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: 44.73,-105.63 Latitude: 44.73 Longitude: -105.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 579 2 900 1044 SFC 876 1268 13.8 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 291 4 298.0 299.8 290.9 327.1 10.00 4 850 1529 16.0 11.9 77 4.0 13.4 343 2 302.9 304.8 292.7 333.7 10.38 5 800 2046 15.0 6.3 56 8.7 9.8 332 6 307.1 308.5 291.7 329.9 7.49 6 750 2589 11.5 3.5 58 8.0 6.9 316 16 309.0 310.2 291.5 329.2 6.55 7 700 3161 7.7 0.6 61 7.0 3.9 315 20 311.0 312.0 291.3 328.8 5.72 8 650 3767 3.1 -1.5 72 4.6 0.7 312 18 312.4 313.4 291.4 329.0 5.27 9 600 4410 -2.0 -5.0 80 3.0 -3.4 311 16 313.7 314.6 291.0 327.7 4.38 10 550 5096 -6.3 -10.7 71 4.4 -8.0 315 16 316.7 317.3 290.7 326.7 3.09 11 500 5835 -10.4 -17.5 56 7.1 -12.7 315 16 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.0 1.94 12 450 6638 -15.9 -21.8 60 6.0 -17.6 310 14 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.4 1.48 13 400 7513 -22.9 -25.4 80 2.5 -23.4 300 12 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.6 1.22 14 350 8476 -30.4 -36.1 57 5.8 -31.2 281 8 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.50 15 300 9554 -38.7 -46.1 45 7.5 -39.2 205 3 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.7 0.20 16 250 10778 -48.1 -55.9 40 7.9 -48.3 121 17 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 17 200 12237 -49.1 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.6 273 8 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14115 -52.9 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 289 19 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16686 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 307 14 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.55 m Freezing level: 620.10 mb = 4151.48 m = 13620.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.31 mb = 3875.25 m = 12713.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.61 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.03 mb = 1519.17 m = 4984.08 ft T: 15.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 4.93 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.33 mb = 3322.55 m = 10900.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 31.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.41 mb = 2528.06 m = 8294.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.41 mb = 4536.78 m = 14884.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.41 mb = 5377.23 m = 17641.62 ft B at Equ Level: 35.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 300.41 mb = 9544.63 m = 31314.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.6 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 343.6 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -14.7 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.40 Bulk Shear: 17.70 m/s