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: 48.49,-117.22 Latitude: 48.49 Longitude: -117.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 572 SFC 913 924 24.2 16.8 63 7.5 19.1 8 2 305.2 307.7 295.5 344.9 13.28 3 900 1046 22.5 15.9 66 6.7 18.0 5 2 304.7 307.1 295.0 342.6 12.69 4 850 1542 19.5 12.4 64 7.1 14.8 184 4 306.5 308.5 294.0 338.7 10.69 5 800 2060 14.9 10.9 76 4.1 12.3 213 6 307.1 309.0 293.9 338.1 10.26 6 750 2603 10.3 10.0 98 0.3 10.1 268 7 307.7 309.7 294.1 339.0 10.31 7 700 3173 6.4 2.5 76 3.9 4.2 283 10 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.8 6.56 8 650 3777 2.6 -2.2 71 4.8 0.2 273 7 311.9 312.8 291.0 327.7 5.02 9 600 4420 -1.7 -5.3 76 3.6 -3.4 290 7 314.2 315.0 291.1 327.9 4.30 10 550 5107 -6.3 -9.6 77 3.4 -7.7 154 1 316.6 317.3 291.0 327.5 3.34 11 500 5847 -10.6 -15.7 66 5.1 -12.4 120 6 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.25 12 450 6649 -15.4 -19.8 69 4.4 -16.8 137 8 323.8 324.2 291.7 329.9 1.76 13 400 7528 -21.3 -24.3 76 3.0 -22.0 141 10 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.0 1.33 14 350 8498 -28.7 -33.9 61 5.2 -29.5 131 13 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.4 0.62 15 300 9581 -37.9 -44.5 50 6.6 -38.5 115 20 332.0 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.24 16 250 10810 -47.5 -51.0 67 3.5 -47.7 131 29 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12259 -52.2 -69.0 12 16.8 -52.6 162 15 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14127 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 205 14 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16718 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 206 12 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.34 m Freezing level: 619.48 mb = 4169.72 m = 13680.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.26 mb = 3811.35 m = 12504.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.50 C = 79.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.22 mb = 1867.45 m = 6126.72 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 11.31 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2433.72 m = 7984.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 38.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1058.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.40 mb = 2247.09 m = 7372.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.40 mb = 2631.56 m = 8633.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.40 mb = 11425.39 m = 37484.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1042.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.40 mb = 13814.25 m = 45321.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 105.35 Bulk Shear: 10.05 m/s