MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.10,-103.56 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 510 2 900 995 3 850 1501 SFC 846 1541 26.6 15.6 51 10.9 18.9 118 10 314.4 316.9 297.8 355.7 13.31 5 800 2030 20.2 13.4 65 6.8 15.6 123 15 312.7 315.0 296.7 350.2 12.18 6 750 2582 14.8 12.4 85 2.5 13.2 126 15 312.7 315.0 296.6 350.0 12.12 7 700 3163 12.0 0.6 46 11.3 5.7 168 19 315.7 316.8 292.7 333.9 5.73 8 650 3778 7.2 -7.2 35 14.4 0.5 219 18 317.2 317.8 291.2 328.3 3.44 9 600 4429 1.0 -7.7 52 8.8 -3.0 238 18 317.3 318.0 291.4 328.9 3.56 10 550 5120 -4.4 -19.9 29 15.5 -9.5 262 16 318.9 319.1 289.9 323.7 1.44 11 500 5862 -10.4 -22.5 36 12.1 -13.9 275 19 320.4 320.6 290.2 324.7 1.26 12 450 6664 -16.3 -25.6 44 9.3 -18.6 268 25 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.5 1.06 13 400 7538 -22.5 -35.3 30 12.8 -24.6 281 29 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.4 0.47 14 350 8505 -29.4 -39.4 37 10.0 -30.7 291 35 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.36 15 300 9585 -38.2 -45.9 45 7.6 -38.8 293 42 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.21 16 250 10812 -47.7 -54.6 45 6.9 -48.0 293 51 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.09 17 200 12263 -52.1 -68.5 12 16.4 -52.4 291 44 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14117 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 220 12 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16671 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 258 12 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.10 m Freezing level: 590.43 mb = 4561.15 m = 14964.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.93 mb = 3867.09 m = 12687.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.99 mb = 2914.53 m = 9561.99 ft T: 13.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.28 C/km ThetaE index: 27.34 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.61 mb = 3215.51 m = 10549.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2641.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.55 mb = 2896.33 m = 9502.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.55 mb = 3557.21 m = 11670.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.55 mb = 12343.00 m = 40494.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2634.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.55 mb = 16212.99 m = 53191.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.70 Bulk Rich Number: 26.11 Bulk Shear: 101.16 m/s