MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 42.89,-103.11 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 549 SFC 902 1013 28.2 16.3 48 11.9 19.9 60 11 310.4 312.9 296.7 350.2 13.03 3 900 1029 26.4 15.8 52 10.6 19.1 60 11 308.8 311.1 296.0 347.2 12.66 4 850 1528 20.8 14.4 67 6.3 16.5 59 13 307.9 310.2 295.5 345.0 12.26 5 800 2049 16.4 8.3 59 8.1 11.4 58 15 308.7 310.3 293.0 335.0 8.64 6 750 2595 12.9 7.3 69 5.6 9.5 44 8 310.5 312.2 293.6 336.9 8.59 7 700 3171 9.1 2.6 64 6.4 5.4 219 2 312.5 313.8 292.6 333.2 6.63 8 650 3780 4.5 -1.2 67 5.7 1.5 265 7 314.0 315.1 292.0 331.1 5.40 9 600 4426 -0.6 -4.8 73 4.3 -2.6 274 12 315.5 316.3 291.6 329.7 4.45 10 550 5115 -6.2 -8.6 83 2.5 -7.2 269 17 316.8 317.5 291.3 328.5 3.62 11 500 5853 -11.7 -15.9 71 4.2 -13.1 273 20 318.8 319.2 290.6 326.2 2.21 12 450 6651 -16.9 -23.1 59 6.1 -18.6 281 19 321.9 322.2 290.7 326.5 1.33 13 400 7524 -23.0 -32.1 43 9.2 -24.6 290 14 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.5 0.65 14 350 8487 -30.5 -37.1 52 6.6 -31.4 305 16 327.6 327.6 291.5 329.2 0.45 15 300 9563 -39.2 -48.1 38 9.0 -39.8 316 11 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.16 16 250 10786 -47.3 -65.5 11 18.2 -47.8 326 14 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02 17 200 12255 -48.1 -75.5 3 27.4 -48.7 309 20 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 14131 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 301 17 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16692 -61.5 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 309 12 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.84 m Freezing level: 605.65 mb = 4353.32 m = 14282.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.90 mb = 4008.00 m = 13149.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.60 mb = 2509.57 m = 8233.41 ft T: 13.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.98 mb = 2866.68 m = 9404.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -6.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -6.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.43 C Cross Totals Index: 26.11 C K Index: 40.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1630.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.56 mb = 2498.81 m = 8198.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.56 mb = 3366.17 m = 11043.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.56 mb = 11521.84 m = 37800.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1600.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.56 mb = 14407.87 m = 47269.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.0 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 320.0 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -11.6 tot: 65.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 24.15 Bulk Shear: 67.51 m/s