MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 44.70,-101.71 Latitude: 44.70 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 188 SFC 951 616 17.6 17.4 99 0.1 17.5 57 18 294.9 297.3 292.5 332.9 13.26 2 950 629 17.3 17.4 100 -0.0 17.4 57 17 294.8 297.2 292.4 332.7 13.24 3 900 1091 16.5 14.8 90 1.7 15.4 60 14 298.5 300.7 292.5 332.9 11.82 4 850 1577 14.0 10.2 78 3.8 11.7 63 14 300.9 302.6 291.2 328.1 9.24 5 800 2086 11.5 6.6 72 4.9 8.6 61 15 303.4 304.8 290.6 326.3 7.65 6 750 2625 10.5 5.8 72 4.8 7.8 65 13 308.0 309.5 292.2 331.5 7.71 7 700 3197 6.9 2.7 75 4.1 4.5 74 10 310.1 311.3 291.9 330.7 6.67 8 650 3803 4.1 1.8 85 2.3 2.8 82 7 313.6 314.8 292.9 334.6 6.72 9 600 4451 1.0 0.8 99 0.2 0.9 110 5 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.8 6.78 10 550 5147 -2.5 -2.5 100 0.0 -2.6 151 7 321.1 322.2 294.3 339.8 5.78 11 500 5900 -6.4 -6.5 100 0.0 -6.4 174 11 325.2 326.1 294.5 340.8 4.73 12 450 6719 -10.6 -10.6 100 0.0 -10.6 184 16 329.9 330.7 295.0 342.8 3.79 13 400 7615 -16.1 -16.2 100 0.0 -16.2 192 22 334.0 334.6 295.1 343.5 2.71 14 350 8607 -23.2 -23.2 100 0.0 -23.2 197 26 337.5 337.9 295.2 343.6 1.69 15 300 9718 -31.4 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 202 29 341.1 341.3 295.4 344.6 0.93 16 250 10981 -42.0 -42.9 91 0.9 -42.1 205 28 343.6 343.7 295.5 345.0 0.35 17 200 12445 -55.6 -59.1 65 3.5 -55.7 202 22 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.07 18 150 14230 -55.8 -71.9 12 16.1 -56.1 307 19 373.9 373.9 301.2 374.0 0.02 19 100 16797 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 310 20 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.51 m Freezing level: 585.86 mb = 4648.33 m = 15250.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.00 mb = 4626.65 m = 15179.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.67 % Est. max temperature: 25.88 C = 78.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.76 mb = 631.35 m = 2071.35 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.64 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1728.84 m = 5671.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.58 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 3.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.48 C Cross Totals Index: 16.65 C K Index: 26.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6613.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.92 mb = 1302.23 m = 4272.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.2 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 123.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -21.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -10.9 tot: -8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.25 Bulk Shear: 10.75 m/s