MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F054.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F054.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.12,-99.4 Latitude: 44.12 Longitude: -99.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 955 494 23.5 23.4 99 0.1 23.5 43 6 300.6 304.1 298.2 357.4 19.33 2 950 544 23.2 23.2 100 -0.0 23.2 48 4 300.7 304.2 298.1 356.9 19.12 3 900 1016 21.1 18.9 87 2.2 19.6 189 20 303.3 306.2 296.5 349.3 15.49 4 850 1510 18.2 12.1 67 6.2 14.3 203 26 305.2 307.2 293.5 336.6 10.47 5 800 2028 16.2 10.3 68 5.8 12.4 231 28 308.4 310.2 294.0 338.5 9.91 6 750 2574 13.1 8.7 75 4.4 10.3 249 30 310.8 312.6 294.3 339.8 9.45 7 700 3152 10.1 5.4 73 4.7 7.3 265 28 313.7 315.2 294.0 338.8 8.07 8 650 3765 6.6 1.2 69 5.3 3.6 274 31 316.4 317.6 293.5 336.8 6.45 9 600 4419 2.9 -2.0 70 4.9 0.3 273 36 319.5 320.6 293.6 337.2 5.52 10 550 5117 -1.9 -6.2 72 4.4 -4.0 271 39 321.9 322.7 293.3 336.2 4.36 11 500 5867 -7.5 -10.5 79 3.0 -8.8 273 40 323.8 324.5 293.1 335.3 3.43 12 450 6680 -12.5 -13.6 91 1.1 -12.9 277 39 327.5 328.1 293.7 337.6 2.97 13 400 7570 -18.1 -18.1 100 0.0 -18.1 281 35 331.4 331.9 294.2 339.4 2.30 14 350 8557 -23.6 -23.6 100 0.0 -23.5 287 27 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.9 1.63 15 300 9669 -31.1 -31.6 95 0.6 -31.2 289 15 341.6 341.8 295.5 345.0 0.90 16 250 10933 -41.8 -44.3 76 2.5 -42.0 292 7 343.9 344.0 295.6 345.1 0.30 17 200 12402 -53.6 -57.5 63 3.8 -53.8 126 3 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.2 0.08 18 150 14196 -65.2 -69.4 56 4.2 -65.3 83 17 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.02 19 100 16716 -61.1 -81.5 5 20.4 -61.4 200 28 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.61 m Freezing level: 569.60 mb = 4843.67 m = 15891.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.34 mb = 4468.12 m = 14659.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.64 mb = 501.63 m = 1645.75 ft T: 23.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1572.77 m = 5159.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 945.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.17 mb = 1238.09 m = 4061.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.17 mb = 2890.99 m = 9484.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.17 mb = 12650.57 m = 41503.99 ft B at Equ Level: 939.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.17 mb = 15471.47 m = 50758.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.8 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 289.8 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 476.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 476.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 158.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.64 Bulk Rich Number: 6.41 Bulk Shear: 147.52 m/s