MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 20Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 50.74,-114.21 Latitude: 50.74 Longitude: -114.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 499 2 900 973 SFC 878 1186 23.5 12.8 51 10.6 16.4 113 10 307.8 309.8 294.3 340.1 10.66 4 850 1469 19.2 10.3 56 8.9 13.6 116 10 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.3 9.29 5 800 1986 14.1 9.2 72 4.9 11.1 116 10 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.9 9.17 6 750 2526 9.0 6.7 86 2.3 7.6 122 9 306.3 307.8 292.0 331.2 8.22 7 700 3094 5.2 -0.9 64 6.1 2.1 198 4 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.1 5.12 8 650 3695 0.8 -6.0 60 6.8 -2.3 231 7 309.9 310.6 289.3 321.8 3.77 9 600 4332 -3.7 -9.0 67 5.2 -5.9 235 11 311.8 312.4 289.4 322.1 3.23 10 550 5013 -8.4 -15.5 57 7.1 -10.9 234 13 314.1 314.5 289.0 320.9 2.07 11 500 5745 -13.6 -23.5 43 9.9 -16.2 235 17 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.3 1.15 12 450 6536 -19.4 -29.9 39 10.4 -21.5 235 22 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.3 0.71 13 400 7400 -25.9 -35.8 39 10.0 -27.3 230 26 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.45 14 350 8351 -33.3 -44.1 33 10.8 -34.3 236 27 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.22 15 300 9415 -41.5 -54.6 23 13.1 -42.2 243 35 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.08 16 250 10626 -50.0 -57.9 39 7.9 -50.3 244 40 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.06 17 200 12073 -50.9 -75.7 4 24.8 -51.3 220 28 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13963 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.4 202 28 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16594 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 170 21 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.33 m Freezing level: 640.89 mb = 3811.00 m = 12503.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.78 mb = 3379.73 m = 11088.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.49 % Est. max temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.00 mb = 2515.25 m = 8252.02 ft T: 9.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 18.32 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.29 mb = 2611.49 m = 8567.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.29 C = 72.12 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.88 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1201.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.87 mb = 2593.92 m = 8510.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.87 mb = 2649.44 m = 8692.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.87 mb = 10921.61 m = 35831.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1188.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.87 mb = 13184.46 m = 43255.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -2.9 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 27.16 Bulk Shear: 44.22 m/s