MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107271200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107271200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 28 JUL 21 Station: 46.2,-103.59 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 489 SFC 901 964 25.4 16.4 57 9.0 19.2 121 5 307.6 310.1 296.0 347.3 13.14 3 900 974 27.4 14.9 46 12.6 18.8 121 4 309.8 312.0 295.7 346.1 11.90 4 850 1489 32.9 6.0 19 26.8 16.0 209 20 320.6 321.9 295.0 342.8 6.93 5 800 2030 28.5 6.8 25 21.7 14.6 238 13 321.5 323.0 295.8 346.5 7.76 6 750 2598 23.5 5.0 30 18.5 12.0 273 13 322.1 323.6 295.7 345.7 7.32 7 700 3193 17.9 1.6 33 16.3 8.3 271 18 322.3 323.5 294.8 342.2 6.15 8 650 3820 12.0 -1.1 40 13.1 4.8 265 23 322.5 323.6 294.4 340.3 5.45 9 600 4482 5.7 -3.2 53 8.9 1.0 268 25 322.7 323.7 294.1 339.2 5.04 10 550 5186 -0.9 -9.9 50 9.1 -4.8 272 28 323.1 323.7 292.8 334.0 3.27 11 500 5938 -6.6 -29.6 14 23.1 -12.5 270 31 325.0 325.2 291.0 327.4 0.66 12 450 6751 -11.9 -28.8 23 16.9 -16.2 279 29 328.3 328.4 292.0 331.1 0.79 13 400 7642 -17.4 -50.2 4 32.8 -21.6 283 30 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.10 14 350 8629 -23.3 -60.2 2 36.9 -26.6 283 33 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 15 300 9738 -32.2 -43.3 32 11.2 -33.4 277 41 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.1 0.28 16 250 10995 -42.4 -47.4 58 5.0 -42.8 277 44 343.0 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.21 17 200 12464 -53.5 -61.9 35 8.4 -53.7 289 45 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 14258 -65.6 -72.5 37 6.9 -65.7 292 43 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16740 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 281 14 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5912.63 m Freezing level: 556.53 mb = 5093.94 m = 16712.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.33 mb = 4599.95 m = 15091.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.07 % Est. max temperature: 39.50 C = 103.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.48 mb = 2146.50 m = 7042.24 ft T: 27.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.91 C/km ThetaE index: 19.04 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.25 mb = 4738.99 m = 15547.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.23 C = 104.41 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 39.43 C Cross Totals Index: 12.60 C K Index: 29.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 389.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 619.49 mb = 4217.71 m = 13837.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 544.49 mb = 5265.26 m = 17274.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.49 mb = 11142.13 m = 36555.11 ft B at Equ Level: 308.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.49 mb = 13682.80 m = 44890.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.2 neg: -6.2 tot: 165.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 4.96 Bulk Shear: 62.57 m/s