MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 49.68,-113.01 Latitude: 49.68 Longitude: -113.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 575 SFC 912 928 16.8 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 207 13 297.7 300.1 293.2 335.7 13.12 3 900 1038 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.9 219 17 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.8 12.67 4 850 1524 14.7 13.7 94 1.0 14.0 221 16 301.5 303.6 293.3 335.8 11.64 5 800 2036 12.2 11.1 93 1.1 11.5 202 8 304.1 306.1 293.1 335.3 10.42 6 750 2575 8.8 8.2 96 0.6 8.4 340 1 306.1 307.8 292.7 333.6 9.11 7 700 3143 5.6 5.0 96 0.6 5.3 352 8 308.7 310.2 292.4 332.7 7.85 8 650 3748 2.8 2.2 96 0.6 2.4 344 14 312.1 313.4 292.7 333.6 6.91 9 600 4392 -1.1 -1.6 96 0.5 -1.4 343 16 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.7 5.66 10 550 5082 -5.5 -5.9 98 0.3 -5.7 344 14 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.0 4.49 11 500 5824 -10.2 -10.4 98 0.2 -10.3 349 11 320.6 321.3 292.3 332.0 3.46 12 450 6628 -14.6 -14.7 99 0.1 -14.7 341 8 324.8 325.4 292.8 334.0 2.71 13 400 7511 -20.2 -20.2 100 0.0 -20.3 312 5 328.7 329.1 293.2 335.3 1.91 14 350 8485 -28.0 -28.1 99 0.1 -28.0 339 2 331.0 331.2 293.0 334.9 1.08 15 300 9576 -35.2 -36.7 86 1.5 -35.4 133 3 335.8 335.9 293.8 337.8 0.55 16 250 10818 -45.8 -49.2 69 3.3 -46.0 159 10 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12266 -55.0 -59.0 61 4.0 -55.1 153 13 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 18 150 14137 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 245 7 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16725 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 237 4 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.13 m Freezing level: 614.28 mb = 4208.42 m = 13806.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.20 mb = 4151.87 m = 13621.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.07 % Est. max temperature: 24.51 C = 76.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.22 mb = 951.01 m = 3120.07 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 3.10 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1766.13 m = 5794.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.71 C = 71.07 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.54 mb = 1508.68 m = 4949.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.54 mb = 2502.36 m = 8209.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.54 mb = 8762.24 m = 28747.14 ft B at Equ Level: 174.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.54 mb = 11177.07 m = 36669.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.2 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 356.2 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.3 neg: -35.4 tot: 6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.71 Bulk Shear: 64.92 m/s