MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 44.15,-103.11 Latitude: 44.15 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 542 SFC 904 969 20.4 9.4 49 10.9 13.7 159 9 302.1 303.6 290.7 326.6 8.23 3 900 1008 18.8 8.6 52 10.2 12.7 160 10 300.9 302.3 290.0 324.0 7.81 4 850 1494 13.6 7.4 66 6.2 10.0 162 11 300.4 301.7 289.6 322.9 7.62 5 800 2001 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 165 11 300.3 301.7 289.6 322.7 7.57 6 750 2532 5.0 4.6 97 0.4 4.8 229 6 302.0 303.3 289.7 323.1 7.10 7 700 3091 0.7 0.2 97 0.5 0.4 254 9 303.2 304.3 288.8 320.0 5.56 8 650 3683 -2.3 -5.8 77 3.5 -3.8 264 8 306.3 307.0 288.2 318.2 3.82 9 600 4315 -5.9 -7.5 89 1.6 -6.6 286 8 309.3 309.9 288.9 320.7 3.63 10 550 4991 -10.1 -17.3 56 7.2 -12.4 266 12 312.1 312.4 288.1 317.9 1.78 11 500 5719 -14.8 -22.9 50 8.1 -16.9 256 15 315.1 315.3 288.5 319.2 1.21 12 450 6507 -20.3 -26.7 57 6.3 -21.7 257 17 317.7 317.8 289.0 321.0 0.96 13 400 7367 -27.2 -31.3 68 4.1 -27.9 250 22 319.6 319.7 289.4 322.0 0.70 14 350 8313 -35.0 -46.3 31 11.3 -35.9 253 33 321.6 321.6 289.4 322.2 0.17 15 300 9369 -43.3 -52.4 36 9.1 -43.7 261 38 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.10 16 250 10574 -50.2 -63.7 19 13.5 -50.5 253 43 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.03 17 200 12015 -52.9 -75.8 5 22.9 -53.2 260 41 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13862 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.6 268 35 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16442 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.3 -56.5 269 25 419.5 419.5 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.38 m Freezing level: 688.66 mb = 3225.10 m = 10580.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.97 mb = 3148.36 m = 10329.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.34 % Est. max temperature: 20.09 C = 68.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.57 mb = 2330.40 m = 7645.56 ft T: 6.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 4.94 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2389.31 m = 7838.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.80 C = 67.64 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 35.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.10 mb = 2271.51 m = 7452.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.10 mb = 2650.22 m = 8694.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.10 mb = 6521.79 m = 21396.69 ft B at Equ Level: 66.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.10 mb = 9846.15 m = 32303.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.6 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 275.6 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 27.69 m/s