MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108261200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108261200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 27 AUG 21 Station: 46.11,-103.4 Latitude: 46.11 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 101 1 950 538 SFC 912 891 16.7 15.1 90 1.6 15.6 89 10 297.6 299.7 292.3 332.1 11.89 3 900 1000 15.3 14.8 97 0.5 15.0 89 13 297.2 299.4 292.1 331.5 11.83 4 850 1483 11.5 11.6 100 -0.0 11.6 111 24 298.2 300.1 291.0 327.7 10.11 5 800 1996 16.8 7.9 56 8.8 11.3 95 5 309.0 310.6 293.0 334.7 8.41 6 750 2545 14.8 1.0 39 13.8 7.1 248 2 312.6 313.6 291.6 329.8 5.47 7 700 3124 11.0 -9.9 22 21.0 1.7 246 11 314.7 315.2 289.7 323.1 2.57 8 650 3735 5.8 -12.7 25 18.5 -1.7 247 18 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.9 2.22 9 600 4383 -0.2 -10.7 45 10.5 -4.6 248 20 315.9 316.5 290.3 325.2 2.83 10 550 5071 -6.4 -9.7 78 3.2 -7.8 251 25 316.4 317.1 290.9 327.2 3.33 11 500 5807 -13.1 -17.5 70 4.4 -14.5 252 28 317.0 317.4 289.8 323.4 1.93 12 450 6599 -18.5 -23.8 63 5.2 -19.8 255 32 319.9 320.2 290.0 324.2 1.25 13 400 7471 -22.5 -25.2 78 2.8 -23.1 248 40 325.8 326.0 291.7 330.1 1.23 14 350 8435 -30.2 -33.4 74 3.1 -30.7 249 55 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.65 15 300 9514 -38.2 -41.3 72 3.2 -38.5 248 52 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.34 16 250 10741 -48.3 -51.9 67 3.5 -48.5 242 53 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12178 -56.3 -60.2 61 3.9 -56.3 242 83 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14010 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 246 49 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16582 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 262 29 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.08 m Freezing level: 601.25 mb = 4366.51 m = 14325.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.14 mb = 3422.36 m = 11228.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.30 mb = 1091.63 m = 3581.41 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.02 C/km ThetaE index: 11.83 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1393.84 m = 4572.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.13 C = 62.83 F Cap Strength: 7.46 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.66 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 15.29 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 553.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.15 mb = 1571.27 m = 5155.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.15 mb = 5125.30 m = 16815.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.15 mb = 7358.16 m = 24140.66 ft B at Equ Level: 149.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.15 mb = 10320.01 m = 33857.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.2 neg: -48.8 tot: 64.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 153.60 m/s