MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108081200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108081200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 9 AUG 21 Station: 48.33,-103.64 Latitude: 48.33 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 1 950 437 SFC 931 617 34.9 9.2 21 25.7 18.3 35 8 314.4 315.9 294.0 338.9 7.84 3 900 925 31.1 8.0 24 23.1 16.5 38 8 313.6 315.0 293.6 337.0 7.51 4 850 1431 26.1 7.2 30 18.9 14.4 43 7 313.5 315.0 293.6 337.0 7.54 5 800 1960 21.0 6.2 38 14.8 11.9 58 5 313.5 314.9 293.5 336.7 7.43 6 750 2513 15.9 4.9 48 11.1 9.3 161 4 313.9 315.3 293.4 336.6 7.25 7 700 3094 10.6 3.6 62 7.0 6.5 195 8 314.2 315.6 293.4 336.4 7.08 8 650 3705 5.5 0.7 72 4.7 2.9 245 18 315.2 316.3 293.0 334.8 6.23 9 600 4355 0.9 -6.5 57 7.5 -2.6 272 29 317.2 317.9 291.6 329.8 3.91 10 550 5047 -4.4 -11.9 56 7.5 -7.4 276 33 318.9 319.4 291.2 328.1 2.80 11 500 5791 -8.9 -21.8 35 12.8 -12.8 272 32 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.8 1.34 12 450 6599 -14.0 -26.2 35 12.2 -17.1 258 30 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.2 1.00 13 400 7481 -19.9 -36.0 22 16.2 -22.7 251 33 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.8 0.44 14 350 8458 -26.9 -44.7 17 17.7 -29.0 248 37 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.20 15 300 9548 -36.0 -51.1 20 15.2 -37.0 250 41 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.12 16 250 10786 -46.7 -54.1 43 7.4 -47.1 250 46 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12228 -56.4 -64.1 38 7.7 -56.6 245 43 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14049 -57.5 -77.3 6 19.8 -57.8 249 35 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16610 -57.2 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.6 271 25 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.39 m Freezing level: 591.41 mb = 4473.82 m = 14677.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.47 mb = 4043.42 m = 13265.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.65 % Est. max temperature: 34.19 C = 93.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 641.85 mb = 3807.77 m = 12492.53 ft T: 4.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 10.26 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.92 mb = 4089.79 m = 13417.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.83 C = 98.30 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.08 C Cross Totals Index: 16.20 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 130.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 642.95 mb = 3793.82 m = 12446.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.95 mb = 4652.68 m = 15264.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.95 mb = 10573.52 m = 34689.60 ft B at Equ Level: 130.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.95 mb = 12293.43 m = 40332.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.4 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 298.4 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.66 Bulk Shear: 78.90 m/s