MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F046.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F046.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 46 hour NAM valid 4Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 49.73,-111.7 Latitude: 49.73 Longitude: -111.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 555 SFC 921 823 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 58 3 298.1 300.6 294.0 338.8 14.01 3 900 1019 16.1 16.2 100 -0.0 16.1 72 5 298.1 300.5 293.3 335.7 12.94 4 850 1505 15.0 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 82 3 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.2 12.64 5 800 2019 13.4 12.0 92 1.3 12.5 334 2 305.4 307.5 294.0 338.7 11.10 6 750 2559 9.0 5.0 76 4.0 6.7 7 7 306.3 307.7 291.3 328.4 7.29 7 700 3128 6.8 2.5 74 4.3 4.4 22 11 310.0 311.2 291.7 330.2 6.54 8 650 3732 2.1 -0.4 84 2.5 0.8 14 10 311.3 312.4 291.5 329.2 5.73 9 600 4376 -0.8 -2.7 87 1.9 -1.7 350 8 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.9 5.25 10 550 5066 -5.1 -6.4 91 1.3 -5.7 346 6 318.0 318.9 292.3 332.0 4.32 11 500 5809 -9.3 -10.2 94 0.8 -9.7 358 7 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.3 3.53 12 450 6618 -13.4 -13.6 99 0.2 -13.5 355 6 326.4 327.0 293.4 336.5 2.98 13 400 7505 -18.9 -19.1 99 0.1 -19.0 348 5 330.4 330.8 293.7 337.8 2.12 14 350 8485 -26.2 -26.3 99 0.2 -26.2 35 5 333.5 333.7 293.9 338.1 1.27 15 300 9581 -34.1 -35.0 92 0.9 -34.3 76 8 337.3 337.4 294.3 339.7 0.65 16 250 10831 -44.7 -48.0 70 3.3 -44.9 28 4 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.4 0.20 17 200 12276 -58.6 -62.4 61 3.8 -58.6 359 7 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.04 18 150 14107 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 210 10 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16702 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 336 4 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.96 m Freezing level: 613.51 mb = 4201.80 m = 13785.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.49 mb = 3926.50 m = 12882.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.61 mb = 852.94 m = 2798.33 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 10.73 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1427.50 m = 4683.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.09 C = 69.97 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.26 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.50 mb = 1331.91 m = 4369.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.50 mb = 2420.43 m = 7940.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.50 mb = 8227.52 m = 26992.83 ft B at Equ Level: 238.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.50 mb = 12519.24 m = 41073.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 7.3 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 37.3 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -5.3 tot: 10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 46.04 Bulk Shear: 5.19 m/s