MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108031200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108031200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 4 AUG 21 Station: 46.2,-103.4 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 523 SFC 909 917 32.4 8.1 22 24.3 17.0 154 8 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.2 7.44 3 900 1008 30.6 7.7 24 22.8 16.2 156 8 313.0 314.4 293.3 335.9 7.36 4 850 1514 25.5 6.6 30 18.8 13.8 160 8 312.8 314.2 293.2 335.3 7.23 5 800 2041 20.4 5.9 39 14.5 11.6 166 8 312.8 314.2 293.2 335.5 7.29 6 750 2593 15.0 4.9 51 10.0 9.0 172 7 312.8 314.2 293.2 335.4 7.26 7 700 3171 9.3 3.9 69 5.4 6.2 180 7 312.8 314.2 293.2 335.4 7.24 8 650 3781 5.8 -1.3 60 7.1 2.1 297 15 315.5 316.5 292.4 332.5 5.36 9 600 4432 1.5 -3.4 70 4.8 -1.0 292 17 317.8 318.8 292.7 333.7 4.97 10 550 5127 -3.3 -9.4 62 6.1 -5.9 275 11 320.2 320.9 292.1 331.4 3.41 11 500 5875 -7.7 -10.7 79 3.0 -9.0 284 12 323.6 324.3 293.0 334.9 3.38 12 450 6686 -12.8 -15.7 79 2.9 -13.9 284 12 327.1 327.6 293.2 335.7 2.50 13 400 7576 -17.5 -23.2 61 5.7 -19.1 297 13 332.2 332.5 293.7 337.4 1.47 14 350 8562 -24.4 -31.2 54 6.7 -25.8 300 18 335.8 336.0 294.0 338.8 0.81 15 300 9665 -33.2 -39.1 55 5.9 -33.9 288 22 338.7 338.7 294.4 340.3 0.43 16 250 10919 -42.8 -50.9 41 8.0 -43.3 270 24 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.14 17 200 12387 -53.7 -58.6 55 4.9 -53.8 266 21 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14201 -60.0 -76.4 10 16.3 -60.2 317 23 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16714 -61.4 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 314 13 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.14 m Freezing level: 584.59 mb = 4645.84 m = 15242.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.02 mb = 4217.63 m = 13837.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 638.03 mb = 3932.43 m = 12901.51 ft T: 4.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 3.05 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 605.08 mb = 4363.23 m = 14314.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.87 C = 96.57 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.21 C Cross Totals Index: 14.38 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5056.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.93 mb = 3857.75 m = 12656.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 61.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 32.02 m/s