MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108271200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108271200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 28 AUG 21 Station: 48.31,-101.39 Latitude: 48.31 Longitude: -101.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 508 SFC 949 520 20.2 16.0 77 4.2 17.4 95 9 297.8 300.0 292.5 332.9 12.12 3 900 971 15.8 14.9 95 0.9 15.2 100 12 297.7 299.9 292.3 332.3 11.91 4 850 1456 14.2 14.2 100 -0.0 14.3 182 12 301.1 303.3 293.5 336.6 12.10 5 800 1967 13.2 9.0 76 4.2 10.6 211 16 305.2 306.9 292.4 332.4 9.05 6 750 2508 10.6 -0.9 45 11.5 4.6 238 13 308.0 308.9 289.6 322.8 4.76 7 700 3078 6.5 -3.4 49 9.9 1.7 217 18 309.7 310.5 289.7 323.0 4.26 8 650 3681 1.3 -5.7 59 7.0 -1.9 220 20 310.4 311.1 289.5 322.5 3.84 9 600 4318 -4.2 -9.3 68 5.1 -6.2 226 19 311.3 311.9 289.2 321.4 3.16 10 550 4997 -9.6 -11.2 88 1.7 -10.2 232 25 312.7 313.3 289.4 322.2 2.94 11 500 5727 -13.5 -35.5 14 22.0 -17.5 232 34 316.6 316.7 288.1 318.0 0.37 12 450 6521 -18.9 -25.3 57 6.4 -20.4 234 41 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.3 1.09 13 400 7385 -25.8 -39.2 27 13.4 -27.6 232 47 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.6 0.32 14 350 8337 -32.9 -52.9 12 20.0 -34.3 238 57 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.7 0.08 15 300 9404 -40.4 -60.5 10 20.1 -41.2 241 69 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.04 16 250 10624 -48.4 -62.8 17 14.4 -48.7 247 90 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.03 17 200 12069 -52.7 -68.1 14 15.5 -53.0 246 75 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 13933 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 245 40 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16535 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 233 29 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.48 m Freezing level: 638.17 mb = 3831.49 m = 12570.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.77 mb = 3352.50 m = 10998.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.72 mb = 1049.41 m = 3442.89 ft T: 15.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.61 mb = 1971.54 m = 6468.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.56 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.69 C Cross Totals Index: 27.70 C K Index: 32.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 919.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.81 mb = 1173.19 m = 3849.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.81 mb = 3388.17 m = 11115.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.81 mb = 10523.10 m = 34524.19 ft B at Equ Level: 912.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.81 mb = 12978.34 m = 42579.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.7 neg: -5.0 tot: 122.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 8.57 Bulk Shear: 107.30 m/s Time-step Back (<) Raw Sounding Text (S)