MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 20Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.36,-121.50 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -121.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 551 2 900 1026 3 850 1522 SFC 831 1717 20.4 10.6 53 9.8 14.1 324 4 309.5 311.3 294.1 339.0 9.69 5 800 2042 15.6 9.4 66 6.3 11.7 320 4 307.8 309.6 293.3 336.0 9.28 6 750 2585 10.3 8.4 88 1.9 9.1 298 2 307.7 309.5 293.3 335.8 9.25 7 700 3155 5.6 5.2 98 0.4 5.4 202 8 308.7 310.2 292.5 333.0 7.97 8 650 3757 1.1 -6.8 56 7.9 -2.4 206 14 310.2 310.8 289.1 321.3 3.52 9 600 4396 -2.8 -22.9 20 20.1 -8.8 217 15 312.8 313.0 287.5 316.2 1.01 10 550 5077 -8.4 -23.3 29 14.9 -12.5 225 20 314.2 314.4 288.0 317.8 1.06 11 500 5809 -13.3 -28.3 27 15.0 -16.7 233 25 316.9 317.0 288.6 319.5 0.74 12 450 6600 -20.1 -29.2 44 9.2 -21.9 233 28 318.0 318.2 288.9 320.7 0.76 13 400 7461 -27.0 -31.8 64 4.8 -27.8 239 31 319.8 320.0 289.4 322.2 0.66 14 350 8408 -34.5 -41.3 50 6.8 -35.1 239 31 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.29 15 300 9468 -41.2 -52.8 28 11.5 -41.8 245 41 327.2 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.10 16 250 10691 -45.7 -61.3 16 15.7 -46.2 254 62 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.04 17 200 12161 -50.1 -66.2 13 16.1 -50.5 250 55 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.03 18 150 14041 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 233 42 384.1 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16641 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 222 22 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.51 m Freezing level: 636.40 mb = 3930.34 m = 12894.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.66 mb = 3563.41 m = 11690.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.36 % Est. max temperature: 20.14 C = 68.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.75 mb = 2936.89 m = 9635.34 ft T: 7.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 22.79 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2874.30 m = 9430.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.18 C = 66.53 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1367.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.93 mb = 2854.75 m = 9365.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.93 mb = 2911.87 m = 9553.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.93 mb = 10403.97 m = 34133.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1364.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.93 mb = 13581.40 m = 44557.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 30.56 Bulk Shear: 44.74 m/s