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: 49.64,-106.78 Latitude: 49.64 Longitude: -106.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 523 SFC 926 748 29.5 15.1 42 14.4 19.6 132 6 309.4 311.6 295.6 345.1 11.75 3 900 1003 25.9 13.2 45 12.7 17.5 137 7 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.6 10.68 4 850 1502 20.9 12.2 57 8.7 15.2 144 8 308.1 310.1 294.3 340.1 10.58 5 800 2023 15.9 11.2 74 4.7 12.9 150 9 308.1 310.1 294.3 340.0 10.52 6 750 2567 11.5 6.8 73 4.7 8.7 209 16 309.1 310.6 292.9 334.4 8.29 7 700 3140 7.2 1.4 66 5.9 4.1 233 21 310.5 311.7 291.5 329.3 6.05 8 650 3745 2.6 -3.6 64 6.1 -0.4 251 21 311.8 312.7 290.6 326.1 4.53 9 600 4386 -2.5 -7.6 68 5.0 -4.7 256 24 313.2 313.9 290.2 324.7 3.61 10 550 5070 -7.1 -13.1 62 6.0 -9.4 259 25 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.0 2.53 11 500 5806 -11.9 -22.0 43 10.0 -14.8 252 21 318.5 318.7 289.6 323.0 1.32 12 450 6604 -17.3 -28.0 39 10.7 -19.7 238 20 321.4 321.6 290.1 324.4 0.84 13 400 7475 -23.2 -36.8 28 13.6 -25.3 241 21 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.41 14 350 8438 -30.4 -40.9 35 10.5 -31.6 257 25 327.8 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.31 15 300 9513 -40.0 -46.4 50 6.4 -40.5 256 24 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.20 16 250 10728 -50.3 -55.3 56 5.0 -50.5 257 21 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.08 17 200 12165 -52.2 -67.6 14 15.3 -52.6 257 28 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14048 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 211 22 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16650 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 189 9 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.42 m Freezing level: 624.89 mb = 4066.72 m = 13342.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.98 mb = 3682.58 m = 12081.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.06 mb = 2555.12 m = 8382.84 ft T: 11.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 22.18 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2733.00 m = 8966.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 39.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1655.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.83 mb = 2591.00 m = 8500.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.83 mb = 2989.08 m = 9806.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.83 mb = 11468.95 m = 37627.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1651.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.83 mb = 14362.29 m = 47119.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 29.29 Bulk Shear: 56.53 m/s