MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 51.11,-109.55 Latitude: 51.11 Longitude: -109.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 539 SFC 934 691 25.2 18.4 66 6.8 20.4 91 9 304.2 306.9 296.0 347.1 14.40 3 900 1015 23.7 17.0 66 6.7 19.1 99 19 306.0 308.5 296.0 347.0 13.69 4 850 1512 19.3 15.9 81 3.4 17.0 107 16 306.4 308.9 296.0 347.0 13.51 5 800 2031 14.7 14.4 98 0.3 14.6 113 13 306.8 309.3 295.7 346.0 13.04 6 750 2574 10.7 10.0 95 0.7 10.3 117 10 308.2 310.1 294.2 339.6 10.35 7 700 3148 7.6 1.4 64 6.3 4.2 117 11 310.9 312.1 291.6 329.7 6.05 8 650 3753 3.1 -2.7 66 5.8 0.2 118 10 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.7 4.84 9 600 4397 -0.9 -12.4 41 11.6 -5.4 114 11 315.1 315.6 289.7 323.2 2.45 10 550 5084 -5.9 -17.7 39 11.8 -9.9 124 12 317.1 317.4 289.6 322.8 1.73 11 500 5825 -10.1 -17.3 55 7.2 -12.5 104 9 320.8 321.1 291.0 327.4 1.97 12 450 6631 -14.1 -53.0 2 38.9 -19.0 99 11 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.8 0.06 13 400 7514 -19.4 -51.8 4 32.3 -23.2 68 12 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.08 14 350 8493 -25.8 -57.5 3 31.6 -28.5 58 11 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.05 15 300 9589 -35.0 -56.3 10 21.3 -36.4 20 7 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 16 250 10831 -46.0 -57.9 25 12.0 -46.4 3 8 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.06 17 200 12275 -56.8 -61.6 55 4.8 -56.9 291 13 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.05 18 150 14105 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 330 7 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16699 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 350 4 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.16 m Freezing level: 610.85 mb = 4257.15 m = 13966.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.26 mb = 3774.76 m = 12384.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.83 mb = 1554.36 m = 5099.54 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 24.24 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.84 mb = 1958.05 m = 6423.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.99 C K Index: 39.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1764.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.22 mb = 1848.64 m = 6065.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.22 mb = 2113.09 m = 6932.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.22 mb = 12527.65 m = 41100.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1756.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.22 mb = 15414.91 m = 50573.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 111.2 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 141.2 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -3.9 tot: 21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 624.21 Bulk Shear: 2.83 m/s