MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108141200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108141200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 15 AUG 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 71 1 950 533 SFC 906 965 32.6 10.0 25 22.5 17.8 178 4 314.5 316.1 294.6 341.2 8.55 3 900 1021 31.8 9.7 26 22.1 17.5 178 4 314.3 315.9 294.4 340.6 8.42 4 850 1529 26.7 8.8 32 17.9 15.3 197 4 314.2 315.8 294.4 340.3 8.38 5 800 2059 21.6 7.9 41 13.7 13.0 210 5 314.2 315.8 294.4 340.3 8.37 6 750 2613 16.2 6.9 54 9.2 10.4 219 5 314.1 315.7 294.4 340.2 8.36 7 700 3194 10.5 5.9 73 4.6 7.7 224 6 314.1 315.7 294.4 340.1 8.35 8 650 3806 5.5 5.3 99 0.2 5.4 231 8 315.2 316.9 294.8 342.3 8.65 9 600 4455 0.8 -16.3 27 17.1 -5.5 276 12 317.0 317.4 289.7 323.0 1.79 10 550 5147 -3.5 -28.4 13 24.9 -10.1 289 15 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.3 0.67 11 500 5895 -7.5 -40.8 5 33.3 -13.8 305 21 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.8 0.22 12 450 6703 -14.3 -35.2 15 20.8 -18.4 306 28 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.8 0.43 13 400 7582 -21.4 -41.5 14 20.2 -24.2 312 35 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.25 14 350 8552 -28.5 -43.4 23 14.9 -30.2 321 36 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.23 15 300 9636 -37.5 -49.6 27 12.2 -38.3 323 37 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 16 250 10868 -46.6 -60.7 19 14.1 -47.1 323 33 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.04 17 200 12321 -53.7 -68.6 14 15.0 -53.9 324 30 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 14157 -57.0 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.3 328 27 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16694 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 335 20 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.20 m Freezing level: 590.61 mb = 4584.86 m = 15041.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.18 mb = 4121.71 m = 13522.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 652.84 mb = 3770.14 m = 12369.08 ft T: 5.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 1.05 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.11 mb = 3917.72 m = 12853.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.40 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.19 C Cross Totals Index: 16.25 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 675.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 652.80 mb = 3770.65 m = 12370.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.80 mb = 4217.91 m = 13838.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.80 mb = 11473.21 m = 37641.32 ft B at Equ Level: 662.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.80 mb = 13440.85 m = 44096.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.9 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 312.9 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 28.67 Bulk Shear: 23.57 m/s