MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F056.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F056.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 56 hour NAM valid 2Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.25,-106.00 Latitude: 50.25 Longitude: -106.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 508 SFC 927 725 26.1 16.6 56 9.5 19.5 63 6 305.8 308.2 295.4 344.5 12.90 3 900 987 26.2 12.1 42 14.1 17.0 101 11 308.5 310.4 294.0 338.6 9.92 4 850 1486 21.8 9.9 47 11.8 14.3 127 8 308.9 310.6 293.4 336.6 9.07 5 800 2008 16.9 8.6 58 8.3 11.7 166 6 309.2 310.8 293.3 336.1 8.79 6 750 2553 11.7 7.6 76 4.1 9.2 184 8 309.2 310.9 293.3 336.0 8.77 7 700 3126 6.7 3.7 81 3.0 5.0 220 12 309.9 311.3 292.2 331.9 7.16 8 650 3730 2.4 -3.2 66 5.6 -0.3 270 16 311.7 312.6 290.6 326.3 4.65 9 600 4371 -2.2 -5.2 80 3.0 -3.6 262 18 313.6 314.5 291.0 327.4 4.35 10 550 5057 -6.6 -9.9 77 3.4 -7.9 261 16 316.3 316.9 290.8 326.9 3.27 11 500 5796 -10.9 -16.1 65 5.3 -12.7 246 16 319.8 320.2 290.9 327.0 2.17 12 450 6597 -16.0 -30.9 26 14.9 -19.2 238 12 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.64 13 400 7473 -22.2 -29.7 50 7.5 -23.7 220 15 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.0 0.81 14 350 8439 -29.8 -37.9 45 8.1 -30.9 207 22 328.6 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.42 15 300 9517 -38.3 -44.0 55 5.6 -38.8 254 31 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.26 16 250 10744 -48.6 -52.0 68 3.3 -48.8 262 41 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 17 200 12185 -51.9 -66.8 15 14.9 -52.2 253 36 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14052 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.0 237 22 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 19 100 16659 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 197 11 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.63 m Freezing level: 623.65 mb = 4067.90 m = 13345.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.11 mb = 3691.09 m = 12109.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.68 mb = 1936.35 m = 6352.78 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.18 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2892.98 m = 9491.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 39.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 954.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.72 mb = 2746.79 m = 9011.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.72 mb = 3034.86 m = 9956.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.72 mb = 11346.71 m = 37226.28 ft B at Equ Level: 930.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.72 mb = 13327.05 m = 43723.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -171.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 16.45 Bulk Shear: 58.01 m/s