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: 44.31,-103.52 Latitude: 44.31 Longitude: -103.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 513 2 900 997 SFC 851 1490 26.6 15.4 50 11.3 18.8 120 12 313.9 316.4 297.5 354.2 13.00 4 850 1502 25.3 14.9 52 10.4 18.1 123 13 312.7 315.1 297.0 351.6 12.63 5 800 2030 19.6 13.3 67 6.3 15.4 128 16 312.0 314.3 296.5 349.2 12.10 6 750 2582 14.2 12.4 89 1.8 13.0 132 16 312.0 314.3 296.5 349.3 12.13 7 700 3161 11.7 1.2 49 10.5 5.8 176 18 315.4 316.6 292.9 334.3 5.97 8 650 3776 7.2 -6.9 36 14.1 0.5 227 18 317.1 317.7 291.3 328.4 3.50 9 600 4427 1.0 -8.6 49 9.5 -3.3 247 16 317.2 317.9 291.2 328.1 3.34 10 550 5118 -4.7 -18.9 32 14.2 -9.4 268 16 318.6 318.9 289.9 323.8 1.56 11 500 5859 -10.4 -21.6 39 11.2 -13.7 275 20 320.3 320.6 290.3 325.0 1.36 12 450 6661 -16.1 -24.2 50 8.0 -18.2 268 26 322.9 323.2 290.9 327.1 1.20 13 400 7536 -22.6 -39.9 19 17.3 -25.1 283 30 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.7 0.30 14 350 8501 -29.3 -49.0 13 19.6 -31.2 290 33 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 15 300 9582 -38.3 -46.5 42 8.2 -38.9 293 41 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.20 16 250 10809 -47.9 -54.8 45 6.9 -48.1 293 51 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.09 17 200 12259 -52.1 -69.3 11 17.3 -52.4 292 44 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14114 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 222 13 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16671 -61.2 -86.2 2 25.0 -61.4 264 11 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.81 m Freezing level: 591.53 mb = 4543.72 m = 14907.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.49 mb = 3858.05 m = 12657.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.93 mb = 2902.17 m = 9521.45 ft T: 12.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.20 C/km ThetaE index: 25.42 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.88 mb = 3198.61 m = 10493.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -7.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -8.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.34 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2421.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.35 mb = 2816.23 m = 9239.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.35 mb = 3595.10 m = 11794.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.35 mb = 12444.20 m = 40826.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2389.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.35 mb = 15825.39 m = 51919.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.42 Bulk Rich Number: 21.51 Bulk Shear: 112.61 m/s