MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.69,-102.74 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -102.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 527 2 900 995 SFC 880 1192 17.6 13.1 75 4.6 14.7 201 23 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.6 10.82 4 850 1485 17.4 11.4 68 6.0 13.6 201 49 304.4 306.2 292.9 334.2 9.99 5 800 2004 17.0 13.5 80 3.5 14.6 208 53 309.2 311.5 295.8 346.4 12.23 6 750 2561 20.7 6.1 39 14.6 11.6 168 14 319.1 320.6 295.3 344.3 7.92 7 700 3151 15.4 2.4 41 13.0 7.8 201 14 319.5 320.8 294.4 340.3 6.50 8 650 3774 10.9 -12.2 18 23.1 0.8 236 9 321.3 321.8 291.5 329.1 2.31 9 600 4432 4.6 -11.8 29 16.4 -2.4 279 10 321.4 321.9 291.7 330.1 2.58 10 550 5132 -2.2 -16.1 33 13.9 -7.4 283 13 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.2 1.98 11 500 5878 -8.8 -26.6 22 17.8 -13.6 280 21 322.3 322.4 290.3 325.3 0.87 12 450 6683 -15.0 -38.9 11 23.9 -19.1 279 25 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.5 0.29 13 400 7563 -21.1 -45.7 9 24.5 -24.2 272 35 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.16 14 350 8534 -28.3 -44.4 20 16.1 -30.1 271 44 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.21 15 300 9621 -35.9 -43.2 47 7.3 -36.6 262 49 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.9 0.28 16 250 10863 -45.0 -49.1 64 4.0 -45.2 267 62 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.18 17 200 12316 -55.5 -63.0 39 7.5 -55.6 269 67 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 18 150 14132 -60.0 -79.8 6 19.8 -60.2 253 49 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16663 -61.9 -83.7 4 21.9 -62.1 231 23 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.12 m Freezing level: 565.99 mb = 4908.12 m = 16102.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.22 mb = 3924.11 m = 12874.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.74 % Est. max temperature: 34.61 C = 94.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.90 mb = 1772.77 m = 5816.10 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.88 C/km ThetaE index: 17.33 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.03 mb = 4056.67 m = 13309.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.65 C = 97.97 F Cap Strength: 10.45 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.81 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 24.58 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 493.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 618.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.89 mb = 2357.25 m = 7733.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 532.89 mb = 5379.35 m = 17648.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.89 mb = 10785.18 m = 35384.02 ft B at Equ Level: 490.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.89 mb = 13235.30 m = 43422.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 6.7 tot: 11.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.5 neg: -378.4 tot: -166.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.0 stream: -3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 4.93 Bulk Shear: 100.17 m/s