MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F053.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F053.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 53 hour NAM valid 17Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-110.43 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -110.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 551 2 900 1025 SFC 894 1079 24.6 10.2 40 14.4 15.4 290 11 307.4 309.1 292.8 334.0 8.78 4 850 1519 18.6 8.3 51 10.3 12.3 284 14 305.6 307.1 291.7 330.1 8.09 5 800 2035 13.7 7.2 65 6.5 9.8 285 19 305.7 307.2 291.7 329.8 7.99 6 750 2575 10.0 3.8 65 6.2 6.5 292 22 307.4 308.6 291.1 327.9 6.71 7 700 3145 6.1 -2.0 56 8.1 2.0 290 22 309.2 310.1 289.9 323.9 4.71 8 650 3747 1.7 -6.5 54 8.2 -2.0 292 20 310.8 311.5 289.4 322.2 3.60 9 600 4387 -1.9 -12.4 44 10.5 -6.0 294 15 313.9 314.4 289.3 321.9 2.46 10 550 5074 -6.0 -18.5 37 12.5 -10.1 285 15 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.4 1.62 11 500 5812 -11.1 -17.4 60 6.3 -13.2 277 17 319.4 319.8 290.6 326.0 1.95 12 450 6612 -16.7 -22.0 63 5.3 -18.1 265 18 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.3 1.46 13 400 7487 -21.7 -37.7 22 16.0 -24.3 223 10 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.1 0.37 14 350 8456 -29.4 -39.4 37 10.1 -30.6 194 12 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.36 15 300 9538 -37.3 -43.5 52 6.2 -37.8 165 17 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.27 16 250 10773 -46.4 -54.8 38 8.4 -46.7 133 24 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.09 17 200 12224 -53.8 -63.8 28 10.0 -54.0 143 16 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14080 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 253 11 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16677 -57.3 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 282 2 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.47 m Freezing level: 626.77 mb = 4044.48 m = 13269.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.12 mb = 3438.91 m = 11282.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.27 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.51 mb = 2872.12 m = 9422.85 ft T: 7.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 12.13 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.97 mb = 3226.91 m = 10586.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.87 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 29.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.65 mb = 2836.36 m = 9305.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 531.65 mb = 5336.79 m = 17508.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 431.65 mb = 6921.57 m = 22708.30 ft B at Equ Level: 22.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 381.65 mb = 7827.93 m = 25681.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.6 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 313.6 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.1 neg: -5.6 tot: 17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.00 Bulk Shear: 3.28 m/s