MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108051200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108051200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 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 49 1 950 508 SFC 908 917 31.1 8.9 25 22.2 16.9 20 5 312.8 314.3 293.6 337.3 7.88 3 900 992 29.5 8.3 27 21.2 16.1 18 5 311.9 313.4 293.2 335.6 7.65 4 850 1496 24.4 7.3 34 17.1 13.8 18 4 311.7 313.2 293.1 335.2 7.59 5 800 2022 19.3 6.4 43 12.9 11.5 17 3 311.7 313.2 293.1 335.2 7.57 6 750 2572 13.9 5.4 57 8.5 8.9 350 1 311.7 313.1 293.0 335.0 7.54 7 700 3148 8.9 2.9 66 6.0 5.5 264 9 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.4 6.76 8 650 3757 4.4 -2.9 59 7.3 0.7 297 21 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.1 4.76 9 600 4403 -0.6 -6.1 66 5.5 -3.1 291 32 315.5 316.2 291.3 328.4 4.04 10 550 5091 -5.5 -20.6 29 15.1 -10.2 303 33 317.6 317.8 289.4 322.1 1.35 11 500 5833 -10.0 -28.1 21 18.0 -14.5 309 41 320.8 321.0 289.8 323.5 0.76 12 450 6635 -15.9 -33.1 21 17.2 -19.4 308 44 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.1 0.52 13 400 7509 -22.5 -37.5 24 15.0 -24.8 308 41 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.38 14 350 8475 -29.5 -50.7 11 21.1 -31.4 305 47 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.10 15 300 9557 -37.4 -57.3 11 20.0 -38.4 305 54 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 16 250 10792 -44.8 -64.1 10 19.2 -45.4 303 70 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.03 17 200 12259 -52.0 -77.7 3 25.8 -52.4 300 105 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.00 18 150 14102 -54.8 -80.7 3 25.9 -55.2 300 50 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16662 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 291 14 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.65 m Freezing level: 605.61 mb = 4330.86 m = 14208.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.65 mb = 3873.88 m = 12709.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 656.47 mb = 3675.56 m = 12058.77 ft T: 5.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 15.16 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.89 mb = 3908.79 m = 12823.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.44 C Cross Totals Index: 17.37 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 314.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.07 mb = 3630.62 m = 11911.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.07 mb = 4335.36 m = 14223.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.07 mb = 9902.49 m = 32488.10 ft B at Equ Level: 309.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.07 mb = 11781.53 m = 38652.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 62.57 m/s