MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108111200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108111200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 12 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 11 1 950 472 SFC 904 917 31.7 7.7 22 24.0 16.5 290 18 313.8 315.2 293.4 336.5 7.29 3 900 957 30.8 7.3 23 23.5 16.1 290 18 313.3 314.6 293.2 335.5 7.14 4 850 1463 25.6 6.7 30 18.8 13.9 291 27 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.5 7.26 5 800 1991 20.4 5.6 38 14.8 11.4 291 28 312.8 314.2 293.1 335.0 7.13 6 750 2542 15.0 4.6 50 10.3 8.9 291 29 312.8 314.2 293.0 335.0 7.12 7 700 3121 9.4 3.7 68 5.6 6.1 292 30 312.8 314.2 293.1 335.2 7.17 8 650 3729 3.5 2.5 93 1.0 2.9 295 32 312.9 314.2 293.0 334.8 7.05 9 600 4375 0.5 -4.9 67 5.4 -2.1 311 45 316.6 317.5 291.9 330.8 4.42 10 550 5072 -0.7 -15.0 33 14.3 -6.2 304 50 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.6 2.17 11 500 5828 -4.9 -24.8 19 19.8 -10.9 294 51 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.7 1.03 12 450 6645 -11.3 -31.2 18 19.8 -16.0 289 51 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.3 0.63 13 400 7535 -18.0 -41.1 11 23.1 -21.7 290 50 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.26 14 350 8518 -25.3 -50.1 8 24.8 -27.9 291 48 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 15 300 9618 -33.8 -57.2 8 23.4 -35.3 296 50 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.06 16 250 10869 -43.5 -60.8 13 17.3 -44.2 299 57 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12333 -53.5 -65.0 23 11.6 -53.7 301 64 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14140 -62.5 -74.5 18 12.1 -62.6 295 57 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16659 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 283 25 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.61 m Freezing level: 579.92 mb = 4654.81 m = 15271.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.32 mb = 4093.28 m = 13429.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 636.97 mb = 3892.51 m = 12770.55 ft T: 2.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 1.56 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.66 mb = 3972.78 m = 13033.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.21 C = 89.97 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: 3.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 3.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.50 C Cross Totals Index: 11.66 C K Index: 31.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5236.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.75 mb = 3832.23 m = 12572.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.5 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 326.5 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 39.39 m/s