MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 46.14,-103.25 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 1 950 602 SFC 917 906 17.1 16.2 94 0.9 16.5 126 9 297.5 299.8 292.9 334.4 12.70 3 900 1066 15.8 15.8 100 0.0 15.8 134 14 297.8 300.1 292.9 334.4 12.61 4 850 1554 17.3 15.6 90 1.7 16.1 178 11 304.2 306.7 295.2 343.6 13.23 5 800 2072 16.5 11.2 71 5.3 13.0 241 15 308.7 310.7 294.4 340.5 10.48 6 750 2620 14.1 1.9 44 12.2 7.2 216 12 311.8 313.0 291.7 330.1 5.85 7 700 3197 9.9 -2.4 42 12.3 3.6 207 14 313.5 314.3 291.1 328.0 4.57 8 650 3807 4.9 -6.3 44 11.2 -0.3 213 8 314.5 315.2 290.7 326.3 3.68 9 600 4453 -0.7 -6.8 63 6.1 -3.4 235 2 315.4 316.1 291.0 327.7 3.83 10 550 5142 -5.8 -13.1 56 7.3 -8.5 316 3 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.6 2.54 11 500 5881 -10.8 -19.5 49 8.7 -13.5 58 2 319.8 320.1 290.4 325.3 1.63 12 450 6682 -15.7 -25.7 42 10.0 -18.2 76 7 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.2 1.05 13 400 7561 -20.5 -37.7 20 17.2 -23.4 45 10 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.37 14 350 8537 -26.7 -46.2 14 19.5 -28.9 26 7 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 15 300 9630 -35.9 -53.0 16 17.1 -37.1 104 5 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.09 16 250 10869 -46.1 -53.3 44 7.2 -46.4 177 8 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.11 17 200 12310 -56.0 -63.6 38 7.6 -56.2 321 20 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 14152 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 284 18 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16700 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 319 24 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.33 m Freezing level: 605.87 mb = 4377.34 m = 14361.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.23 mb = 3753.73 m = 12315.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.99 C = 85.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.52 mb = 1022.92 m = 3355.98 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.66 mb = 1059.54 m = 3476.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.34 C = 63.20 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.45 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 633.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.92 mb = 1584.80 m = 5199.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.92 mb = 4034.79 m = 13237.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.92 mb = 11353.67 m = 37249.10 ft B at Equ Level: 625.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.92 mb = 13662.30 m = 44823.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.2 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 231.2 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.0 neg: -15.5 tot: 48.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 43.08 Bulk Shear: 14.70 m/s