MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.44,-103.96 Latitude: 49.44 Longitude: -103.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 529 SFC 942 605 28.9 17.4 50 11.5 20.9 130 10 307.3 309.8 296.1 347.7 13.41 3 900 1007 24.5 15.9 59 8.5 18.6 137 12 306.7 309.1 295.6 345.1 12.77 4 850 1505 19.7 14.9 74 4.8 16.4 150 12 306.7 309.1 295.4 344.7 12.63 5 800 2023 15.0 12.6 86 2.4 13.4 197 11 307.1 309.2 294.7 341.8 11.50 6 750 2567 11.7 -3.7 34 15.4 4.1 284 13 309.3 310.1 289.2 321.5 3.89 7 700 3139 7.6 -10.7 26 18.3 -0.2 290 14 310.8 311.3 288.3 318.6 2.41 8 650 3744 3.5 -20.8 15 24.4 -4.5 285 11 313.0 313.2 287.6 316.7 1.12 9 600 4387 -0.8 -23.4 16 22.5 -7.7 279 10 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.4 0.97 10 550 5074 -5.6 -29.7 13 24.1 -11.6 284 10 317.4 317.6 288.6 319.5 0.59 11 500 5813 -11.0 -30.6 18 19.6 -15.4 283 11 319.6 319.8 289.3 321.8 0.60 12 450 6613 -16.8 -34.7 20 17.9 -20.1 275 11 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.8 0.45 13 400 7485 -23.0 -40.4 19 17.3 -25.5 270 14 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.28 14 350 8448 -30.4 -44.4 24 14.0 -31.8 264 16 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.21 15 300 9524 -39.5 -50.3 31 10.8 -40.1 275 19 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.13 16 250 10745 -48.3 -59.2 27 10.8 -48.7 286 24 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 17 200 12194 -52.1 -71.4 8 19.4 -52.4 265 18 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14068 -50.9 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.5 236 20 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16664 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.2 195 5 418.0 418.0 307.4 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.97 m Freezing level: 609.68 mb = 4262.32 m = 13983.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.82 mb = 3117.09 m = 10226.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.90 mb = 2056.06 m = 6745.51 ft T: 14.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 30.98 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2204.19 m = 7231.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.04 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 27.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2110.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.22 mb = 2084.46 m = 6838.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.22 mb = 2463.95 m = 8083.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.22 mb = 11901.22 m = 39045.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2092.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.22 mb = 15022.43 m = 49285.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.8 neg: -1.5 tot: 98.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 38.61 Bulk Shear: 54.67 m/s