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: 49.94,-107.06 Latitude: 49.94 Longitude: -107.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 547 SFC 930 733 20.0 17.1 83 2.9 18.1 264 13 299.4 301.8 293.9 338.3 13.34 3 900 1014 20.5 15.9 75 4.6 17.4 268 10 302.6 305.0 294.4 340.3 12.71 4 850 1509 20.0 13.9 68 6.1 15.9 91 5 307.1 309.3 295.0 342.8 11.84 5 800 2029 15.3 12.9 86 2.4 13.7 90 9 307.5 309.7 295.1 343.1 11.79 6 750 2573 11.3 11.3 100 -0.0 11.3 95 10 308.8 310.9 295.0 343.0 11.27 7 700 3147 7.9 7.2 95 0.7 7.5 147 8 311.2 313.0 294.1 339.4 9.16 8 650 3754 2.9 0.0 81 2.9 1.4 173 12 312.2 313.4 291.9 330.7 5.90 9 600 4396 -1.9 -5.5 76 3.6 -3.6 165 11 313.9 314.7 290.9 327.3 4.22 10 550 5083 -5.4 -12.3 58 6.9 -8.1 177 13 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.6 2.71 11 500 5826 -9.4 -17.1 54 7.7 -12.0 189 14 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.4 2.01 12 450 6631 -15.0 -18.8 72 3.8 -16.2 189 10 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.0 1.92 13 400 7512 -20.1 -22.4 82 2.3 -20.7 200 7 328.8 329.2 292.9 334.4 1.58 14 350 8488 -26.8 -28.6 85 1.8 -27.2 199 10 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.3 1.03 15 300 9584 -34.6 -36.9 80 2.3 -35.0 221 13 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.6 0.54 16 250 10830 -44.7 -48.1 69 3.3 -44.9 240 19 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.4 0.20 17 200 12282 -56.2 -60.1 61 3.9 -56.3 265 17 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14125 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 316 10 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16714 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 351 13 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.03 m Freezing level: 620.08 mb = 4138.04 m = 13576.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.27 mb = 3925.08 m = 12877.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.67 mb = 1104.00 m = 3621.99 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 16.51 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.85 mb = 2319.57 m = 7610.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 42.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 748.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.03 mb = 1848.05 m = 6063.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.03 mb = 3122.73 m = 10245.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.03 mb = 11315.41 m = 37123.60 ft B at Equ Level: 742.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.03 mb = 13630.52 m = 44719.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.1 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 198.1 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -166.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.0 neg: -13.5 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 26.54 Bulk Shear: 28.19 m/s