MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.06,-103.38 Latitude: 44.06 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 506 2 900 992 SFC 874 1253 29.0 13.6 39 15.5 18.5 107 10 314.1 316.2 296.4 348.9 11.24 4 850 1499 26.2 12.1 42 14.1 16.8 113 14 313.6 315.6 295.8 346.2 10.52 5 800 2029 21.0 10.8 52 10.2 14.3 120 15 313.5 315.5 295.6 345.3 10.24 6 750 2583 15.7 9.4 66 6.3 11.7 132 15 313.6 315.5 295.4 344.4 9.93 7 700 3164 10.2 8.0 86 2.2 8.8 150 15 313.8 315.6 295.2 343.8 9.66 8 650 3776 6.7 -1.9 54 8.5 2.2 213 18 316.5 317.5 292.5 332.9 5.13 9 600 4427 1.2 -8.8 47 10.1 -3.2 242 20 317.6 318.2 291.2 328.2 3.27 10 550 5120 -4.0 -19.2 30 15.2 -9.1 277 17 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.5 1.53 11 500 5863 -9.9 -20.2 43 10.3 -13.0 290 20 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.3 1.54 12 450 6666 -15.6 -26.0 41 10.4 -18.2 281 26 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.2 1.02 13 400 7541 -22.9 -28.9 58 6.0 -24.1 292 26 325.3 325.4 291.3 328.4 0.88 14 350 8506 -29.6 -32.9 73 3.3 -30.2 283 32 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.3 0.68 15 300 9588 -37.0 -40.2 72 3.2 -37.4 291 37 333.2 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.38 16 250 10825 -46.0 -49.5 68 3.5 -46.2 296 47 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.17 17 200 12281 -52.7 -56.8 61 4.1 -52.8 288 44 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.7 0.09 18 150 14131 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.2 217 19 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16681 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.7 265 7 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.44 m Freezing level: 588.08 mb = 4592.30 m = 15066.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.71 mb = 4034.28 m = 13235.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.32 mb = 3195.45 m = 10483.62 ft T: 10.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 24.39 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.05 mb = 3439.33 m = 11283.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 45.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1639.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.08 mb = 3281.82 m = 10767.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.08 mb = 3838.21 m = 12592.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.08 mb = 11806.72 m = 38735.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1637.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.08 mb = 14790.42 m = 48524.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.14 Bulk Shear: 115.99 m/s