MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107121200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107121200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 13 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 101 1 950 557 SFC 911 925 28.4 8.0 28 20.4 15.7 9 9 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.3 7.38 3 900 1035 26.3 7.2 30 19.1 14.6 9 9 308.6 309.9 291.8 330.3 7.10 4 850 1534 21.3 6.1 37 15.2 12.2 7 10 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.7 6.95 5 800 2054 16.2 5.2 48 11.0 9.7 5 10 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.6 6.93 6 750 2598 11.8 -1.1 41 12.9 5.1 355 14 309.4 310.2 290.0 324.0 4.70 7 700 3171 8.1 -5.9 37 14.0 1.5 339 13 311.4 312.1 289.5 322.5 3.51 8 650 3777 4.0 -14.3 25 18.3 -3.1 301 14 313.4 313.8 288.7 319.8 1.94 9 600 4423 0.7 -39.8 3 40.5 -8.0 299 22 316.9 317.0 288.0 317.7 0.20 10 550 5114 -3.9 -46.7 2 42.9 -11.4 290 29 319.5 319.5 288.7 319.9 0.10 11 500 5858 -9.6 -35.8 10 26.2 -15.0 289 33 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.6 0.36 12 450 6660 -15.8 -40.6 10 24.7 -19.8 290 39 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.25 13 400 7536 -22.0 -43.0 13 21.1 -24.8 288 46 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.21 14 350 8503 -29.8 -45.1 21 15.3 -31.4 291 51 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.19 15 300 9579 -39.2 -52.5 23 13.4 -39.9 294 57 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.10 16 250 10803 -48.1 -60.5 23 12.4 -48.5 298 61 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 17 200 12254 -51.7 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.1 302 68 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14113 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 299 52 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16682 -58.8 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 292 27 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.99 m Freezing level: 592.28 mb = 4529.28 m = 14859.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.76 mb = 3363.15 m = 11033.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 675.41 mb = 3463.65 m = 11363.54 ft T: 6.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.63 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.50 mb = 4256.35 m = 13964.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.60 C = 94.28 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.58 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.92 C Cross Totals Index: 15.73 C K Index: 23.03 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6005.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.37 mb = 3427.93 m = 11246.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.4 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 334.4 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -7.9 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 48.39 m/s