MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 48.63,-119.88 Latitude: 48.63 Longitude: -119.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 573 2 900 1048 3 850 1543 SFC 833 1713 20.2 11.5 57 8.7 14.6 213 4 309.1 311.0 294.4 340.4 10.29 5 800 2063 15.3 9.7 69 5.6 11.7 241 6 307.4 309.2 293.3 336.1 9.46 6 750 2605 10.3 7.6 84 2.6 8.7 255 6 307.7 309.4 292.9 334.4 8.80 7 700 3175 5.7 4.5 92 1.1 5.0 258 6 308.8 310.2 292.2 332.0 7.58 8 650 3778 1.6 1.0 96 0.6 1.3 240 7 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.5 6.35 9 600 4418 -3.0 -5.5 82 2.6 -4.1 232 8 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.1 4.22 10 550 5104 -6.3 -11.7 65 5.4 -8.4 225 10 316.7 317.2 290.6 326.0 2.85 11 500 5843 -10.9 -17.8 57 6.9 -13.1 221 11 319.8 320.2 290.6 326.2 1.89 12 450 6643 -16.6 -20.5 72 3.9 -17.7 212 13 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.0 1.66 13 400 7517 -22.8 -25.5 78 2.8 -23.4 188 12 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.20 14 350 8483 -29.6 -32.2 78 2.6 -30.0 175 19 328.8 329.0 292.1 331.5 0.73 15 300 9562 -38.7 -42.0 71 3.2 -39.0 173 20 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.32 16 250 10786 -49.1 -52.4 68 3.3 -49.3 162 27 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.12 17 200 12231 -49.4 -61.2 24 11.8 -49.8 191 22 354.5 354.5 297.7 354.7 0.05 18 150 14106 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 208 21 381.9 381.9 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16711 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 187 14 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.24 m Freezing level: 632.34 mb = 4004.35 m = 13137.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.99 mb = 3927.48 m = 12885.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.22 % Est. max temperature: 20.56 C = 69.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.63 mb = 2799.01 m = 9182.98 ft T: 8.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 14.43 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.63 mb = 2901.09 m = 9517.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.47 C = 67.05 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 692.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.01 mb = 2851.23 m = 9354.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.01 mb = 3023.23 m = 9918.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.01 mb = 10969.57 m = 35988.95 ft B at Equ Level: 689.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.01 mb = 12809.36 m = 42024.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 305.43 Bulk Shear: 2.27 m/s