MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108061200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108061200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 AUG 21 Station: 48.31,-101.36 Latitude: 48.31 Longitude: -101.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 497 SFC 947 524 30.5 11.8 32 18.7 18.2 122 10 308.4 310.1 293.4 336.4 9.21 3 900 975 25.4 10.5 39 14.9 15.8 129 12 307.7 309.4 293.0 334.6 8.87 4 850 1473 20.5 9.6 49 11.0 13.6 134 12 307.6 309.3 292.9 334.4 8.83 5 800 1992 15.5 8.6 63 6.9 11.2 141 12 307.7 309.3 292.9 334.3 8.78 6 750 2535 10.7 6.1 73 4.6 8.0 185 10 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.3 7.90 7 700 3107 7.1 0.2 62 6.9 3.4 246 9 310.3 311.3 291.0 327.5 5.54 8 650 3712 3.9 -7.5 43 11.4 -1.3 261 9 313.3 314.0 290.0 324.1 3.34 9 600 4358 -0.3 -14.2 34 14.0 -5.6 299 9 315.8 316.2 289.6 322.8 2.12 10 550 5047 -4.4 -22.0 24 17.5 -9.9 281 8 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.9 1.19 11 500 5790 -8.9 -33.2 12 24.3 -14.3 260 9 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.46 12 450 6597 -14.4 -23.7 45 9.3 -17.0 264 15 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.5 1.26 13 400 7480 -19.8 -28.3 47 8.4 -21.8 273 24 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.5 0.93 14 350 8455 -27.0 -41.5 24 14.5 -28.9 272 24 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.29 15 300 9546 -36.2 -55.2 12 19.0 -37.3 273 26 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.07 16 250 10782 -47.0 -56.2 34 9.1 -47.4 255 31 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 17 200 12217 -59.0 -63.5 56 4.5 -59.1 284 44 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 18 150 14049 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 268 20 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16638 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 265 19 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.52 m Freezing level: 603.04 mb = 4318.34 m = 14167.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.54 mb = 3543.77 m = 11626.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.35 mb = 2857.71 m = 9375.57 ft T: 8.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 13.63 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.51 mb = 3159.21 m = 10364.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.61 C = 90.70 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 32.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.20 mb = 2848.00 m = 9343.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.20 mb = 5087.06 m = 16689.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.20 mb = 6986.94 m = 22922.75 ft B at Equ Level: 12.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 387.20 mb = 7717.30 m = 25318.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 34.96 m/s