MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 45.48,-98.61 Latitude: 45.48 Longitude: -98.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 969 418 24.4 16.4 61 8.0 19.0 146 13 300.3 302.5 293.3 336.0 12.19 2 950 587 21.7 15.1 66 6.6 17.3 149 20 299.2 301.3 292.4 332.6 11.42 3 900 1053 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.3 157 28 299.4 301.5 292.4 332.5 11.31 4 850 1539 14.2 14.2 100 -0.0 14.2 183 29 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.5 12.07 5 800 2050 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.2 193 30 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.3 10.28 6 750 2589 10.4 9.7 95 0.7 10.0 213 31 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.6 10.13 7 700 3162 7.6 4.0 78 3.6 5.5 237 27 310.9 312.3 292.6 333.5 7.32 8 650 3768 3.3 -7.7 44 11.0 -1.6 244 25 312.6 313.3 289.7 323.2 3.29 9 600 4411 -1.2 -17.3 28 16.1 -6.8 261 31 314.7 315.0 288.8 320.2 1.64 10 550 5098 -5.8 -11.8 63 6.0 -8.2 270 26 317.1 317.7 290.7 326.4 2.81 11 500 5838 -9.8 -35.9 10 26.0 -15.1 280 26 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.36 12 450 6643 -15.1 -29.6 28 14.4 -18.4 284 17 324.2 324.3 290.8 326.8 0.73 13 400 7521 -21.5 -28.5 53 7.1 -23.0 268 12 327.1 327.2 291.8 330.3 0.91 14 350 8491 -28.6 -31.0 80 2.4 -29.0 260 13 330.1 330.3 292.6 333.1 0.82 15 300 9579 -36.0 -42.1 53 6.1 -36.5 255 13 334.7 334.8 293.3 335.9 0.32 16 250 10816 -47.0 -53.9 45 6.9 -47.3 223 14 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.6 0.10 17 200 12259 -55.0 -67.8 19 12.8 -55.2 242 11 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14103 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 301 18 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16666 -59.7 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 316 15 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.31 m Freezing level: 613.59 mb = 4236.04 m = 13897.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.34 mb = 3626.50 m = 11897.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.33 mb = 1426.23 m = 4679.19 ft T: 14.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 18.43 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1778.56 m = 5835.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.63 mb = 1452.96 m = 4766.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.63 mb = 4495.15 m = 14747.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 373.63 mb = 8016.35 m = 26300.03 ft B at Equ Level: 36.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.63 mb = 9265.40 m = 30397.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.9 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 261.9 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 341.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 127.94 m/s