MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 47.59,-99.77 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -99.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 214 SFC 967 505 25.1 16.9 60 8.2 19.5 170 10 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.2 12.61 2 950 660 22.0 15.5 66 6.6 17.7 171 11 299.5 301.7 292.7 333.8 11.71 3 900 1127 17.4 14.3 82 3.1 15.3 173 13 299.4 301.5 292.4 332.8 11.43 4 850 1612 13.9 7.8 67 6.1 10.3 172 19 300.7 302.2 290.0 324.0 7.86 5 800 2120 9.9 3.8 66 6.0 6.6 158 18 301.6 302.8 288.9 320.5 6.31 6 750 2652 5.7 1.2 73 4.5 3.4 157 15 302.7 303.8 288.6 319.5 5.57 7 700 3213 2.9 -5.3 55 8.1 -0.8 171 11 305.7 306.4 287.8 317.1 3.69 8 650 3811 1.1 -18.8 21 19.9 -5.5 168 7 310.2 310.5 286.9 314.6 1.33 9 600 4450 -1.8 -30.9 9 29.0 -9.1 181 4 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.7 0.49 10 550 5136 -6.4 -28.1 16 21.7 -11.9 276 3 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.9 0.68 11 500 5873 -11.5 -33.8 14 22.2 -16.1 311 4 319.0 319.0 288.9 320.5 0.44 12 450 6671 -17.5 -40.0 12 22.4 -21.0 307 7 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.26 13 400 7540 -24.0 -44.7 13 20.7 -26.5 298 14 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.18 14 350 8498 -31.5 -48.5 17 17.0 -33.0 288 18 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.13 15 300 9570 -39.7 -54.2 20 14.5 -40.4 303 22 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.08 16 250 10792 -48.3 -58.8 29 10.5 -48.7 312 31 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 17 200 12240 -53.0 -71.2 9 18.2 -53.4 314 34 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14084 -55.9 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 306 28 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16641 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 337 26 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.04 m Freezing level: 631.40 mb = 4048.73 m = 13283.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.62 mb = 3102.29 m = 10177.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.32 C = 77.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.99 mb = 1532.82 m = 5028.88 ft T: 14.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 23.58 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.23 mb = 1749.04 m = 5738.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.98 C = 76.96 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: 2.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 25.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 484.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.74 mb = 1594.89 m = 5232.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.74 mb = 1946.45 m = 6385.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.74 mb = 10110.84 m = 33171.64 ft B at Equ Level: 482.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.74 mb = 12345.03 m = 40501.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.3 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 203.3 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -23.2 tot: -12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 839.30 Bulk Shear: 0.58 m/s