MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-96.12 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -96.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 974 362 19.6 17.8 89 1.8 18.4 147 11 295.0 297.4 292.5 333.0 13.28 2 950 581 18.4 17.4 94 1.0 17.7 152 23 295.8 298.2 292.8 334.0 13.26 3 900 1043 16.2 14.9 92 1.3 15.4 177 35 298.2 300.4 292.5 332.9 11.93 4 850 1530 15.1 14.5 96 0.6 14.7 209 23 302.0 304.2 293.9 338.4 12.33 5 800 2043 13.0 10.4 84 2.6 11.4 213 24 305.0 306.9 293.0 334.9 9.96 6 750 2583 9.6 6.1 78 3.6 7.5 213 25 307.0 308.5 292.0 331.0 7.88 7 700 3153 6.8 1.7 70 5.0 4.0 192 23 310.0 311.2 291.5 329.2 6.21 8 650 3756 1.4 -0.4 88 1.8 0.5 163 20 310.6 311.7 291.2 328.4 5.72 9 600 4397 -1.9 -2.9 93 1.0 -2.4 201 22 313.9 314.9 291.7 330.1 5.14 10 550 5086 -5.2 -5.9 95 0.6 -5.5 225 21 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.4 4.50 11 500 5829 -9.5 -10.0 96 0.5 -9.7 226 17 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.3 3.58 12 450 6636 -14.1 -14.8 94 0.7 -14.3 231 18 325.5 326.1 293.0 334.7 2.70 13 400 7518 -20.8 -23.2 81 2.4 -21.4 250 20 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.2 1.48 14 350 8495 -26.3 -30.4 68 4.1 -27.1 243 22 333.3 333.5 293.4 336.6 0.87 15 300 9588 -35.5 -38.9 71 3.3 -36.0 236 22 335.3 335.4 293.6 336.9 0.44 16 250 10829 -45.4 -48.9 68 3.5 -45.6 231 33 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12281 -56.4 -60.3 61 3.9 -56.5 230 81 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.06 18 150 14106 -57.3 -68.5 23 11.2 -57.5 142 14 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.03 19 100 16694 -56.9 -84.1 2 27.3 -57.3 204 9 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.67 m Freezing level: 628.73 mb = 4029.02 m = 13218.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3859.73 m = 12663.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.70 mb = 592.41 m = 1943.59 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 10.01 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1627.62 m = 5339.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.68 mb = 970.76 m = 3184.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.68 mb = 3477.23 m = 11408.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 502.68 mb = 5786.90 m = 18985.66 ft B at Equ Level: 65.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 362.68 mb = 8234.46 m = 27015.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.6 neg: -37.8 tot: 182.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.88 Bulk Shear: 34.82 m/s