MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-111.06 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -111.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 529 2 900 992 SFC 894 1049 15.6 14.3 92 1.2 14.8 246 6 298.1 300.2 292.2 331.7 11.55 4 850 1476 12.8 11.6 92 1.2 12.0 255 19 299.6 301.4 291.5 329.3 10.14 5 800 1984 10.6 7.6 82 3.0 8.8 260 21 302.4 303.9 290.8 326.9 8.23 6 750 2520 7.5 5.4 87 2.1 6.3 248 19 304.7 306.1 291.0 327.4 7.53 7 700 3085 4.3 1.8 83 2.6 2.9 253 20 307.3 308.5 290.6 326.3 6.22 8 650 3685 1.2 -4.5 66 5.7 -1.5 247 24 310.3 311.1 289.8 323.5 4.21 9 600 4325 -2.3 -9.7 57 7.4 -5.4 232 27 313.5 314.0 289.8 323.3 3.06 10 550 5010 -6.5 -20.5 32 14.0 -10.8 230 29 316.4 316.7 289.0 321.0 1.36 11 500 5749 -10.9 -36.5 10 25.5 -15.9 222 24 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.9 0.34 12 450 6547 -17.4 -29.1 35 11.7 -20.0 208 30 321.3 321.5 290.0 324.0 0.76 13 400 7417 -23.6 -28.5 64 4.9 -24.6 172 37 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.5 0.91 14 350 8383 -29.6 -34.2 65 4.5 -30.3 163 23 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.0 0.60 15 300 9461 -39.1 -44.2 58 5.2 -39.5 162 30 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.25 16 250 10684 -48.1 -54.1 50 6.0 -48.3 163 39 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.10 17 200 12138 -49.2 -75.8 3 26.6 -49.7 192 25 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14018 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 210 27 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16621 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 209 24 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.56 m Freezing level: 632.79 mb = 3905.47 m = 12813.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.88 mb = 3477.62 m = 11409.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.59 % Est. max temperature: 22.26 C = 72.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.89 mb = 1202.88 m = 3946.41 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 6.47 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.21 mb = 2075.81 m = 6810.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.13 C = 68.23 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: 0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.68 mb = 1760.11 m = 5774.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 456.68 mb = 6435.16 m = 21112.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.68 mb = 7294.67 m = 23932.34 ft B at Equ Level: 23.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 356.68 mb = 8246.02 m = 27053.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -8.5 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 19.96 m/s