MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.72,-103.33 Latitude: 43.72 Longitude: -103.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 1 950 496 2 900 984 SFC 882 1162 32.2 13.4 32 18.8 19.3 137 11 316.5 318.6 296.8 351.1 11.04 4 850 1494 27.6 11.5 37 16.0 16.9 140 13 315.0 317.0 295.8 346.6 10.11 5 800 2026 22.4 10.6 47 11.8 14.6 145 14 315.0 316.9 295.8 346.5 10.09 6 750 2582 17.0 9.5 61 7.5 12.1 150 14 315.0 316.9 295.8 346.1 9.97 7 700 3166 11.3 8.3 82 2.9 9.4 156 14 315.0 316.9 295.7 345.8 9.89 8 650 3780 6.2 3.0 80 3.2 4.4 193 16 316.0 317.4 294.1 339.0 7.32 9 600 4431 1.4 -9.8 43 11.2 -3.5 247 19 317.7 318.3 291.0 327.6 3.03 10 550 5123 -4.5 -9.9 66 5.4 -6.8 276 25 318.7 319.3 291.6 329.4 3.27 11 500 5865 -10.3 -14.8 69 4.5 -11.9 273 26 320.5 320.9 291.3 328.5 2.42 12 450 6668 -15.4 -22.2 56 6.8 -17.3 284 30 323.9 324.2 291.4 328.9 1.44 13 400 7545 -22.6 -28.0 62 5.3 -23.8 283 28 325.6 325.7 291.4 329.0 0.96 14 350 8514 -28.1 -54.7 6 26.5 -30.3 286 32 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.07 15 300 9600 -37.3 -47.4 34 10.1 -38.1 284 39 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.18 16 250 10829 -47.7 -53.2 53 5.6 -47.9 289 52 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.11 17 200 12277 -53.0 -68.6 13 15.6 -53.3 283 52 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14124 -55.0 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.3 278 33 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16673 -60.8 -86.5 2 25.7 -61.1 234 8 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.19 m Freezing level: 588.28 mb = 4592.93 m = 15068.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.16 mb = 4135.77 m = 13568.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.91 mb = 3505.21 m = 11499.91 ft T: 8.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 23.44 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.14 mb = 3539.39 m = 11612.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 46.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1899.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.32 mb = 3500.12 m = 11483.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.32 mb = 3687.14 m = 12096.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.32 mb = 12044.14 m = 39514.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1899.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.32 mb = 15154.34 m = 49718.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.6 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 275.6 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 20.39 Bulk Shear: 93.17 m/s