MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F057.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F057.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 49.19,-103.54 Latitude: 49.19 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 532 SFC 944 590 15.1 14.4 96 0.7 14.7 346 15 293.1 295.0 290.1 324.5 11.02 3 900 991 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 302 32 296.5 298.5 291.6 329.5 11.45 4 850 1476 13.8 13.0 95 0.9 13.3 277 31 300.6 302.7 292.6 333.3 11.12 5 800 1986 11.8 11.2 96 0.6 11.4 308 10 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.9 10.48 6 750 2527 11.3 10.9 97 0.4 11.1 113 7 308.9 311.0 294.9 342.3 11.00 7 700 3102 8.2 6.5 89 1.6 7.2 161 17 311.5 313.2 293.9 338.4 8.73 8 650 3709 3.5 -1.1 72 4.6 1.1 163 22 312.9 313.9 291.7 330.0 5.44 9 600 4355 -0.4 -6.1 66 5.7 -3.1 162 24 315.6 316.4 291.3 328.6 4.04 10 550 5044 -5.5 -12.4 58 6.9 -8.2 189 26 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.4 2.68 11 500 5783 -10.4 -22.5 37 12.0 -13.9 205 25 320.4 320.6 290.2 324.7 1.26 12 450 6587 -15.7 -25.1 44 9.4 -18.1 215 26 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.4 1.11 13 400 7462 -22.7 -26.5 72 3.7 -23.6 218 22 325.4 325.7 291.5 329.3 1.10 14 350 8429 -28.9 -31.6 77 2.7 -29.3 235 24 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.7 0.78 15 300 9514 -36.8 -39.8 73 3.0 -37.1 258 36 333.6 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.40 16 250 10751 -45.7 -49.2 68 3.5 -45.9 275 37 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.17 17 200 12208 -53.1 -57.1 61 4.0 -53.2 271 13 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.08 18 150 14059 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 197 27 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16663 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 236 18 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.95 m Freezing level: 605.53 mb = 4283.14 m = 14052.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.83 mb = 3874.34 m = 12710.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.17 C = 79.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.43 mb = 672.56 m = 2206.53 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 17.63 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1774.65 m = 5822.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.29 C = 75.71 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.93 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 35.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6869.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.46 mb = 1129.26 m = 3704.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 4.0 tot: 11.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 326.5 neg: -252.3 tot: 74.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 185.00 m/s