MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 51.15,-113.83 Latitude: 51.15 Longitude: -113.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 510 2 900 984 SFC 893 1054 23.5 14.8 58 8.7 17.7 55 5 306.5 308.7 294.9 342.4 11.97 4 850 1477 17.7 12.5 71 5.2 14.3 53 5 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.0 10.79 5 800 1992 12.7 11.5 92 1.2 11.9 50 5 304.7 306.7 293.5 336.7 10.71 6 750 2531 9.2 1.5 59 7.6 5.1 286 6 306.5 307.6 290.0 324.0 5.71 7 700 3098 5.0 -1.9 61 6.9 1.5 271 11 308.0 308.9 289.6 322.7 4.75 8 650 3698 0.5 -5.4 65 5.8 -2.2 260 12 309.5 310.2 289.3 321.8 3.94 9 600 4334 -4.2 -10.8 60 6.6 -6.8 252 12 311.2 311.7 288.8 320.1 2.79 10 550 5014 -9.0 -13.7 68 4.8 -10.6 243 14 313.5 313.9 289.1 321.3 2.40 11 500 5745 -13.8 -26.1 35 12.3 -16.7 244 18 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.4 0.91 12 450 6536 -19.3 -31.5 33 12.2 -21.6 236 23 319.0 319.1 289.1 321.2 0.61 13 400 7400 -25.9 -40.4 24 14.5 -27.7 231 26 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.4 0.28 14 350 8351 -33.6 -46.7 26 13.1 -34.7 228 27 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.1 0.16 15 300 9413 -41.7 -55.3 21 13.6 -42.3 228 42 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.07 16 250 10624 -49.9 -57.4 41 7.5 -50.1 228 47 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.07 17 200 12074 -50.8 -74.5 4 23.6 -51.3 206 27 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13973 -47.7 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 198 30 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16607 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 180 16 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.02 m Freezing level: 645.21 mb = 3758.86 m = 12332.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.42 mb = 3339.69 m = 10956.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.38 % Est. max temperature: 23.78 C = 74.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.59 mb = 2143.92 m = 7033.76 ft T: 11.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 22.32 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.40 mb = 2167.21 m = 7110.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.38 C = 72.28 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.29 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1772.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.71 mb = 2142.59 m = 7029.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.71 mb = 2303.50 m = 7557.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.71 mb = 11145.97 m = 36567.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1758.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.71 mb = 13941.43 m = 45739.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -12.5 tot: -9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 42.25 Bulk Shear: 41.95 m/s