MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.5,-100.11 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -100.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 571 SFC 947 594 21.8 17.1 74 4.7 18.6 118 6 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.6 13.02 3 900 1035 15.9 15.5 97 0.5 15.7 123 7 297.9 300.2 292.7 333.9 12.39 4 850 1520 15.0 10.5 74 4.6 12.2 339 3 301.9 303.6 291.6 329.7 9.40 5 800 2033 12.8 9.2 79 3.6 10.6 302 5 304.7 306.4 292.3 332.2 9.15 6 750 2572 9.2 6.5 83 2.7 7.6 293 6 306.6 308.1 292.0 331.2 8.12 7 700 3141 5.7 2.4 80 3.2 3.9 294 9 308.7 310.0 291.4 328.8 6.54 8 650 3744 2.4 -3.3 66 5.7 -0.4 296 9 311.6 312.5 290.6 326.1 4.60 9 600 4387 -1.0 -10.9 47 9.9 -5.1 302 10 314.9 315.4 289.9 323.9 2.77 10 550 5075 -5.1 -18.8 33 13.8 -9.6 300 11 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.4 1.57 11 500 5816 -10.0 -21.1 40 11.0 -13.4 302 11 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.7 1.42 12 450 6619 -16.3 -21.8 63 5.4 -17.9 302 10 322.7 323.0 291.1 327.8 1.49 13 400 7493 -22.2 -24.1 85 1.8 -22.7 252 7 326.1 326.3 291.9 330.9 1.36 14 350 8461 -29.3 -33.5 67 4.2 -30.0 231 6 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.5 0.64 15 300 9542 -37.8 -41.7 66 4.0 -38.1 230 12 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.33 16 250 10772 -47.7 -53.0 54 5.4 -47.9 198 18 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.11 17 200 12213 -54.2 -67.0 19 12.8 -54.4 233 15 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14075 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 297 16 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16655 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 282 7 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.45 m Freezing level: 615.44 mb = 4188.15 m = 13740.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.18 mb = 3679.19 m = 12070.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.65 mb = 1190.65 m = 3906.29 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 8.79 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 2020.25 m = 6628.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 140.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.62 mb = 1385.36 m = 4545.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.62 mb = 3513.95 m = 11528.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.62 mb = 9343.53 m = 30654.26 ft B at Equ Level: 139.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.62 mb = 11349.44 m = 37235.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.3 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 330.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -15.1 tot: -5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.59 Bulk Shear: 30.51 m/s