MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 51.36,-111.81 Latitude: 51.36 Longitude: -111.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 534 SFC 922 790 22.4 16.4 69 6.1 18.3 333 6 302.5 304.8 294.4 340.3 12.79 3 900 1003 19.2 15.4 79 3.8 16.7 331 6 301.3 303.5 293.7 337.5 12.31 4 850 1492 15.0 13.0 88 2.0 13.7 30 3 301.8 303.9 293.0 334.7 11.15 5 800 2003 11.7 8.4 80 3.3 9.7 73 8 303.6 305.3 291.6 329.5 8.67 6 750 2540 8.1 6.4 89 1.7 7.2 77 8 305.4 306.9 291.6 329.8 8.09 7 700 3107 4.8 3.6 92 1.2 4.1 101 9 307.7 309.1 291.5 329.3 7.07 8 650 3708 1.2 1.2 100 0.0 1.3 117 11 310.4 311.6 291.8 330.3 6.45 9 600 4349 -2.3 -3.1 95 0.8 -2.7 125 11 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.4 5.08 10 550 5036 -5.9 -7.2 90 1.3 -6.5 120 12 317.1 317.8 291.7 330.1 4.04 11 500 5778 -9.8 -11.5 87 1.8 -10.5 109 10 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.6 3.16 12 450 6585 -14.3 -18.1 73 3.8 -15.6 118 11 325.2 325.6 292.3 332.2 2.04 13 400 7467 -19.8 -23.1 75 3.4 -20.7 131 10 329.3 329.6 292.9 334.5 1.48 14 350 8445 -26.8 -34.1 50 7.4 -28.0 147 7 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.9 0.61 15 300 9536 -35.9 -48.2 27 12.3 -36.9 128 12 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.16 16 250 10774 -45.6 -49.7 63 4.1 -45.9 141 17 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.16 17 200 12224 -56.3 -59.7 66 3.4 -56.4 158 15 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14068 -52.3 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.8 206 18 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16674 -56.4 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 188 8 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.33 m Freezing level: 632.70 mb = 3929.75 m = 12892.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.31 mb = 3903.57 m = 12806.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.40 % Est. max temperature: 24.50 C = 76.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.69 mb = 1554.78 m = 5100.93 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 10.77 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1809.82 m = 5937.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 260.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.93 mb = 1673.20 m = 5489.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.93 mb = 2035.18 m = 6677.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.93 mb = 7338.38 m = 24075.75 ft B at Equ Level: 260.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.93 mb = 11695.88 m = 38371.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.3 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 136.3 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 11.01 Bulk Shear: 23.61 m/s