MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107161200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107161200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 17 JUL 21 Station: 48.31,-103.64 Latitude: 48.31 Longitude: -103.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 1 950 488 SFC 937 615 35.8 11.4 23 24.4 19.5 133 5 314.7 316.5 295.0 343.0 9.05 3 900 976 31.6 9.8 26 21.8 17.4 138 6 314.1 315.7 294.4 340.5 8.47 4 850 1484 26.7 8.6 32 18.0 15.1 143 6 314.1 315.7 294.3 339.9 8.29 5 800 2014 21.5 7.5 41 13.9 12.7 150 6 314.0 315.6 294.2 339.5 8.17 6 750 2568 16.5 5.1 47 11.4 9.6 181 6 314.4 315.8 293.7 337.4 7.34 7 700 3149 11.0 4.8 66 6.2 7.3 244 6 314.6 316.1 294.0 338.8 7.72 8 650 3762 5.2 3.2 87 2.0 4.1 266 10 314.8 316.3 293.9 338.1 7.43 9 600 4410 -0.4 -1.0 96 0.6 -0.7 277 18 315.6 316.8 292.9 334.4 5.93 10 550 5099 -4.3 -27.0 15 22.7 -10.5 293 20 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.6 0.76 11 500 5843 -8.8 -39.2 6 30.5 -14.6 318 10 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.3 0.25 12 450 6648 -15.5 -40.4 10 24.9 -19.6 303 9 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.25 13 400 7523 -22.4 -41.0 17 18.5 -25.0 291 10 325.8 325.9 290.8 326.8 0.26 14 350 8490 -28.9 -46.5 17 17.7 -30.6 301 9 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.17 15 300 9575 -36.8 -52.6 18 15.8 -37.8 266 4 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.10 16 250 10813 -45.5 -61.1 16 15.5 -46.1 235 10 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.04 17 200 12283 -47.8 -75.3 3 27.4 -48.4 288 31 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 14142 -56.7 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 288 37 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16702 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 247 14 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.72 m Freezing level: 603.83 mb = 4359.91 m = 14303.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.72 mb = 4306.10 m = 14127.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.37 % Est. max temperature: 35.18 C = 95.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 658.71 mb = 3652.01 m = 11981.53 ft T: 6.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 5.58 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.63 mb = 3779.08 m = 12398.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.88 C = 96.59 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.41 C Cross Totals Index: 17.37 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 824.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.57 mb = 3704.15 m = 12152.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.57 mb = 3892.93 m = 12771.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.57 mb = 11093.77 m = 36396.44 ft B at Equ Level: 808.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.57 mb = 13349.44 m = 43796.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 27.51 Bulk Shear: 29.96 m/s