MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 47.39,-111.14 Latitude: 47.39 Longitude: -111.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 544 2 900 1024 SFC 889 1133 27.0 13.3 43 13.7 17.8 133 6 310.4 312.5 295.2 343.6 10.86 4 850 1527 22.9 12.2 51 10.7 15.8 133 7 310.1 312.1 294.9 342.4 10.56 5 800 2050 18.0 9.9 59 8.0 12.8 128 8 310.3 312.1 294.3 339.8 9.63 6 750 2599 13.7 6.2 60 7.5 9.2 143 5 311.5 313.0 293.3 336.0 7.94 7 700 3176 9.5 2.7 63 6.7 5.6 190 7 313.0 314.2 292.7 333.8 6.68 8 650 3786 4.7 -5.2 48 10.0 -0.0 212 11 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.1 3.98 9 600 4431 -0.9 -8.9 55 7.9 -4.4 209 11 315.0 315.7 290.5 325.6 3.26 10 550 5119 -5.9 -14.8 50 8.9 -9.1 211 12 317.1 317.5 290.1 324.4 2.21 11 500 5859 -9.8 -20.7 40 11.0 -13.1 210 12 321.1 321.4 290.6 326.2 1.47 12 450 6664 -14.8 -32.3 21 17.5 -18.4 199 9 324.6 324.8 290.7 326.7 0.56 13 400 7543 -21.3 -40.0 17 18.7 -24.1 147 4 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.4 0.29 14 350 8514 -28.3 -32.6 67 4.3 -29.0 249 1 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.2 0.71 15 300 9604 -35.6 -38.4 75 2.8 -35.9 161 14 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.0 0.46 16 250 10844 -45.9 -49.4 68 3.5 -46.1 155 16 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.5 0.17 17 200 12296 -52.3 -66.5 17 14.2 -52.6 130 10 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.0 0.03 18 150 14154 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 272 13 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16739 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 276 6 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.86 m Freezing level: 608.21 mb = 4325.25 m = 14190.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.34 mb = 3781.32 m = 12405.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.50 mb = 2853.61 m = 9362.14 ft T: 11.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.24 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.31 mb = 3278.75 m = 10756.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 38.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 905.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.14 mb = 2938.64 m = 9641.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.14 mb = 3720.79 m = 12207.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.14 mb = 11242.78 m = 36885.31 ft B at Equ Level: 902.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.14 mb = 13936.71 m = 45723.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.3 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 223.3 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 102.17 Bulk Shear: 8.87 m/s