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: 50.14,-107.84 Latitude: 50.14 Longitude: -107.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 545 SFC 918 844 19.5 17.3 88 2.1 18.0 144 5 299.9 302.4 294.3 340.0 13.70 3 900 1012 17.8 16.6 92 1.2 17.0 141 7 299.9 302.3 294.0 338.7 13.29 4 850 1499 14.1 14.1 100 -0.0 14.1 140 8 300.9 303.1 293.3 336.1 11.97 5 800 2009 10.9 10.9 100 -0.0 10.9 151 8 302.8 304.7 292.6 333.4 10.31 6 750 2546 8.3 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 155 7 305.6 307.3 292.5 332.9 9.05 7 700 3114 5.3 5.2 99 0.1 5.3 154 8 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.7 7.97 8 650 3717 1.9 1.7 98 0.2 1.8 165 9 311.2 312.4 292.2 331.9 6.69 9 600 4360 -1.4 -1.4 100 0.0 -1.4 171 12 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.6 5.75 10 550 5049 -5.1 -5.2 100 0.1 -5.1 168 12 318.0 318.9 292.6 333.3 4.73 11 500 5792 -9.7 -10.2 96 0.5 -9.9 160 10 321.2 321.8 292.4 332.7 3.51 12 450 6599 -14.4 -15.3 93 0.9 -14.7 180 8 325.2 325.7 292.8 333.9 2.59 13 400 7481 -20.3 -22.0 86 1.7 -20.7 190 9 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.4 1.65 14 350 8457 -27.1 -29.5 80 2.4 -27.6 204 10 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.7 0.95 15 300 9550 -35.8 -38.5 76 2.7 -36.1 223 13 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.46 16 250 10786 -47.5 -52.0 60 4.5 -47.7 187 16 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.13 17 200 12229 -54.4 -66.5 21 12.2 -54.6 151 22 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14093 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 198 2 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16690 -56.8 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 143 1 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.91 m Freezing level: 621.03 mb = 4089.38 m = 13416.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.02 mb = 4070.33 m = 13353.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.46 % Est. max temperature: 24.07 C = 75.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.61 mb = 1111.10 m = 3645.30 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.08 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1409.60 m = 4624.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.25 C = 68.45 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 346.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.58 mb = 1403.65 m = 4605.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.58 mb = 1453.36 m = 4768.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.58 mb = 9442.48 m = 30978.90 ft B at Equ Level: 335.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.58 mb = 12748.68 m = 41825.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.9 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 191.9 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 187.55 Bulk Shear: 1.85 m/s