MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 46.79,-100.59 Latitude: 46.79 Longitude: -100.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 448 SFC 941 536 26.2 13.6 46 12.7 17.9 197 15 304.7 306.6 293.3 336.0 10.46 3 900 919 21.0 11.1 53 9.9 14.8 201 20 303.2 304.9 291.9 330.8 9.28 4 850 1410 16.5 7.6 55 9.0 11.2 215 21 303.4 304.9 290.7 326.5 7.70 5 800 1923 12.9 0.9 44 12.0 6.5 258 20 304.8 305.8 288.9 320.4 5.10 6 750 2460 8.0 0.1 57 7.9 3.9 272 24 305.3 306.3 289.0 321.0 5.14 7 700 3024 3.2 -2.3 67 5.4 0.5 278 29 306.0 306.8 288.8 320.2 4.62 8 650 3619 -1.8 -7.0 67 5.3 -4.0 276 31 307.0 307.6 288.1 317.8 3.47 9 600 4251 -5.6 -11.1 65 5.5 -7.7 281 34 309.6 310.2 288.2 318.3 2.73 10 550 4928 -9.4 -16.4 57 6.9 -11.7 282 35 312.9 313.2 288.5 319.2 1.93 11 500 5657 -14.4 -28.3 30 13.9 -17.5 278 34 315.5 315.6 288.1 318.0 0.74 12 450 6448 -19.8 -26.0 58 6.2 -21.2 277 37 318.3 318.5 289.3 321.8 1.02 13 400 7308 -27.1 -31.1 69 4.0 -27.8 279 43 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.3 0.72 14 350 8254 -35.3 -40.2 60 5.0 -35.8 278 38 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.4 0.33 15 300 9308 -43.5 -51.9 39 8.4 -43.9 274 34 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.5 0.11 16 250 10512 -51.2 -61.0 30 9.8 -51.4 267 34 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.04 17 200 11946 -54.9 -74.4 7 19.4 -55.2 279 50 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 13788 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 280 31 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16393 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 284 20 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.96 m Freezing level: 667.86 mb = 3406.70 m = 11176.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.59 mb = 3086.53 m = 10126.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.38 mb = 2118.81 m = 6951.40 ft T: 11.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 15.57 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.56 mb = 2486.65 m = 8158.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 932.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.28 mb = 2281.27 m = 7484.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.28 mb = 2779.32 m = 9118.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.28 mb = 10478.60 m = 34378.20 ft B at Equ Level: 928.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.28 mb = 12938.88 m = 42449.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 8.61 Bulk Shear: 108.27 m/s