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: 47.41,-95.14 Latitude: 47.41 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 967 434 15.2 14.8 98 0.3 15.0 108 8 291.1 293.0 289.5 322.2 11.03 2 950 583 14.2 14.2 100 -0.0 14.1 116 15 291.5 293.5 289.3 322.0 10.75 3 900 1041 14.4 14.4 100 -0.0 14.4 170 27 296.3 298.4 291.6 329.6 11.53 4 850 1524 13.4 13.4 100 -0.0 13.4 209 22 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.7 11.44 5 800 2033 10.3 10.2 99 0.1 10.3 128 3 302.1 304.0 292.0 331.3 9.83 6 750 2568 7.3 7.1 98 0.3 7.2 124 8 304.5 306.1 291.7 329.9 8.46 7 700 3135 5.2 3.2 87 2.0 4.1 161 8 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.2 6.88 8 650 3738 2.2 -5.1 58 7.4 -1.2 291 3 311.5 312.3 290.0 324.2 4.02 9 600 4380 -0.9 -25.1 14 24.2 -7.9 321 9 315.1 315.2 288.1 317.9 0.83 10 550 5067 -5.7 -37.8 6 32.1 -12.2 309 9 317.4 317.4 288.2 318.4 0.27 11 500 5806 -10.5 -37.7 9 27.2 -15.7 290 9 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.3 0.30 12 450 6608 -15.9 -44.8 6 28.9 -20.1 294 12 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.16 13 400 7482 -23.0 -31.9 44 8.8 -24.6 281 15 325.0 325.2 291.0 327.4 0.66 14 350 8447 -29.0 -55.7 6 26.7 -31.0 282 18 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.06 15 300 9529 -38.2 -55.5 15 17.3 -39.1 279 22 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.07 16 250 10755 -48.0 -54.8 46 6.7 -48.3 289 34 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.09 17 200 12197 -54.7 -64.0 31 9.4 -54.9 295 33 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14046 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 312 22 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16622 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 334 25 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.03 m Freezing level: 614.27 mb = 4196.37 m = 13767.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.48 mb = 3595.12 m = 11794.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.96 % Est. max temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.38 mb = 473.99 m = 1555.07 ft T: 14.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 15.76 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 965.58 mb = 445.92 m = 1462.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.19 C = 59.35 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: 2.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 35.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6961.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.54 mb = 896.18 m = 2940.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 3.9 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.3 neg: -89.3 tot: 176.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 45.06 m/s