MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 50.98,-114.98 Latitude: 50.98 Longitude: -114.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 558 2 900 1026 3 850 1514 SFC 813 1892 15.0 10.1 73 4.9 11.9 26 6 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.6 9.61 5 800 2026 11.8 9.0 83 2.8 10.1 24 6 303.7 305.4 291.9 330.7 9.04 6 750 2563 8.3 6.3 87 2.0 7.1 278 8 305.6 307.1 291.6 329.7 8.00 7 700 3130 4.4 3.4 94 0.9 3.8 276 12 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.6 7.00 8 650 3729 0.3 -1.2 89 1.5 -0.4 281 16 309.4 310.4 290.6 326.1 5.40 9 600 4367 -3.3 -6.3 80 3.0 -4.7 285 15 312.2 313.0 290.2 324.8 3.96 10 550 5050 -7.2 -13.0 63 5.9 -9.4 283 13 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.9 2.55 11 500 5787 -11.8 -13.7 86 1.9 -12.5 254 8 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.4 2.66 12 450 6584 -17.4 -19.9 81 2.4 -18.1 220 10 321.3 321.7 290.9 327.3 1.75 13 400 7456 -23.2 -34.0 37 10.8 -25.1 204 14 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.7 0.54 14 350 8418 -30.7 -41.4 34 10.7 -31.9 185 20 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.4 0.29 15 300 9496 -38.8 -43.5 61 4.7 -39.2 164 25 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 16 250 10720 -48.7 -51.8 71 3.0 -48.9 148 30 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 17 200 12162 -52.2 -69.1 11 16.9 -52.5 163 26 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14038 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.2 204 21 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 185 12 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.55 m Freezing level: 645.27 mb = 3789.46 m = 12432.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.25 mb = 3664.08 m = 12021.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.94 % Est. max temperature: 17.91 C = 64.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.83 mb = 2498.46 m = 8196.96 ft T: 8.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 10.73 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.63 mb = 2856.87 m = 9372.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.70 C = 60.25 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 125.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.13 mb = 2716.20 m = 8911.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.13 mb = 3232.80 m = 10606.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.13 mb = 8192.68 m = 26878.54 ft B at Equ Level: 125.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.13 mb = 10689.78 m = 35071.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.7 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 288.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -9.5 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.73 Bulk Shear: 26.56 m/s