MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.97,-103.18 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -103.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 517 2 900 1002 SFC 895 1054 31.3 13.6 34 17.7 19.2 125 10 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.5 11.01 4 850 1507 24.9 11.9 44 13.1 16.3 129 12 312.3 314.2 295.3 344.1 10.32 5 800 2035 19.7 10.5 55 9.2 13.7 131 12 312.2 314.1 295.1 343.1 10.02 6 750 2586 14.3 9.4 72 5.0 11.2 134 12 312.1 314.0 295.0 342.7 9.91 7 700 3164 10.5 2.5 58 8.0 5.9 203 10 314.1 315.3 292.9 334.6 6.54 8 650 3777 6.2 -4.3 47 10.5 1.0 240 15 315.9 316.7 291.6 329.6 4.27 9 600 4426 0.5 -7.6 55 8.0 -3.2 261 21 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.3 3.60 10 550 5117 -4.8 -18.9 32 14.1 -9.5 277 18 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.6 1.56 11 500 5858 -10.9 -14.8 73 3.9 -12.3 277 20 319.7 320.2 291.1 327.8 2.42 12 450 6657 -17.1 -18.4 89 1.3 -17.5 268 24 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.5 1.99 13 400 7530 -21.8 -58.9 2 37.1 -25.1 275 35 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.7 0.03 14 350 8499 -28.9 -51.5 10 22.5 -30.9 277 40 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.10 15 300 9581 -37.5 -42.5 60 5.0 -38.0 288 41 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.30 16 250 10815 -46.2 -53.5 44 7.3 -46.6 297 47 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.10 17 200 12268 -53.4 -67.1 17 13.6 -53.7 293 44 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14113 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 257 21 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16666 -61.3 -87.9 2 26.5 -61.6 235 10 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.68 m Freezing level: 595.74 mb = 4485.06 m = 14714.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.49 mb = 3922.00 m = 12867.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.68 mb = 3263.09 m = 10705.54 ft T: 9.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 24.90 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.34 mb = 3436.34 m = 11273.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 39.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1572.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.16 mb = 3185.97 m = 10452.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.16 mb = 3862.98 m = 12673.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.16 mb = 11853.27 m = 38888.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1564.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.16 mb = 14862.66 m = 48761.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 19.62 Bulk Shear: 80.17 m/s