MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108041200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108041200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 AUG 21 Station: 46.2,-103.43 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 524 SFC 909 917 31.5 6.4 21 25.1 16.0 343 12 313.1 314.3 292.7 333.8 6.63 3 900 1008 29.8 5.8 22 24.0 15.2 342 14 312.3 313.5 292.3 332.4 6.45 4 850 1512 24.7 4.9 28 19.8 12.9 341 16 312.1 313.3 292.3 332.0 6.41 5 800 2038 19.6 3.7 35 15.9 10.3 340 16 312.0 313.2 292.1 331.5 6.25 6 750 2588 14.2 2.8 46 11.5 7.7 338 16 312.0 313.2 292.1 331.5 6.24 7 700 3164 8.6 1.8 62 6.8 4.8 337 17 312.0 313.2 292.1 331.5 6.24 8 650 3771 3.0 -2.9 65 5.9 0.1 329 26 312.4 313.3 291.0 327.4 4.76 9 600 4414 -1.2 -13.0 40 11.8 -5.8 328 24 314.7 315.1 289.5 322.3 2.33 10 550 5102 -4.7 -28.5 14 23.8 -10.9 322 20 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.9 0.66 11 500 5846 -9.0 -40.5 6 31.5 -14.9 310 23 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.22 12 450 6650 -15.0 -47.1 5 32.1 -19.5 309 25 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.12 13 400 7528 -21.5 -36.9 24 15.4 -24.1 305 29 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.40 14 350 8498 -28.7 -45.0 20 16.2 -30.5 298 27 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.20 15 300 9580 -37.7 -42.7 59 5.0 -38.1 285 28 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.30 16 250 10810 -47.8 -53.4 52 5.6 -48.0 255 36 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12255 -53.2 -73.9 6 20.7 -53.5 265 32 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14105 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 288 28 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16677 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 280 17 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.70 m Freezing level: 614.57 mb = 4226.35 m = 13865.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.34 mb = 3778.96 m = 12398.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 630.06 mb = 4021.02 m = 13192.16 ft T: 1.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 2.30 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.34 mb = 4158.97 m = 13644.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.79 C Cross Totals Index: 13.97 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5994.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 633.05 mb = 3983.01 m = 13067.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.3 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 355.3 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 7.92 m/s