MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 44.30,-117.64 Latitude: 44.30 Longitude: -117.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 528 2 900 1008 SFC 882 1187 28.3 6.3 25 22.0 14.8 126 5 312.5 313.8 292.7 333.7 6.79 4 850 1510 23.4 4.4 29 19.0 12.2 121 5 310.7 311.9 291.7 329.8 6.17 5 800 2034 18.2 3.7 38 14.5 9.8 115 5 310.6 311.8 291.7 329.9 6.24 6 750 2581 13.7 2.5 47 11.2 7.3 134 6 311.4 312.6 291.8 330.4 6.10 7 700 3157 8.7 0.3 55 8.4 4.2 215 9 312.1 313.2 291.6 329.6 5.58 8 650 3764 3.3 -4.9 55 8.2 -0.6 220 14 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.6 4.08 9 600 4406 -2.4 -12.0 47 9.7 -6.1 221 18 313.4 313.9 289.2 321.6 2.53 10 550 5089 -7.9 -17.1 48 9.2 -10.9 219 21 314.7 315.0 289.0 320.7 1.82 11 500 5823 -12.6 -30.6 21 17.9 -16.6 235 20 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.7 0.60 12 450 6617 -18.3 -33.3 26 15.0 -21.1 230 26 320.2 320.3 289.3 322.0 0.51 13 400 7482 -26.0 -34.9 43 9.0 -27.3 226 26 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.0 0.49 14 350 8434 -33.7 -41.0 48 7.2 -34.5 238 41 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.4 0.30 15 300 9494 -43.3 -47.2 65 3.9 -43.5 232 42 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.18 16 250 10696 -50.3 -54.0 64 3.8 -50.4 257 39 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 17 200 12158 -48.5 -72.7 4 24.3 -49.0 250 50 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 14058 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.6 232 39 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16656 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 232 17 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.65 m Freezing level: 620.85 mb = 4138.66 m = 13578.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.50 mb = 3682.71 m = 12082.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 637.98 mb = 3913.93 m = 12840.83 ft T: 1.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 10.65 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.95 mb = 4105.27 m = 13468.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.09 C Cross Totals Index: 17.05 C K Index: 32.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 537.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.15 mb = 3874.21 m = 12710.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.15 mb = 4456.91 m = 14622.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.15 mb = 10535.50 m = 34564.87 ft B at Equ Level: 533.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.15 mb = 12286.75 m = 40310.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 14.46 Bulk Shear: 37.19 m/s