MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 44.6,-101.97 Latitude: 44.60 Longitude: -101.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 934 700 17.6 16.9 96 0.7 17.1 344 5 296.5 298.8 292.9 334.2 13.07 3 900 1021 18.3 16.4 88 1.9 17.0 21 7 300.4 302.8 294.0 338.8 13.11 4 850 1514 19.5 13.0 66 6.5 15.2 352 11 306.6 308.7 294.3 340.1 11.12 5 800 2034 16.2 7.1 55 9.0 10.7 346 7 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.6 7.94 6 750 2579 12.2 5.9 66 6.2 8.5 324 10 309.8 311.2 292.7 333.7 7.81 7 700 3153 8.1 1.4 63 6.7 4.4 311 16 311.4 312.5 291.7 330.2 6.05 8 650 3760 3.5 -2.5 65 6.0 0.5 309 19 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.4 4.91 9 600 4403 -1.3 -8.1 60 6.8 -4.3 319 16 314.7 315.3 290.5 325.8 3.47 10 550 5090 -5.9 -15.9 45 9.9 -9.5 342 12 317.0 317.4 289.9 323.7 2.02 11 500 5830 -10.8 -21.4 41 10.6 -14.0 340 13 319.8 320.1 290.1 324.5 1.38 12 450 6630 -16.6 -20.6 71 4.0 -17.8 332 14 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.0 1.65 13 400 7505 -22.4 -25.5 76 3.1 -23.1 316 8 325.9 326.2 291.7 330.2 1.21 14 350 8470 -29.6 -33.7 68 4.1 -30.2 343 5 328.8 329.0 292.0 331.2 0.64 15 300 9551 -37.8 -41.0 72 3.2 -38.1 66 11 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10784 -46.9 -54.6 41 7.7 -47.3 89 21 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.09 17 200 12237 -50.5 -71.5 7 21.0 -51.0 180 5 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14105 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 303 24 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16673 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.5 313 15 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.64 m Freezing level: 613.14 mb = 4234.27 m = 13891.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.85 mb = 3823.68 m = 12544.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.87 mb = 787.75 m = 2584.44 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.00 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.69 mb = 2525.99 m = 8287.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.53 C = 86.96 F Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 848.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 181.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.28 mb = 1653.73 m = 5425.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.28 mb = 3618.86 m = 11872.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.28 mb = 11014.81 m = 36137.38 ft B at Equ Level: 838.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.28 mb = 13243.36 m = 43448.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.5 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 359.5 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: -5.5 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 85.46 Bulk Shear: 9.92 m/s