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: 45.15,-116.82 Latitude: 45.15 Longitude: -116.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 541 2 900 1019 SFC 854 1480 24.8 5.9 30 18.9 13.3 33 8 311.7 313.0 292.5 332.9 6.83 4 850 1519 22.7 4.8 31 17.9 12.1 33 7 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.7 6.37 5 800 2041 17.5 3.3 39 14.3 9.4 30 9 309.8 311.0 291.3 328.6 6.06 6 750 2587 12.4 1.7 48 10.7 6.5 33 6 310.0 311.1 291.1 327.9 5.77 7 700 3160 7.2 -0.0 60 7.3 3.4 220 4 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.5 5.46 8 650 3764 2.2 -1.2 78 3.4 0.4 236 13 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.3 5.39 9 600 4405 -2.9 -5.4 83 2.5 -4.0 236 16 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.3 4.26 10 550 5087 -7.9 -12.6 69 4.7 -9.7 231 21 314.7 315.2 289.8 323.2 2.63 11 500 5821 -12.4 -30.0 21 17.6 -16.3 231 25 317.9 318.1 288.8 320.2 0.63 12 450 6617 -18.1 -38.3 15 20.2 -21.4 228 25 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.6 0.31 13 400 7484 -25.2 -38.2 29 13.1 -27.0 230 28 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.35 14 350 8437 -33.2 -38.3 60 5.1 -33.8 231 34 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.5 0.40 15 300 9499 -42.8 -46.2 69 3.4 -43.0 218 36 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.20 16 250 10698 -52.0 -57.6 51 5.6 -52.2 238 42 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.06 17 200 12154 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.7 243 45 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 14054 -49.2 -79.1 2 29.9 -49.9 231 38 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.01 19 100 16659 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 209 16 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.91 m Freezing level: 628.48 mb = 4039.79 m = 13253.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.17 mb = 3823.81 m = 12545.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.37 % Est. max temperature: 23.60 C = 74.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 646.07 mb = 3812.67 m = 12508.61 ft T: 1.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 5.38 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.34 mb = 4048.04 m = 13280.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.10 C = 77.19 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.13 C Cross Totals Index: 17.24 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 253.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.47 mb = 3820.16 m = 12533.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.47 mb = 4530.31 m = 14863.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.47 mb = 10685.71 m = 35057.68 ft B at Equ Level: 243.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.47 mb = 11518.44 m = 37789.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.5 neg: -14.7 tot: 29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.33 Bulk Shear: 76.15 m/s