MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 13Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 51.95,-103.85 Latitude: 51.95 Longitude: -103.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 959 516 17.1 14.8 87 2.3 15.7 152 5 293.7 295.7 290.4 325.5 11.13 2 950 601 16.6 14.8 89 1.9 15.4 171 11 294.1 296.1 290.6 326.1 11.19 3 900 1069 20.6 14.3 67 6.3 16.4 199 19 302.7 304.8 293.4 336.6 11.45 4 850 1560 16.4 12.6 78 3.8 14.0 197 15 303.3 305.3 293.2 335.6 10.86 5 800 2072 11.9 8.9 82 3.0 10.0 171 10 303.9 305.5 291.9 330.7 8.97 6 750 2609 7.9 2.9 71 5.0 5.2 184 10 305.2 306.4 290.1 324.3 6.32 7 700 3174 3.7 -2.3 65 5.9 0.8 185 9 306.5 307.4 289.0 320.8 4.63 8 650 3774 3.2 -21.4 14 24.6 -4.8 181 8 312.6 312.8 287.5 316.2 1.06 9 600 4418 -0.4 -28.4 10 27.9 -8.0 187 9 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.7 0.61 10 550 5106 -5.3 -31.2 11 25.9 -11.5 207 9 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.6 0.51 11 500 5846 -10.7 -35.4 11 24.7 -15.7 243 9 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.3 0.38 12 450 6648 -15.9 -35.4 17 19.4 -19.6 263 8 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.7 0.42 13 400 7521 -23.2 -26.8 72 3.6 -24.0 247 11 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.6 1.06 14 350 8483 -30.7 -33.6 75 2.9 -31.1 246 14 327.4 327.6 291.6 329.8 0.64 15 300 9560 -38.2 -44.8 50 6.5 -38.8 266 15 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.24 16 250 10790 -47.2 -60.0 22 12.7 -47.7 271 15 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.05 17 200 12243 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.9 287 14 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14092 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 347 16 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16661 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 347 25 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.78 m Freezing level: 606.15 mb = 4338.94 m = 14235.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.98 mb = 3255.21 m = 10679.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.82 mb = 805.34 m = 2642.15 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 20.43 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.39 mb = 2025.86 m = 6646.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.09 C = 80.75 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 33.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 240.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.89 mb = 1550.64 m = 5087.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.89 mb = 2543.86 m = 8345.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 665.89 mb = 3578.45 m = 11740.16 ft B at Equ Level: 70.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.89 mb = 11450.38 m = 37566.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.4 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 227.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.0 neg: -24.6 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 96.68 Bulk Shear: 2.49 m/s