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: 50.90,-108.30 Latitude: 50.90 Longitude: -108.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 523 SFC 937 641 20.1 19.2 95 0.8 19.5 13 6 298.7 301.5 295.0 342.8 15.15 3 900 992 21.3 11.6 54 9.7 15.1 184 5 303.5 305.2 292.2 331.9 9.56 4 850 1484 17.9 9.6 58 8.2 12.7 215 12 304.9 306.5 292.1 331.5 8.87 5 800 2000 14.1 9.9 76 4.2 11.5 187 10 306.2 308.0 293.2 335.3 9.65 6 750 2542 10.9 7.4 79 3.5 8.8 185 13 308.4 310.0 293.0 334.8 8.66 7 700 3113 6.6 6.4 99 0.2 6.5 192 17 309.8 311.4 293.4 336.3 8.67 8 650 3719 2.0 -0.5 84 2.4 0.7 207 15 311.2 312.3 291.4 328.9 5.70 9 600 4358 -2.4 -11.8 48 9.4 -6.1 198 12 313.3 313.8 289.2 321.6 2.57 10 550 5043 -6.8 -18.2 40 11.4 -10.5 203 11 316.0 316.4 289.2 321.6 1.66 11 500 5780 -11.4 -22.5 39 11.1 -14.5 187 10 319.1 319.4 289.8 323.4 1.25 12 450 6580 -16.6 -22.4 61 5.8 -18.2 217 7 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.2 1.40 13 400 7457 -20.7 -22.9 82 2.2 -21.2 197 31 328.1 328.4 292.6 333.4 1.52 14 350 8427 -28.6 -31.3 77 2.7 -29.0 213 29 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.80 15 300 9510 -38.0 -41.1 73 3.1 -38.3 211 31 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.35 16 250 10737 -48.9 -52.3 68 3.4 -49.1 209 35 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12162 -58.2 -61.5 66 3.3 -58.3 235 32 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 14018 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.2 209 32 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 19 100 16640 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 200 15 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.45 m Freezing level: 627.67 mb = 4004.36 m = 13137.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.73 mb = 3783.80 m = 12413.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.10 mb = 743.88 m = 2440.53 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 11.36 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2707.71 m = 8883.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 38.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 235.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.76 mb = 2044.18 m = 6706.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.76 mb = 3584.56 m = 11760.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.76 mb = 7442.40 m = 24417.02 ft B at Equ Level: 227.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.76 mb = 12467.29 m = 40902.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.3 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 227.3 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.0 neg: -6.6 tot: 56.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 46.32 Bulk Shear: 5.08 m/s