MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107141200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107141200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 15 JUL 21 Station: 46.27,-103.38 Latitude: 46.27 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 102 1 950 552 SFC 911 920 23.7 12.7 50 10.9 16.5 297 4 304.8 306.7 293.2 335.4 10.20 3 900 1024 21.6 12.1 55 9.5 15.5 297 4 303.8 305.6 292.6 333.3 9.92 4 850 1516 17.9 8.9 56 9.0 12.3 256 4 304.9 306.4 291.7 330.2 8.43 5 800 2031 13.6 5.7 59 7.9 9.0 246 3 305.7 307.0 291.0 327.5 7.21 6 750 2570 9.6 2.2 60 7.5 5.6 71 3 307.0 308.2 290.3 325.3 5.97 7 700 3139 5.0 1.5 78 3.5 3.1 27 4 308.0 309.2 290.8 326.8 6.10 8 650 3740 1.1 0.3 94 0.8 0.7 3 6 310.2 311.4 291.4 328.9 6.02 9 600 4381 -1.5 -6.3 70 4.8 -3.7 326 7 314.4 315.1 290.9 327.1 3.97 10 550 5068 -4.8 -24.3 20 19.6 -10.4 318 15 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.8 0.97 11 500 5811 -9.8 -28.6 20 18.9 -14.4 318 18 321.1 321.3 289.9 323.7 0.72 12 450 6614 -15.3 -34.8 17 19.4 -19.1 312 25 324.0 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.44 13 400 7491 -22.2 -44.0 12 21.8 -24.9 307 28 326.2 326.2 290.9 326.9 0.19 14 350 8457 -29.8 -48.2 15 18.4 -31.5 298 27 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.14 15 300 9535 -38.4 -54.8 16 16.4 -39.3 294 28 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 16 250 10765 -46.3 -59.6 21 13.3 -46.7 301 32 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12224 -52.5 -68.1 13 15.6 -52.8 311 40 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14078 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 304 43 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16660 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.5 300 26 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.36 m Freezing level: 628.81 mb = 4011.42 m = 13160.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.44 mb = 3833.51 m = 12576.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.61 % Est. max temperature: 25.50 C = 77.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.43 mb = 2291.59 m = 7518.24 ft T: 11.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.29 mb = 2891.93 m = 9487.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.35 C = 79.43 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: 0.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 32.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.71 mb = 2551.45 m = 8370.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.71 mb = 3533.98 m = 11594.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 626.71 mb = 4031.95 m = 13228.03 ft B at Equ Level: 9.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 576.71 mb = 4693.56 m = 15398.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.6 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 349.6 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -23.3 tot: -22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 7.54 m/s