MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107251200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107251200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 26 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 25 1 950 491 SFC 906 925 34.8 7.3 18 27.5 17.4 139 8 316.9 318.2 294.1 339.3 7.09 3 900 980 33.7 6.6 19 27.1 16.7 141 8 316.3 317.6 293.7 337.7 6.79 4 850 1491 28.6 5.4 23 23.1 14.4 144 9 316.1 317.4 293.6 337.1 6.64 5 800 2024 23.4 4.6 30 18.7 12.0 149 9 316.0 317.3 293.6 337.1 6.66 6 750 2581 17.9 3.6 39 14.3 9.5 154 8 316.0 317.3 293.6 336.9 6.62 7 700 3165 12.5 1.8 48 10.6 6.4 202 6 316.3 317.5 293.3 336.0 6.24 8 650 3781 7.7 -4.1 43 11.8 1.7 270 18 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.7 4.35 9 600 4434 2.4 -7.6 48 10.0 -2.2 279 24 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.7 3.61 10 550 5129 -3.9 -7.1 79 3.1 -5.4 282 30 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.7 4.08 11 500 5873 -9.9 -16.5 58 6.6 -12.2 285 39 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.1 2.11 12 450 6677 -15.0 -33.5 19 18.5 -18.7 287 46 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.2 0.50 13 400 7556 -20.5 -47.6 7 27.0 -23.9 290 47 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.13 14 350 8532 -26.7 -48.5 11 21.7 -29.0 299 52 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 15 300 9625 -35.1 -51.6 17 16.5 -36.3 298 56 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 16 250 10871 -43.9 -60.2 15 16.3 -44.6 299 63 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 17 200 12339 -51.7 -69.9 10 18.2 -52.0 292 63 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14171 -58.5 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.8 286 51 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16694 -63.1 -85.6 3 22.5 -63.3 304 29 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.46 m Freezing level: 581.07 mb = 4697.42 m = 15411.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.11 mb = 4060.50 m = 13321.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.69 % Est. max temperature: 34.02 C = 93.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 607.33 mb = 4335.10 m = 14222.60 ft T: 3.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 6.39 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.23 mb = 4674.44 m = 15335.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.01 C = 98.61 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.47 C Cross Totals Index: 15.32 C K Index: 33.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 181.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.62 mb = 4358.14 m = 14298.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.62 mb = 5120.40 m = 16799.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.62 mb = 8935.78 m = 29316.50 ft B at Equ Level: 180.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.62 mb = 11402.29 m = 37408.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 108.03 m/s