MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 46.66,-101.07 Latitude: 46.66 Longitude: -101.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 1 950 565 SFC 950 567 21.7 18.3 81 3.4 19.4 159 3 299.2 301.8 294.4 340.3 14.10 3 900 1030 16.2 16.2 100 -0.0 16.2 162 5 298.2 300.5 293.3 335.8 12.96 4 850 1516 14.7 14.7 100 -0.0 14.7 178 4 301.6 303.8 293.9 338.3 12.49 5 800 2029 13.0 9.3 78 3.7 10.7 300 11 305.0 306.7 292.4 332.6 9.22 6 750 2569 10.0 5.4 73 4.5 7.3 304 16 307.4 308.8 291.8 330.3 7.52 7 700 3139 6.7 0.5 65 6.1 3.4 308 18 309.8 310.9 291.0 327.5 5.69 8 650 3744 2.7 -2.3 70 5.0 0.1 308 15 312.0 312.9 291.0 327.6 4.97 9 600 4387 -1.3 -6.9 66 5.6 -3.8 306 13 314.6 315.3 290.7 326.7 3.79 10 550 5074 -5.5 -14.7 49 9.1 -8.9 305 11 317.5 317.9 290.2 324.9 2.23 11 500 5815 -10.0 -20.3 43 10.3 -13.2 308 9 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.0 1.52 12 450 6619 -15.3 -35.7 16 20.4 -19.1 337 6 324.0 324.0 290.4 325.5 0.41 13 400 7497 -21.0 -44.2 11 23.2 -24.1 15 10 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.19 14 350 8470 -27.5 -40.9 27 13.4 -29.3 0 6 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.31 15 300 9560 -36.0 -46.2 34 10.3 -36.8 52 8 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.20 16 250 10797 -46.8 -53.5 47 6.6 -47.1 70 13 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.11 17 200 12235 -57.5 -65.4 36 7.8 -57.6 123 3 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 14081 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 335 8 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16652 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 342 8 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.65 m Freezing level: 616.87 mb = 4169.88 m = 13680.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.28 mb = 3765.03 m = 12352.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.36 mb = 988.85 m = 3244.22 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 10.86 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.14 mb = 1009.92 m = 3313.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.72 C = 69.29 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 432.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.49 mb = 1139.76 m = 3739.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.49 mb = 1187.74 m = 3896.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 863.49 mb = 1382.41 m = 4535.41 ft B at Equ Level: 13.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 783.49 mb = 2203.43 m = 7229.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.8 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 333.8 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 58.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 15.63 Bulk Shear: 27.67 m/s