MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 46.86,-110.11 Latitude: 46.86 Longitude: -110.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 540 2 900 1015 3 850 1512 SFC 839 1621 16.8 1.0 34 15.8 8.3 236 6 304.9 305.8 288.7 319.8 4.91 5 800 2033 18.1 2.1 34 16.0 9.2 142 3 310.5 311.5 291.1 327.9 5.59 6 750 2581 13.9 -4.9 27 18.9 4.6 249 4 311.7 312.4 289.6 322.9 3.53 7 700 3157 9.5 -12.0 21 21.4 0.5 282 12 313.0 313.4 288.8 320.1 2.18 8 650 3765 4.1 -6.2 47 10.3 -0.7 267 16 313.6 314.3 290.4 325.5 3.70 9 600 4409 -1.4 -9.2 56 7.7 -4.7 272 20 314.4 315.0 290.2 324.7 3.18 10 550 5095 -6.1 -22.0 27 15.9 -10.9 276 22 316.8 317.0 289.0 320.9 1.19 11 500 5833 -11.0 -30.8 18 19.8 -15.4 266 24 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.8 0.59 12 450 6633 -16.9 -32.3 25 15.4 -20.0 256 24 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.56 13 400 7504 -24.2 -32.8 45 8.6 -25.7 248 24 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.7 0.61 14 350 8462 -32.0 -37.4 59 5.4 -32.6 251 22 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.3 0.44 15 300 9532 -39.6 -46.9 46 7.3 -40.1 230 26 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.19 16 250 10761 -46.2 -49.6 68 3.4 -46.4 258 32 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.16 17 200 12223 -51.2 -66.7 14 15.4 -51.6 261 39 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14102 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.9 254 37 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16676 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 255 8 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.12 m Freezing level: 613.00 mb = 4241.39 m = 13915.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.16 mb = 3404.67 m = 11170.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.95 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 661.73 mb = 3617.99 m = 11869.89 ft T: 5.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 7.78 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.74 mb = 4942.44 m = 16215.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8524.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 611.28 mb = 4258.88 m = 13972.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.2 neg: -19.3 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 35.32 m/s