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: 51.11,-107.26 Latitude: 51.11 Longitude: -107.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 547 SFC 937 665 20.8 18.1 85 2.6 18.9 108 8 299.4 302.0 294.4 340.6 14.10 3 900 1013 16.9 16.2 96 0.7 16.4 119 10 298.9 301.2 293.5 336.7 12.97 4 850 1500 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.1 129 18 302.1 304.5 294.3 339.8 12.77 5 800 2012 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.7 135 12 304.0 306.0 293.3 336.1 10.76 6 750 2552 9.8 8.6 93 1.1 9.0 143 11 307.2 308.9 293.2 335.6 9.40 7 700 3122 6.1 5.1 93 1.0 5.5 128 13 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.4 7.90 8 650 3727 2.4 1.1 91 1.3 1.7 120 16 311.7 312.9 292.1 331.5 6.37 9 600 4369 -1.8 -4.9 79 3.1 -3.3 120 19 314.0 314.9 291.2 328.1 4.43 10 550 5056 -5.4 -12.5 58 7.0 -8.2 120 21 317.6 318.2 290.7 326.4 2.67 11 500 5798 -9.8 -25.4 27 15.6 -14.0 124 20 321.1 321.3 290.1 324.5 0.97 12 450 6602 -14.8 -37.8 12 23.0 -18.9 130 15 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.9 0.33 13 400 7482 -21.1 -41.5 14 20.4 -24.0 129 16 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.25 14 350 8456 -27.5 -56.6 4 29.2 -29.7 124 21 331.7 331.8 292.2 332.0 0.05 15 300 9544 -36.5 -56.9 10 20.4 -37.6 118 25 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 16 250 10779 -47.5 -58.3 28 10.8 -47.9 105 23 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.06 17 200 12219 -54.5 -65.7 24 11.2 -54.8 93 9 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14060 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.1 308 6 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16654 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 329 9 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.38 m Freezing level: 621.35 mb = 4094.53 m = 13433.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.13 mb = 3937.51 m = 12918.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.78 mb = 995.76 m = 3266.90 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 15.36 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1390.93 m = 4563.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.71 C = 72.87 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 39.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 639.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.22 mb = 1250.74 m = 4103.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.22 mb = 1801.36 m = 5909.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.22 mb = 11311.23 m = 37109.87 ft B at Equ Level: 626.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.22 mb = 13250.85 m = 43473.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.0 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 155.0 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -5.7 tot: 17.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 124.43 Bulk Shear: 5.14 m/s