MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 51.80,-111.68 Latitude: 51.80 Longitude: -111.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 532 SFC 922 794 23.0 16.3 66 6.7 18.4 110 4 303.1 305.4 294.5 340.8 12.71 3 900 1002 19.7 15.3 76 4.3 16.8 108 5 301.8 304.0 293.8 338.0 12.28 4 850 1491 15.4 12.5 83 2.9 13.6 95 9 302.3 304.3 292.9 334.3 10.81 5 800 2003 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 62 7 304.2 306.2 293.0 334.9 10.26 6 750 2542 8.8 4.8 76 4.0 6.5 35 10 306.1 307.5 291.2 328.1 7.23 7 700 3110 5.2 4.2 93 1.1 4.6 56 10 308.3 309.7 291.9 330.9 7.40 8 650 3712 1.3 1.2 99 0.1 1.3 81 8 310.5 311.7 291.8 330.4 6.43 9 600 4352 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.7 109 8 313.2 314.1 291.5 329.3 5.13 10 550 5038 -6.4 -7.1 95 0.7 -6.7 127 14 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.7 4.09 11 500 5779 -10.4 -12.5 84 2.2 -11.2 124 18 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.1 2.92 12 450 6583 -15.0 -21.2 59 6.3 -16.8 137 22 324.4 324.7 291.7 329.8 1.56 13 400 7463 -20.5 -30.0 43 9.4 -22.5 135 19 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.2 0.79 14 350 8438 -27.3 -38.4 34 11.0 -28.9 149 21 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.4 0.40 15 300 9529 -35.7 -47.7 28 12.0 -36.7 147 21 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.17 16 250 10770 -45.7 -49.7 64 3.9 -46.0 151 28 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.16 17 200 12216 -56.7 -63.5 42 6.8 -56.8 169 25 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14065 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 198 17 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16670 -56.8 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 201 13 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.27 m Freezing level: 632.89 mb = 3930.90 m = 12896.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.31 mb = 3907.20 m = 12818.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.18 % Est. max temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.29 mb = 1638.26 m = 5374.82 ft T: 14.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 6.84 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 1947.57 m = 6389.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.90 C = 75.01 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 37.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.83 mb = 1744.77 m = 5724.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.83 mb = 2323.88 m = 7624.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 329.83 mb = 8857.66 m = 29060.22 ft B at Equ Level: 353.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.83 mb = 12551.14 m = 41177.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.2 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 137.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -11.2 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 74.07 Bulk Shear: 4.78 m/s