MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F058.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F058.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 58 hour NAM valid 16Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 51.06,-107.12 Latitude: 51.06 Longitude: -107.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 550 SFC 946 586 20.6 18.5 88 2.1 19.2 124 7 298.5 301.1 294.3 340.1 14.31 3 900 1014 16.4 16.2 98 0.2 16.3 140 12 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.2 12.97 4 850 1501 14.6 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 136 20 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.3 12.17 5 800 2013 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 124 13 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.08 6 750 2552 9.1 9.1 100 0.0 9.2 121 12 306.5 308.3 293.3 335.9 9.75 7 700 3122 6.5 6.2 98 0.3 6.3 123 14 309.7 311.3 293.3 335.9 8.55 8 650 3727 2.7 2.0 95 0.7 2.3 122 16 312.1 313.4 292.6 333.3 6.82 9 600 4370 -1.7 -4.1 84 2.4 -2.9 119 16 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.1 4.72 10 550 5058 -5.1 -11.9 59 6.8 -7.8 121 18 318.0 318.5 290.9 327.2 2.79 11 500 5801 -9.9 -20.5 42 10.5 -13.2 125 17 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.1 1.50 12 450 6604 -15.0 -30.1 26 15.1 -18.4 128 12 324.3 324.5 290.8 326.8 0.69 13 400 7484 -20.9 -38.4 19 17.5 -23.7 128 13 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.35 14 350 8459 -27.3 -51.1 9 23.8 -29.5 129 20 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.10 15 300 9548 -36.4 -55.4 12 18.9 -37.5 121 23 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 16 250 10782 -47.5 -57.0 33 9.5 -47.9 113 21 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.07 17 200 12222 -54.8 -62.1 40 7.3 -54.9 107 7 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14062 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 309 6 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16656 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 328 9 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.08 m Freezing level: 619.18 mb = 4123.75 m = 13529.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.65 mb = 4008.50 m = 13151.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.92 % Est. max temperature: 26.40 C = 79.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.13 mb = 852.50 m = 2796.87 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1096.09 m = 3596.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.09 C = 69.96 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 430.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.59 mb = 1142.18 m = 3747.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.59 mb = 1190.32 m = 3905.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 861.59 mb = 1385.65 m = 4546.04 ft B at Equ Level: 14.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.59 mb = 12839.41 m = 42123.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 124.9 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 154.9 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -16.7 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 94.00 Bulk Shear: 4.58 m/s