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,-103.46 Latitude: 44.06 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 504 2 900 990 SFC 853 1468 27.6 12.4 39 15.2 17.4 105 10 314.7 316.8 296.2 347.9 10.67 4 850 1497 26.9 11.8 39 15.1 16.8 108 12 314.3 316.3 295.8 346.2 10.26 5 800 2028 21.6 10.3 49 11.3 14.2 118 15 314.1 316.0 295.5 344.8 9.87 6 750 2582 16.2 9.2 63 7.0 11.7 127 15 314.1 316.0 295.4 344.6 9.79 7 700 3164 10.5 8.1 85 2.4 9.0 141 15 314.2 316.0 295.4 344.4 9.73 8 650 3777 6.6 -1.5 56 8.1 2.4 201 17 316.5 317.5 292.6 333.3 5.30 9 600 4428 1.2 -9.2 46 10.3 -3.4 235 19 317.5 318.1 291.1 327.9 3.19 10 550 5120 -4.2 -17.5 35 13.3 -8.8 271 16 319.1 319.4 290.3 325.0 1.76 11 500 5863 -9.9 -19.5 46 9.5 -13.0 290 19 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.5 1.64 12 450 6665 -15.8 -24.4 48 8.6 -18.0 280 25 323.4 323.6 291.0 327.5 1.18 13 400 7541 -22.3 -35.0 31 12.7 -24.4 287 25 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.49 14 350 8507 -29.9 -38.5 43 8.7 -31.0 279 33 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.39 15 300 9586 -37.5 -40.7 72 3.2 -37.8 289 42 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.9 0.36 16 250 10823 -45.9 -49.3 68 3.5 -46.0 298 52 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12280 -52.9 -57.4 58 4.5 -53.1 289 47 348.9 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.08 18 150 14130 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 214 18 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16680 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 261 7 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.65 m Freezing level: 588.94 mb = 4581.04 m = 15029.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.42 mb = 4038.69 m = 13250.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.04 mb = 3366.90 m = 11046.13 ft T: 9.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 22.90 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.50 mb = 3619.50 m = 11874.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 46.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1540.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.84 mb = 3430.06 m = 11253.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.84 mb = 3867.12 m = 12687.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.84 mb = 11873.44 m = 38954.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1529.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.84 mb = 14894.21 m = 48864.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 198.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 13.68 Bulk Shear: 112.60 m/s