MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.67,-106.43 Latitude: 44.67 Longitude: -106.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 537 2 900 1010 SFC 872 1284 18.7 15.8 83 2.9 16.7 74 3 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.1 13.03 4 850 1506 20.8 13.5 63 7.2 16.0 153 3 307.9 310.1 295.0 342.9 11.56 5 800 2030 19.3 7.4 46 11.9 11.9 176 9 311.7 313.2 293.5 336.7 8.10 6 750 2580 14.4 7.7 64 6.7 10.3 182 8 312.2 313.9 294.2 339.6 8.85 7 700 3159 10.7 -2.5 40 13.1 3.9 267 7 314.3 315.2 291.4 328.8 4.56 8 650 3770 5.0 -0.1 70 5.1 2.2 280 12 314.6 315.7 292.5 333.0 5.83 9 600 4417 -0.4 -6.4 64 5.9 -3.2 277 15 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.3 3.96 10 550 5107 -4.9 -19.0 32 14.1 -9.5 274 17 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.6 1.55 11 500 5849 -9.4 -34.8 11 25.3 -14.8 268 20 321.5 321.6 289.6 323.0 0.40 12 450 6653 -15.8 -30.8 26 15.1 -19.0 271 26 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.8 0.65 13 400 7526 -23.1 -40.1 20 16.9 -25.5 280 22 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.0 0.29 14 350 8488 -30.7 -40.9 36 10.2 -31.9 281 31 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.4 0.31 15 300 9563 -38.7 -47.9 37 9.3 -39.3 278 49 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.5 0.17 16 250 10795 -46.1 -57.1 28 11.0 -46.6 282 44 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.07 17 200 12255 -51.3 -68.7 11 17.5 -51.7 257 38 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14122 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 243 34 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16685 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 207 6 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.60 m Freezing level: 604.17 mb = 4363.10 m = 14314.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.55 mb = 4028.66 m = 13217.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.73 mb = 1652.53 m = 5421.63 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.78 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.32 mb = 3467.50 m = 11376.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C Showalter Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 30.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 975.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.68 mb = 2903.24 m = 9524.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.68 mb = 3937.59 m = 12918.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.68 mb = 11152.77 m = 36590.01 ft B at Equ Level: 959.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.68 mb = 13437.72 m = 44086.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 51.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 26.70 Bulk Shear: 36.52 m/s