MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108071200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108071200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 8 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 15 1 950 470 SFC 944 524 30.1 12.4 34 17.7 18.4 235 3 308.2 310.0 293.7 337.5 9.64 3 900 949 25.2 11.2 42 14.0 16.2 237 4 307.5 309.3 293.3 335.9 9.35 4 850 1446 20.3 10.3 53 10.0 14.0 239 5 307.5 309.2 293.2 335.7 9.30 5 800 1965 16.3 4.8 47 11.5 9.6 256 8 308.5 309.7 291.5 329.2 6.75 6 750 2511 12.7 1.8 48 10.8 6.7 309 3 310.4 311.5 291.3 328.5 5.84 7 700 3085 8.6 2.2 64 6.4 5.0 330 8 312.0 313.2 292.3 332.0 6.42 8 650 3694 4.3 -3.1 59 7.4 0.6 319 8 313.9 314.8 291.3 328.8 4.70 9 600 4340 0.4 -9.7 47 10.1 -3.9 315 8 316.6 317.2 290.7 326.5 3.06 10 550 5032 -3.8 -11.9 54 8.0 -7.1 320 10 319.5 320.1 291.4 328.8 2.80 11 500 5778 -8.3 -18.4 44 10.1 -11.7 321 10 322.9 323.3 291.5 329.0 1.79 12 450 6589 -13.1 -29.2 24 16.1 -17.0 321 9 326.8 326.9 291.6 329.5 0.76 13 400 7474 -19.5 -38.1 18 18.6 -22.6 339 8 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.36 14 350 8450 -27.2 -43.1 21 15.9 -29.2 319 10 332.0 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.24 15 300 9539 -36.8 -47.4 33 10.6 -37.7 324 15 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.18 16 250 10771 -47.5 -56.1 37 8.6 -47.8 311 24 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.08 17 200 12212 -55.5 -65.1 29 9.6 -55.6 289 20 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14049 -54.6 -80.6 3 26.0 -55.0 261 19 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16622 -58.1 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 266 18 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.72 m Freezing level: 595.20 mb = 4406.85 m = 14457.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3777.15 m = 12392.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.19 mb = 2733.58 m = 8968.34 ft T: 11.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 9.06 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.40 mb = 3282.50 m = 10769.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.39 C = 93.90 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.65 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 32.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.94 mb = 2713.71 m = 8903.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 346.94 mb = 8512.05 m = 27926.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.94 mb = 10585.88 m = 34730.17 ft B at Equ Level: 20.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.94 mb = 11117.47 m = 36474.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.8 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 337.8 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.0 neg: -3.6 tot: 11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.03 Bulk Shear: 6.95 m/s