310.6 297.7 355.2 15.73 4 850 1542 20.5 18.2 87 2.3 18.9 234 21 307.6 310.6 297.7 354.9 15.64 5 800 2064 17.4 13.3 77 4.0 14.7 257 28 309.7 311.9 295.8 346.6 12.13 6 750 2613 14.5 8.3 66 6.2 10.6 265 25 312.3 314.1 294.5 340.7 9.18 7 700 3193 10.9 5.3 69 5.5 7.5 259 24 314.5 316.0 294.2 339.6 8.02 8 650 3807 6.2 4.4 88 1.8 5.1 258 25 316.0 317.5 294.7 341.4 8.08 9 600 4459 2.3 -3.7 64 6.0 -0.7 248 22 318.8 319.7 292.9 334.4 4.85 10 550 5157 -2.0 -5.5 77 3.4 -3.7 257 25 321.7 322.6 293.5 336.8 4.63 11 500 5908 -5.8 -17.5 39 11.7 -10.0 250 27 326.0 326.4 292.4 332.6 1.93 12 450 6727 -10.4 -27.6 23 17.1 -15.0 246 28 330.1 330.3 292.6 333.3 0.88 13 400 7623 -15.4 -38.1 13 22.6 -19.7 239 30 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.3 0.36 14 350 8619 -21.7 -30.2 46 8.5 -23.7 231 28 339.4 339.6 295.0 342.8 0.89 15 300 9737 -29.8 -39.9 37 10.1 -31.2 239 18 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.40 16 250 11008 -40.5 -51.6 29 11.1 -41.3 257 21 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.3 0.13 17 200 12482 -53.5 -63.5 28 10.0 -53.7 285 24 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.04 18 150 14284 -63.7 -70.2 41 6.5 -63.7 271 23 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.02 19 100 16751 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 242 31 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.31 m Freezing level: 573.57 mb = 4827.80 m = 15839.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.33 mb = 4373.38 m = 14348.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.90 % Est. max temperature: 33.87 C = 92.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.92 mb = 1946.87 m = 6387.30 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 19.69 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.93 mb = 2032.16 m = 6667.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.28 C = 95.50 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 38.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1816.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.08 mb = 1850.17 m = 6070.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.08 mb = 2443.57 m = 8016.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.08 mb = 13683.99 m = 44894.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1811.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.8 neg: -6.9 tot: 69.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 162.31 Bulk Shear: 11.19 m/s