MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 51.27,-113.27 Latitude: 51.27 Longitude: -113.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 548 SFC 911 909 17.1 16.3 95 0.9 16.6 304 3 298.1 300.5 293.2 335.5 12.88 3 900 1017 20.3 14.5 69 5.8 16.5 355 8 302.5 304.6 293.6 336.9 11.63 4 850 1511 19.0 13.5 70 5.5 15.4 48 9 306.1 308.2 294.5 340.7 11.52 5 800 2029 15.0 10.2 73 4.8 12.0 75 11 307.1 309.0 293.5 336.8 9.82 6 750 2571 10.2 9.6 96 0.6 9.8 83 10 307.7 309.5 293.9 338.1 10.07 7 700 3143 6.2 5.4 95 0.8 5.8 100 7 309.4 310.9 292.8 334.1 8.09 8 650 3746 2.1 0.6 89 1.5 1.3 68 7 311.4 312.5 291.9 330.5 6.16 9 600 4389 -1.1 -7.4 62 6.3 -3.9 99 6 314.9 315.6 290.7 326.6 3.66 10 550 5078 -4.8 -15.6 42 10.8 -8.7 118 4 318.4 318.8 290.3 325.3 2.06 11 500 5822 -9.1 -27.1 22 18.0 -13.8 122 11 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.8 0.83 12 450 6627 -14.9 -36.8 14 21.9 -19.0 114 12 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.36 13 400 7506 -20.6 -45.9 8 25.3 -23.9 92 13 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.8 0.16 14 350 8480 -27.6 -56.0 5 28.4 -29.9 86 9 331.5 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.06 15 300 9570 -35.9 -57.8 9 21.9 -37.2 159 7 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.05 16 250 10809 -46.0 -55.2 35 9.2 -46.4 166 13 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.09 17 200 12253 -56.2 -67.9 21 11.8 -56.3 179 21 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 14103 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 230 9 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16703 -56.4 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 252 4 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.74 m Freezing level: 616.83 mb = 4172.66 m = 13689.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.45 mb = 3902.81 m = 12804.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.33 C = 79.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.84 mb = 1018.44 m = 3341.29 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 13.32 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.14 mb = 2403.40 m = 7885.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.29 C = 79.32 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 40.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 524.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.68 mb = 2074.41 m = 6805.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.68 mb = 2674.98 m = 8776.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.68 mb = 11055.06 m = 36269.43 ft B at Equ Level: 517.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.68 mb = 13272.87 m = 43545.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.5 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 122.5 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 49.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 34.52 Bulk Shear: 15.19 m/s