MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107111200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107111200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 12 JUL 21 Station: 46.2,-103.48 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 523 SFC 908 925 31.6 8.2 23 23.4 16.8 178 12 313.2 314.6 293.4 336.6 7.52 3 900 1007 30.0 7.4 24 22.6 15.9 180 12 312.4 313.8 293.0 334.7 7.17 4 850 1512 24.9 6.6 31 18.3 13.7 184 14 312.2 313.6 292.9 334.6 7.21 5 800 2038 19.8 5.5 39 14.2 11.2 187 14 312.2 313.6 292.9 334.3 7.09 6 750 2588 14.4 4.4 51 10.0 8.5 197 13 312.2 313.5 292.8 334.0 7.00 7 700 3167 11.2 -5.8 30 17.0 2.9 311 13 314.9 315.6 290.6 326.3 3.54 8 650 3780 6.5 -12.8 24 19.3 -1.5 339 26 316.3 316.7 289.8 323.6 2.19 9 600 4430 2.8 -34.5 4 37.3 -6.6 314 20 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.6 0.34 10 550 5129 -1.1 -34.0 6 32.8 -9.2 293 19 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.2 0.39 11 500 5881 -6.3 -36.3 7 29.9 -12.9 269 18 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.34 12 450 6693 -12.8 -41.6 7 28.8 -17.8 266 21 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.22 13 400 7578 -19.9 -48.4 6 28.5 -23.4 274 23 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.12 14 350 8552 -27.3 -51.7 8 24.4 -29.5 289 27 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.09 15 300 9642 -36.2 -52.6 17 16.4 -37.4 301 38 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10 16 250 10881 -45.3 -59.9 18 14.6 -45.8 301 40 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 17 200 12342 -52.4 -70.5 10 18.1 -52.7 299 39 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14182 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 305 37 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16719 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 349 11 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.77 m Freezing level: 564.62 mb = 4924.43 m = 16156.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.88 mb = 3567.65 m = 11704.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 645.96 mb = 3830.37 m = 12566.66 ft T: 6.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 16.03 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 577.73 mb = 4733.79 m = 15530.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.95 C = 102.12 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: 2.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.22 C Cross Totals Index: 12.95 C K Index: 20.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5052.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 647.72 mb = 3808.22 m = 12494.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.8 neg: -5.1 tot: 67.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 69.29 m/s