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: 50.21,-111.68 Latitude: 50.21 Longitude: -111.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 556 SFC 929 743 16.1 15.8 98 0.3 16.0 224 12 295.4 297.6 291.9 330.7 12.27 3 900 1018 17.2 15.5 90 1.7 16.0 201 8 299.2 301.4 293.2 335.3 12.36 4 850 1507 16.5 13.5 83 3.0 14.6 86 8 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.7 11.53 5 800 2021 13.5 9.6 77 3.9 11.0 85 15 305.5 307.3 292.7 333.8 9.40 6 750 2562 10.2 6.2 76 4.0 7.8 87 19 307.6 309.1 292.2 331.9 7.96 7 700 3133 6.8 3.3 78 3.5 4.8 83 21 310.0 311.3 292.1 331.4 6.94 8 650 3739 2.7 0.4 85 2.3 1.5 79 25 312.1 313.2 292.0 331.0 6.07 9 600 4381 -1.8 -3.9 86 2.0 -2.9 77 29 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.1 4.78 10 550 5068 -5.5 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.8 85 28 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.7 4.38 11 500 5812 -9.4 -9.7 97 0.4 -9.5 98 23 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.6 3.65 12 450 6619 -14.3 -14.8 96 0.5 -14.5 109 20 325.3 325.8 292.9 334.4 2.69 13 400 7503 -19.3 -19.7 97 0.4 -19.4 118 15 329.9 330.4 293.6 337.0 2.01 14 350 8483 -25.7 -26.1 96 0.4 -25.8 99 8 334.0 334.3 294.0 338.7 1.29 15 300 9582 -34.6 -35.8 89 1.2 -34.8 117 3 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.9 0.60 16 250 10825 -45.9 -49.1 69 3.3 -46.0 171 3 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12270 -56.7 -60.6 61 3.9 -56.8 249 13 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14118 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 169 4 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16706 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 327 4 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.30 m Freezing level: 620.11 mb = 4122.86 m = 13526.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.88 mb = 3953.02 m = 12969.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.36 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.74 mb = 776.71 m = 2548.22 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 8.54 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2132.44 m = 6996.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.90 mb = 1497.89 m = 4914.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.90 mb = 3541.29 m = 11618.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 425.90 mb = 7032.15 m = 23071.09 ft B at Equ Level: 138.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 305.90 mb = 9443.09 m = 30980.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.8 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 118.8 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 83.21 m/s