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: 49.75,-111.86 Latitude: 49.75 Longitude: -111.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 558 SFC 920 833 17.0 16.2 95 0.8 16.4 324 4 297.1 299.4 292.7 333.8 12.66 3 900 1021 15.4 14.4 94 1.0 14.8 326 6 297.4 299.5 291.9 330.8 11.55 4 850 1505 14.3 13.1 93 1.2 13.5 339 10 301.1 303.2 292.8 334.1 11.21 5 800 2018 13.0 12.5 97 0.5 12.7 322 14 305.0 307.2 294.1 339.4 11.48 6 750 2559 9.9 9.2 95 0.7 9.5 316 16 307.3 309.1 293.5 336.9 9.77 7 700 3130 6.7 5.9 95 0.7 6.2 321 14 309.9 311.4 293.2 335.5 8.38 8 650 3735 2.9 2.0 94 0.9 2.4 328 14 312.2 313.5 292.7 333.5 6.84 9 600 4380 -0.9 -1.0 99 0.2 -1.0 336 14 315.1 316.3 292.7 333.8 5.92 10 550 5070 -5.0 -5.2 98 0.2 -5.1 340 14 318.1 319.1 292.6 333.3 4.72 11 500 5814 -9.1 -9.2 100 0.1 -9.1 347 14 321.9 322.7 292.9 334.5 3.82 12 450 6622 -14.1 -14.1 100 0.0 -14.1 358 14 325.5 326.1 293.1 335.2 2.86 13 400 7506 -19.5 -19.5 100 0.0 -19.6 18 11 329.6 330.0 293.5 336.7 2.03 14 350 8484 -26.2 -26.3 99 0.1 -26.2 55 9 333.5 333.7 293.9 338.1 1.28 15 300 9581 -34.9 -37.6 77 2.6 -35.3 73 13 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.1 0.50 16 250 10824 -45.3 -49.1 66 3.8 -45.6 66 13 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.17 17 200 12270 -57.2 -61.2 61 4.0 -57.3 29 19 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14102 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.6 217 11 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16698 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 338 4 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.57 m Freezing level: 611.35 mb = 4233.31 m = 13888.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.36 mb = 4189.15 m = 13743.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.00 C = 78.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.24 mb = 933.54 m = 3062.77 ft T: 16.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 5.84 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 2137.43 m = 7012.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: 0.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5740.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.76 mb = 1448.10 m = 4750.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.8 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 4.8 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.40 Bulk Shear: 6.14 m/s