MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 43.24,-109 Latitude: 43.24 Longitude: -109.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 553 2 900 1034 3 850 1537 SFC 828 1768 24.2 9.6 40 14.5 14.8 134 4 313.8 315.6 294.8 342.2 9.13 5 800 2064 19.6 8.0 47 11.6 12.3 136 4 312.0 313.7 293.9 338.1 8.42 6 750 2617 18.5 -1.9 25 20.3 7.5 245 8 316.6 317.5 291.9 330.9 4.44 7 700 3202 13.4 -6.6 24 20.1 3.7 246 13 317.4 318.0 291.2 328.2 3.33 8 650 3818 7.6 -9.2 29 16.8 0.0 248 18 317.6 318.1 290.9 327.2 2.93 9 600 4469 1.4 -11.4 38 12.8 -4.0 250 21 317.7 318.3 290.7 326.5 2.66 10 550 5161 -5.2 -13.6 51 8.4 -8.4 251 21 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.0 2.43 11 500 5899 -12.0 -17.4 64 5.4 -13.7 247 21 318.4 318.8 290.2 324.9 1.95 12 450 6694 -18.8 -25.3 56 6.6 -20.3 239 21 319.6 319.9 289.8 323.4 1.08 13 400 7560 -25.3 -33.5 46 8.2 -26.6 233 14 322.0 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.57 14 350 8514 -32.7 -43.1 35 10.4 -33.7 240 15 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.24 15 300 9584 -39.5 -65.1 5 25.6 -40.5 232 13 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.02 16 250 10810 -45.7 -63.4 12 17.8 -46.2 253 13 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12285 -48.0 -73.5 4 25.4 -48.6 267 11 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 18 150 14160 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 264 17 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16729 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 343 4 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.64 m Freezing level: 589.31 mb = 4617.19 m = 15148.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.75 mb = 3820.99 m = 12535.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.79 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.26 mb = 3587.50 m = 11769.86 ft T: 9.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.44 C/km ThetaE index: 18.82 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.06 mb = 4615.60 m = 15142.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 728.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 176.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 615.48 mb = 4262.05 m = 13982.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.48 mb = 5010.94 m = 16439.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.48 mb = 10280.51 m = 33728.30 ft B at Equ Level: 723.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.48 mb = 12602.63 m = 41346.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 17.48 Bulk Shear: 41.69 m/s