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: 49.26,-104.17 Latitude: 49.26 Longitude: -104.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 503 SFC 926 729 26.6 18.0 59 8.6 20.5 158 7 306.4 309.1 296.4 348.9 14.14 3 900 980 23.9 16.6 63 7.4 18.8 164 9 306.2 308.6 295.7 346.0 13.29 4 850 1477 19.0 15.6 80 3.5 16.7 170 9 306.1 308.6 295.7 345.7 13.19 5 800 1995 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.2 177 10 306.7 309.1 295.4 344.8 12.66 6 750 2537 10.9 5.3 68 5.6 7.6 227 18 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.2 7.45 7 700 3110 7.7 1.3 63 6.5 4.2 216 14 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.7 6.00 8 650 3717 3.7 -5.6 51 9.3 -0.6 220 15 313.2 313.9 290.5 325.6 3.89 9 600 4360 -1.5 -9.9 53 8.4 -5.0 224 16 314.4 314.9 290.0 324.1 3.01 10 550 5046 -6.2 -21.3 29 15.0 -10.8 234 20 316.7 316.9 289.0 321.0 1.27 11 500 5785 -11.1 -31.3 17 20.2 -15.6 230 25 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.5 0.56 12 450 6584 -16.9 -27.8 38 10.8 -19.4 224 22 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.0 0.86 13 400 7459 -22.0 -36.6 25 14.6 -24.3 218 17 326.5 326.5 291.2 328.0 0.42 14 350 8424 -30.0 -44.4 23 14.5 -31.4 194 17 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.21 15 300 9503 -38.7 -58.1 11 19.4 -39.7 193 15 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.05 16 250 10730 -46.7 -62.9 14 16.2 -47.1 176 30 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 12188 -51.2 -67.6 12 16.4 -51.6 197 31 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14050 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 217 27 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16653 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 198 28 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.89 m Freezing level: 614.45 mb = 4174.15 m = 13694.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.42 mb = 3636.19 m = 11929.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.53 mb = 1820.03 m = 5971.16 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 27.90 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.54 mb = 1967.67 m = 6455.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.13 C Cross Totals Index: 26.64 C K Index: 39.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2078.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.06 mb = 1909.04 m = 6263.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.06 mb = 2067.94 m = 6784.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.06 mb = 11774.44 m = 38629.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2062.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.06 mb = 15320.89 m = 50264.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.4 neg: -8.4 tot: 43.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 84.74 Bulk Shear: 24.53 m/s