MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108041200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108041200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 AUG 21 Station: 48.31,-101.34 Latitude: 48.31 Longitude: -101.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 516 SFC 949 524 30.4 13.4 35 17.0 19.1 313 14 308.1 310.0 294.1 339.1 10.21 3 900 995 25.0 12.2 45 12.9 16.6 314 20 307.3 309.2 293.7 337.4 9.95 4 850 1492 20.2 11.2 56 9.0 14.4 313 20 307.3 309.1 293.6 337.2 9.88 5 800 2011 15.1 10.0 72 5.1 11.9 313 20 307.2 309.0 293.4 336.5 9.68 6 750 2554 11.6 1.2 49 10.4 5.9 301 21 309.2 310.2 290.7 326.3 5.56 7 700 3126 7.3 -1.1 55 8.5 2.9 307 21 310.6 311.5 290.6 326.3 5.03 8 650 3731 3.2 -12.3 31 15.5 -3.0 306 22 312.6 313.1 288.8 320.1 2.29 9 600 4374 -1.1 -19.7 23 18.6 -7.2 311 23 314.8 315.1 288.5 319.3 1.34 10 550 5062 -4.8 -31.8 10 27.1 -11.2 312 22 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.2 0.48 11 500 5805 -9.4 -36.2 9 26.7 -14.9 300 23 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.8 0.35 12 450 6609 -15.7 -39.5 11 23.8 -19.7 297 26 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.27 13 400 7484 -22.4 -49.6 7 27.2 -25.3 295 30 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.3 0.10 14 350 8450 -29.6 -48.4 14 18.8 -31.3 296 36 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.14 15 300 9532 -37.2 -56.2 12 19.0 -38.2 283 44 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.06 16 250 10768 -45.8 -63.0 13 17.2 -46.4 263 49 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.03 17 200 12225 -52.1 -65.7 18 13.6 -52.4 258 28 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14086 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 260 14 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16660 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 300 14 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.05 m Freezing level: 612.68 mb = 4211.14 m = 13815.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.08 mb = 3422.09 m = 11227.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.72 mb = 2657.28 m = 8717.99 ft T: 10.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 19.76 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2920.49 m = 9581.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.66 C K Index: 32.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.71 mb = 2623.91 m = 8608.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.71 mb = 3378.37 m = 11083.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.71 mb = 10535.83 m = 34565.95 ft B at Equ Level: 570.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.71 mb = 12953.41 m = 42497.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.3 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 337.3 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: -5.5 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 185.96 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s