MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2507221800F053.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2507221800F053.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 53 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 97 SFC 987 213 33.9 21.7 49 12.2 24.9 240 13 308.2 311.3 298.5 359.0 16.80 2 950 558 29.9 20.5 57 9.4 23.0 240 21 307.5 310.6 298.0 356.3 16.17 3 900 1038 25.2 19.5 71 5.7 21.1 241 23 307.5 310.5 297.9 356.0 16.06 4 850 1538 20.4 18.4 89 2.0 19.0 241 23 307.5 310.5 297.8 355.6 15.91 5 800 2060 17.0 14.2 84 2.7 15.1 263 29 309.2 311.6 296.3 348.3 12.85 6 750 2609 14.5 9.8 74 4.7 11.4 260 24 312.3 314.2 295.2 343.7 10.20 7 700 3190 10.9 6.5 74 4.4 8.2 247 21 314.6 316.2 294.7 341.7 8.69 8 650 3804 6.6 3.5 81 3.1 4.8 241 19 316.4 317.9 294.4 340.4 7.61 9 600 4456 1.9 1.4 96 0.6 1.6 248 20 318.3 319.7 294.5 340.8 7.07 10 550 5154 -2.4 -3.1 95 0.7 -2.7 248 23 321.3 322.4 294.1 339.3 5.56 11 500 5906 -4.9 -13.7 50 8.8 -8.4 247 25 327.1 327.6 293.3 336.1 2.65 12 450 6727 -9.8 -22.9 33 13.1 -13.9 246 27 330.9 331.2 293.2 335.7 1.34 13 400 7626 -14.5 -42.9 7 28.4 -19.4 240 32 336.1 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.22 14 350 8623 -21.7 -49.1 7 27.4 -25.2 241 28 339.4 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.12 15 300 9741 -29.4 -43.5 24 14.0 -31.2 237 17 343.9 343.9 295.5 345.0 0.27 16 250 11014 -40.5 -48.8 40 8.3 -41.1 282 18 345.9 346.0 295.9 346.7 0.18 17 200 12491 -53.1 -61.2 37 8.1 -53.3 311 17 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14293 -63.8 -71.5 34 7.7 -63.9 237 10 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16770 -65.6 -85.7 5 20.1 -65.7 267 26 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.90 m Freezing level: 577.55 mb = 4769.66 m = 15648.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.53 mb = 4707.03 m = 15442.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.60 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.84 mb = 1755.13 m = 5758.22 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 18.60 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.89 mb = 1880.07 m = 6168.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.85 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 39.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1797.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.78 mb = 1755.72 m = 5760.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.78 mb = 2019.42 m = 6625.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.78 mb = 13742.70 m = 45087.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1795.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.2 neg: -25.2 tot: 41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 583.29 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s