MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 13Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.16,-99.71 Latitude: 47.16 Longitude: -99.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 952 548 17.2 16.5 96 0.6 16.8 94 3 294.5 296.7 291.8 330.3 12.54 2 950 563 16.9 16.4 96 0.6 16.5 93 3 294.4 296.6 291.7 329.9 12.41 3 900 1023 15.2 15.2 100 -0.0 15.2 217 8 297.1 299.3 292.3 332.2 12.13 4 850 1507 12.9 12.8 100 0.1 12.9 77 5 299.7 301.7 292.3 332.0 11.03 5 800 2018 13.3 9.2 76 4.1 10.8 98 2 305.3 307.0 292.5 332.9 9.18 6 750 2559 10.2 6.2 76 4.0 7.8 20 4 307.6 309.1 292.2 331.8 7.95 7 700 3130 7.2 -3.4 47 10.6 2.0 336 10 310.5 311.3 289.9 323.8 4.26 8 650 3735 3.1 -7.9 45 10.9 -1.8 344 11 312.4 313.0 289.6 322.8 3.25 9 600 4378 -0.9 -15.5 32 14.6 -6.3 345 9 315.0 315.4 289.2 321.3 1.90 10 550 5066 -4.9 -29.7 12 24.8 -11.2 344 11 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.3 0.59 11 500 5808 -9.6 -44.0 4 34.3 -15.4 348 12 321.3 321.3 289.3 321.9 0.15 12 450 6613 -14.3 -44.4 6 30.2 -18.8 338 11 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.16 13 400 7497 -19.3 -57.3 2 38.1 -23.1 335 9 329.9 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.04 14 350 8475 -26.5 -42.5 21 16.0 -28.6 310 7 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.26 15 300 9567 -35.7 -45.1 38 9.4 -36.6 316 10 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.9 0.23 16 250 10806 -46.8 -53.1 48 6.4 -47.0 345 6 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.11 17 200 12245 -57.0 -63.1 46 6.1 -57.1 360 10 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 14082 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 318 15 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16650 -59.0 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 357 17 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.77 m Freezing level: 611.71 mb = 4227.55 m = 13869.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.59 mb = 3443.92 m = 11298.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.09 mb = 624.96 m = 2050.37 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 12.58 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 1100.66 m = 3611.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.19 C = 68.34 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5568.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.57 mb = 1036.65 m = 3401.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.5 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 17.5 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.0 neg: -36.9 tot: -3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 24.63 m/s