MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 46.2,-103.27 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 561 SFC 914 905 24.3 18.4 70 5.9 20.2 133 10 305.3 308.0 296.5 349.4 14.75 3 900 1036 22.6 17.7 74 4.9 19.2 136 10 304.8 307.4 296.1 347.5 14.32 4 850 1531 18.3 15.9 86 2.4 16.7 152 11 305.3 307.8 295.7 345.6 13.48 5 800 2049 15.8 10.6 71 5.2 12.5 247 7 308.0 309.9 294.0 338.6 10.08 6 750 2595 12.7 5.0 59 7.7 8.2 295 9 310.4 311.8 292.5 333.0 7.32 7 700 3170 8.9 -0.7 51 9.5 3.8 303 13 312.3 313.3 291.3 328.6 5.20 8 650 3779 4.2 -3.8 56 8.0 0.3 302 16 313.7 314.5 291.1 327.7 4.44 9 600 4424 -0.6 -8.8 54 8.2 -4.2 297 16 315.4 316.0 290.6 326.0 3.28 10 550 5113 -4.9 -17.1 38 12.1 -9.2 297 14 318.2 318.6 290.0 324.3 1.82 11 500 5855 -10.3 -21.3 40 11.1 -13.6 302 13 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.3 1.39 12 450 6657 -15.9 -24.2 49 8.3 -18.1 306 12 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.4 1.20 13 400 7533 -22.0 -28.2 57 6.3 -23.3 308 15 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.8 0.93 14 350 8502 -28.5 -33.4 63 4.9 -29.3 318 8 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.7 0.65 15 300 9589 -36.3 -55.5 12 19.2 -37.5 90 5 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.07 16 250 10826 -46.5 -60.5 19 14.1 -46.9 129 10 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 12270 -55.1 -67.1 21 12.0 -55.4 235 10 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14124 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 302 18 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16690 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 318 20 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.51 m Freezing level: 606.62 mb = 4338.38 m = 14233.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.15 mb = 3814.09 m = 12513.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.80 mb = 1654.64 m = 5428.55 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 25.08 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.80 mb = 2319.88 m = 7611.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.56 C Cross Totals Index: 26.14 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1683.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.11 mb = 1878.82 m = 6164.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.11 mb = 3039.04 m = 9970.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.11 mb = 12234.44 m = 40138.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1675.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.11 mb = 14975.75 m = 49132.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.6 neg: -0.5 tot: 81.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 25.04 Bulk Shear: 67.25 m/s