MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108271200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108271200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 28 AUG 21 Station: 46.27,-103.43 Latitude: 46.27 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 48 1 950 488 SFC 905 909 23.9 15.2 58 8.6 18.0 166 8 305.6 307.8 294.8 341.8 12.10 3 900 962 22.8 14.9 61 7.9 17.4 166 8 305.0 307.2 294.4 340.5 11.89 4 850 1457 17.8 14.0 79 3.7 15.3 169 9 304.8 307.0 294.4 340.4 11.94 5 800 1972 12.9 12.5 97 0.4 12.6 176 9 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.0 11.43 6 750 2512 9.2 7.2 87 2.1 8.0 203 12 306.6 308.2 292.3 332.3 8.51 7 700 3080 5.2 2.5 83 2.7 3.8 241 9 308.3 309.5 291.3 328.5 6.58 8 650 3681 0.7 0.2 96 0.5 0.4 264 18 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.1 5.96 9 600 4318 -3.3 -3.3 100 0.0 -3.3 274 29 312.3 313.2 291.1 327.9 4.98 10 550 5003 -7.1 -7.1 100 0.1 -7.1 257 52 315.7 316.5 291.4 328.8 4.08 11 500 5741 -11.4 -18.3 56 7.0 -13.6 248 64 319.2 319.6 290.3 325.3 1.81 12 450 6540 -16.4 -27.2 39 10.8 -18.9 247 65 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.8 0.91 13 400 7415 -22.5 -31.4 44 8.9 -24.2 244 70 325.7 325.9 291.2 328.2 0.69 14 350 8381 -28.8 -31.2 80 2.3 -29.3 250 61 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.8 0.81 15 300 9467 -36.7 -39.7 74 2.9 -37.1 254 57 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.41 16 250 10701 -47.3 -50.7 68 3.4 -47.4 255 74 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.15 17 200 12136 -58.3 -62.4 59 4.1 -58.3 252 99 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.04 18 150 13967 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 256 69 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16559 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 234 30 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.93 m Freezing level: 641.82 mb = 3785.45 m = 12419.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.97 mb = 3743.04 m = 12280.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.50 mb = 1998.02 m = 6555.10 ft T: 12.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.37 mb = 1957.28 m = 6421.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.17 C = 73.71 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 40.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1275.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.58 mb = 1955.02 m = 6414.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.58 mb = 2007.62 m = 6586.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.58 mb = 11928.27 m = 39134.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1275.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.58 mb = 14114.23 m = 46305.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.9 neg: -19.3 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 9.09 Bulk Shear: 140.23 m/s Time-step Back (<) Raw Sounding Text (S) Index Help (I) Show Map (M) Time-step Forward(>) Sounding Settings Model Runtime Hour Latitude/Longitude or ID Parcel Type Weather Type