MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F041.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F041.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 41 hour NAM valid 11Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.16,-100.16 Latitude: 47.16 Longitude: -100.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 546 SFC 946 579 16.4 16.3 99 0.2 16.4 110 5 294.2 296.4 291.6 329.6 12.39 3 900 1015 23.3 13.1 52 10.3 16.6 196 17 305.5 307.5 293.6 337.2 10.56 4 850 1510 19.2 13.4 69 5.8 15.4 199 14 306.3 308.4 294.5 340.6 11.43 5 800 2028 15.1 7.4 60 7.7 10.4 208 10 307.2 308.8 292.2 331.9 8.10 6 750 2572 11.6 0.5 47 11.0 5.6 256 9 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.6 5.31 7 700 3143 6.7 1.8 71 5.0 4.0 260 11 310.0 311.1 291.5 329.2 6.23 8 650 3748 3.8 -19.6 16 23.4 -4.2 264 11 313.3 313.5 287.9 317.5 1.24 9 600 4393 0.0 -30.7 8 30.7 -7.9 278 12 316.2 316.2 288.1 317.9 0.50 10 550 5083 -4.6 -25.1 18 20.5 -10.4 276 14 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.7 0.90 11 500 5825 -9.5 -33.4 12 23.8 -14.7 274 14 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.1 0.46 12 450 6629 -15.3 -31.6 24 16.2 -18.8 274 15 323.9 324.1 290.6 326.1 0.61 13 400 7507 -21.0 -38.5 19 17.4 -23.8 288 18 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.34 14 350 8477 -28.3 -39.5 34 11.1 -29.8 300 21 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.9 0.35 15 300 9565 -36.8 -46.0 38 9.2 -37.6 308 33 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.21 16 250 10796 -47.9 -57.1 34 9.1 -48.3 302 39 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.07 17 200 12237 -55.0 -62.3 40 7.3 -55.2 296 20 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.04 18 150 14081 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 234 19 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16656 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 261 3 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.71 m Freezing level: 599.70 mb = 4397.05 m = 14425.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.50 mb = 3434.08 m = 11266.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.19 mb = 598.78 m = 1964.46 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 15.05 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.12 mb = 2625.75 m = 8614.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 37.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.78 mb = 1913.91 m = 6279.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.78 mb = 4315.69 m = 14158.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.78 mb = 11174.16 m = 36660.19 ft B at Equ Level: 319.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.78 mb = 12709.53 m = 41697.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.0 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 283.0 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.9 neg: -7.2 tot: 91.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 13.46 Bulk Shear: 24.71 m/s