MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 49.57,-107.10 Latitude: 49.57 Longitude: -107.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 527 SFC 926 750 23.3 18.8 76 4.5 20.1 291 5 303.1 305.8 296.0 347.2 14.90 3 900 998 20.2 17.6 85 2.6 18.4 284 5 302.4 305.0 295.4 344.4 14.23 4 850 1491 17.3 13.0 76 4.3 14.5 247 16 304.3 306.3 293.7 337.5 11.13 5 800 2006 13.6 10.0 79 3.6 11.3 242 19 305.6 307.4 293.0 334.8 9.69 6 750 2547 10.5 3.7 63 6.8 6.6 246 23 308.0 309.2 291.3 328.4 6.67 7 700 3118 7.4 -3.1 47 10.5 2.2 242 22 310.7 311.5 290.1 324.4 4.35 8 650 3724 3.8 -3.8 58 7.6 0.0 240 20 313.2 314.1 290.9 327.3 4.44 9 600 4369 0.1 -7.4 57 7.5 -3.3 239 20 316.2 316.9 291.2 328.0 3.66 10 550 5061 -4.1 -13.7 47 9.6 -7.8 250 19 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.3 2.42 11 500 5806 -8.6 -29.3 17 20.8 -13.7 251 21 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.0 0.67 12 450 6613 -14.6 -31.5 22 17.0 -18.2 242 18 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.1 0.61 13 400 7493 -21.1 -33.4 32 12.3 -23.4 229 23 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.6 0.57 14 350 8464 -28.6 -45.8 17 17.2 -30.4 220 19 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.9 0.18 15 300 9547 -37.3 -47.0 36 9.7 -38.0 185 21 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.18 16 250 10784 -45.9 -50.2 62 4.3 -46.2 133 21 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.15 17 200 12237 -54.8 -66.2 23 11.4 -55.1 143 34 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14093 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 213 14 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16685 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 250 5 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.23 m Freezing level: 599.10 mb = 4381.97 m = 14376.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.27 mb = 3732.99 m = 12247.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.50 mb = 1325.06 m = 4347.25 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 22.85 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.62 mb = 1925.18 m = 6316.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.63 C = 78.13 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 28.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 871.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.15 mb = 1691.40 m = 5549.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.15 mb = 2379.09 m = 7805.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.15 mb = 11465.83 m = 37617.11 ft B at Equ Level: 861.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.15 mb = 13875.17 m = 45521.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -12.5 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 36.45 Bulk Shear: 23.91 m/s