MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107081200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107081200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 9 JUL 21 Station: 46.14,-103.38 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 499 SFC 908 900 26.7 15.5 50 11.2 19.0 179 12 308.2 310.5 295.6 345.4 12.28 3 900 977 25.5 15.2 53 10.2 18.5 181 13 307.7 310.0 295.4 344.5 12.16 4 850 1476 20.7 13.5 64 7.2 15.9 180 14 307.8 310.0 295.0 342.7 11.53 5 800 1998 17.9 9.9 60 7.9 12.8 212 7 310.2 312.0 294.3 339.8 9.65 6 750 2547 13.9 10.0 77 3.9 11.4 282 15 311.6 313.6 295.1 343.4 10.33 7 700 3125 9.3 8.6 96 0.7 8.9 275 14 312.8 314.7 295.3 344.0 10.11 8 650 3736 4.5 2.7 88 1.8 3.5 265 25 314.0 315.4 293.4 336.5 7.16 9 600 4385 1.0 -15.3 28 16.3 -5.1 273 32 317.3 317.7 289.9 323.8 1.94 10 550 5077 -3.7 -32.2 9 28.4 -10.6 277 37 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.4 0.47 11 500 5821 -9.2 -29.4 18 20.1 -14.2 282 42 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.2 0.67 12 450 6626 -14.8 -31.5 23 16.8 -18.4 287 44 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.9 0.61 13 400 7504 -22.0 -32.6 37 10.7 -23.9 285 48 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.7 0.61 14 350 8472 -28.9 -43.3 24 14.4 -30.5 287 64 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.24 15 300 9557 -36.5 -51.9 19 15.5 -37.5 290 77 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 16 250 10798 -45.0 -60.2 17 15.2 -45.5 293 86 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.05 17 200 12260 -52.3 -67.4 15 15.1 -52.6 292 83 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14106 -57.0 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 285 55 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16645 -60.0 -87.3 2 27.3 -60.3 303 20 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.68 m Freezing level: 588.99 mb = 4536.92 m = 14884.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.82 mb = 3991.56 m = 13095.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.15 mb = 2310.66 m = 7580.81 ft T: 15.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 5.63 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.04 mb = 2947.26 m = 9669.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 42.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1015.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.03 mb = 2456.74 m = 8060.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.03 mb = 3449.04 m = 11315.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.03 mb = 11258.44 m = 36936.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1008.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.03 mb = 13977.30 m = 45856.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.1 neg: -12.4 tot: 70.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 8.24 Bulk Shear: 123.18 m/s