MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.32,-98.29 Latitude: 46.32 Longitude: -98.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 965 421 22.6 22.0 96 0.6 22.2 71 11 298.8 302.0 296.6 349.9 17.52 2 950 556 21.9 21.4 97 0.5 21.5 74 16 299.4 302.5 296.5 349.3 17.10 3 900 1026 20.2 18.8 91 1.5 19.2 121 16 302.4 305.2 296.1 347.6 15.32 4 850 1519 18.1 12.2 69 5.9 14.3 172 24 305.1 307.0 293.5 336.7 10.56 5 800 2035 14.3 4.7 53 9.5 8.8 191 25 306.4 307.6 290.8 326.8 6.72 6 750 2579 12.9 6.6 65 6.4 9.1 222 33 310.6 312.2 293.3 335.7 8.16 7 700 3156 9.7 3.5 65 6.2 6.2 237 40 313.3 314.6 293.2 335.3 7.06 8 650 3766 5.3 -1.9 60 7.1 1.6 247 43 314.9 315.9 292.0 331.2 5.14 9 600 4415 0.8 -8.8 49 9.5 -3.4 260 44 317.0 317.6 291.0 327.7 3.28 10 550 5108 -3.8 -11.8 54 8.0 -7.1 275 47 319.5 320.1 291.4 328.8 2.81 11 500 5851 -10.2 -14.9 68 4.8 -11.9 279 44 320.7 321.1 291.3 328.7 2.40 12 450 6654 -15.8 -22.8 55 7.0 -17.7 275 39 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.2 1.36 13 400 7530 -21.9 -28.5 55 6.6 -23.2 274 38 326.6 326.8 291.7 329.8 0.91 14 350 8501 -28.8 -30.9 82 2.1 -29.2 264 29 330.0 330.1 292.5 333.0 0.83 15 300 9586 -37.0 -39.6 77 2.6 -37.3 250 19 333.2 333.2 293.0 334.7 0.41 16 250 10823 -45.3 -48.8 68 3.5 -45.5 255 9 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.18 17 200 12279 -55.2 -59.0 62 3.8 -55.3 247 9 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.07 18 150 14117 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 244 26 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16697 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 194 10 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.89 m Freezing level: 591.83 mb = 4528.02 m = 14855.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.31 mb = 3964.36 m = 13006.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.77 mb = 494.29 m = 1621.66 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 23.06 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1536.82 m = 5041.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1808.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.42 mb = 1089.01 m = 3572.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.42 mb = 1945.74 m = 6383.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 768.42 mb = 2374.16 m = 7789.16 ft B at Equ Level: 22.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.42 mb = 15105.56 m = 49558.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 677.5 neg: -8.4 tot: 669.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 223.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.35 Bulk Shear: 338.35 m/s