MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F056.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F056.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 56 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 46.88,-99.46 Latitude: 46.88 Longitude: -99.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 1 950 451 SFC 940 547 28.1 12.0 37 16.1 17.6 234 18 306.7 308.4 293.0 335.0 9.39 3 900 925 23.0 9.1 41 14.0 14.4 237 24 305.3 306.8 291.6 329.6 8.08 4 850 1419 18.1 7.6 50 10.6 11.8 240 26 305.2 306.6 291.3 328.4 7.71 5 800 1933 13.7 1.1 42 12.6 6.9 266 27 305.7 306.7 289.2 321.5 5.17 6 750 2472 9.0 -3.2 42 12.1 3.1 276 30 306.3 307.0 288.3 318.8 4.04 7 700 3038 3.7 -3.3 60 6.9 0.3 275 30 306.5 307.3 288.6 319.8 4.29 8 650 3633 -1.6 -5.9 72 4.4 -3.5 275 30 307.2 307.9 288.4 318.9 3.78 9 600 4266 -5.6 -8.9 78 3.3 -7.0 278 33 309.6 310.2 288.7 319.9 3.25 10 550 4942 -9.2 -12.8 75 3.6 -10.5 278 36 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.5 2.60 11 500 5673 -13.8 -20.5 57 6.7 -15.7 276 37 316.2 316.5 289.1 321.2 1.49 12 450 6466 -18.8 -23.5 66 4.7 -20.0 279 45 319.6 319.8 290.0 324.0 1.27 13 400 7333 -24.6 -30.6 58 6.0 -25.8 279 48 323.0 323.1 290.5 325.6 0.75 14 350 8288 -33.0 -44.4 31 11.4 -34.0 284 39 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.21 15 300 9351 -42.0 -46.5 62 4.5 -42.3 297 55 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.19 16 250 10559 -51.4 -55.1 64 3.7 -51.5 300 74 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.09 17 200 11979 -59.1 -67.8 31 8.7 -59.2 289 49 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.2 0.02 18 150 13791 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.4 284 43 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16380 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.7 286 25 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.48 m Freezing level: 665.16 mb = 3452.89 m = 11328.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.89 mb = 3084.97 m = 10121.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.16 mb = 2558.41 m = 8393.63 ft T: 8.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 16.25 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.88 mb = 2785.51 m = 9138.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.21 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 605.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.52 mb = 2676.74 m = 8781.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.52 mb = 2961.69 m = 9716.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.52 mb = 10648.13 m = 34934.37 ft B at Equ Level: 599.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.52 mb = 12765.79 m = 41882.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.2 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 301.2 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.8 neg: -3.5 tot: 111.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 12.89 Bulk Shear: 46.95 m/s