MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108151200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108151200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 15 AUG 21 Station: 46.18,-103.48 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 537 SFC 910 913 15.9 11.0 73 4.9 12.9 176 4 297.0 298.7 289.8 323.4 9.10 3 900 1006 20.5 9.3 49 11.2 13.6 192 7 302.6 304.1 290.9 327.0 8.19 4 850 1507 25.4 7.2 31 18.2 14.1 254 5 312.7 314.1 293.3 336.0 7.49 5 800 2035 21.2 3.0 30 18.3 10.6 255 6 313.8 314.9 292.4 332.5 5.94 6 750 2588 16.1 0.6 35 15.5 7.5 246 5 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.8 5.33 7 700 3169 11.6 -5.9 29 17.4 3.1 311 4 315.3 316.0 290.7 326.6 3.52 8 650 3783 8.0 -17.1 15 25.1 -1.7 334 8 318.0 318.3 289.7 323.1 1.53 9 600 4437 3.6 -25.3 10 28.8 -5.5 337 9 320.2 320.4 289.7 323.1 0.82 10 550 5135 -1.6 -23.5 17 21.9 -8.5 341 13 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.8 1.04 11 500 5884 -7.7 -22.7 29 15.0 -12.2 341 18 323.6 323.9 291.1 327.9 1.24 12 450 6693 -14.6 -26.0 37 11.5 -17.5 340 24 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.5 1.02 13 400 7570 -22.3 -29.9 50 7.6 -23.9 335 25 325.9 326.1 291.4 328.8 0.80 14 350 8537 -29.5 -40.3 34 10.9 -30.8 320 27 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.32 15 300 9618 -38.0 -46.6 40 8.6 -38.7 322 26 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.19 16 250 10845 -47.7 -54.6 45 6.9 -48.0 316 29 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 17 200 12292 -54.0 -68.2 16 14.1 -54.3 320 33 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14127 -56.0 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.3 325 27 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16673 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 327 14 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.19 m Freezing level: 565.87 mb = 4913.38 m = 16119.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.69 mb = 3560.25 m = 11680.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.08 mb = 1557.78 m = 5110.78 ft T: 24.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 12.90 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.42 mb = 4675.27 m = 15338.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.16 C = 102.49 F Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lifted Index: 2.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.46 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.07 C Cross Totals Index: 14.88 C K Index: 22.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 762.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.91 mb = 3385.64 m = 11107.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 406.91 mb = 7442.70 m = 24418.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.91 mb = 8395.11 m = 27542.68 ft B at Equ Level: 63.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.91 mb = 10404.88 m = 34136.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.6 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 358.6 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: -3.5 tot: 28.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.24 Bulk Shear: 28.52 m/s