MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 2Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.31,-99.75 Latitude: 44.31 Longitude: -99.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 533 SFC 946 571 23.9 23.5 98 0.4 23.6 136 8 301.8 305.4 298.7 359.9 19.65 3 900 1008 22.5 21.9 97 0.5 22.1 164 25 304.7 308.1 298.8 360.6 18.72 4 850 1505 19.9 19.8 99 0.2 19.8 185 23 307.0 310.3 298.5 359.2 17.31 5 800 2029 18.0 18.0 100 -0.0 18.0 197 23 310.3 313.4 298.8 360.5 16.44 6 750 2581 15.6 15.6 100 -0.0 15.6 213 27 313.5 316.4 298.7 359.9 15.03 7 700 3166 13.2 3.2 51 10.0 7.3 234 17 317.2 318.5 294.1 339.0 6.90 8 650 3785 9.5 -8.3 28 17.8 1.1 261 17 319.7 320.3 291.7 330.1 3.15 9 600 4442 4.3 -13.3 26 17.6 -3.0 265 21 321.1 321.6 291.3 328.8 2.28 10 550 5141 -2.2 -16.0 34 13.8 -7.3 259 20 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.3 2.00 11 500 5888 -9.3 -15.6 60 6.3 -11.5 258 20 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.4 2.27 12 450 6692 -15.6 -30.6 26 15.0 -18.8 272 24 323.6 323.8 290.6 326.0 0.66 13 400 7570 -20.6 -48.1 7 27.5 -23.9 287 26 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.12 14 350 8542 -28.8 -41.3 29 12.5 -30.3 292 26 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.29 15 300 9624 -37.9 -49.9 27 12.0 -38.7 294 26 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 16 250 10854 -47.2 -58.0 28 10.7 -47.6 298 24 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.06 17 200 12304 -53.4 -67.9 16 14.4 -53.7 301 28 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14139 -58.2 -78.9 5 20.7 -58.4 280 19 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16686 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 194 13 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.13 m Freezing level: 566.63 mb = 4908.59 m = 16104.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.19 mb = 3961.24 m = 12996.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.15 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.02 mb = 616.72 m = 2023.35 ft T: 23.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 32.20 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.93 mb = 1223.91 m = 4015.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -9.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -9.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.18 C Cross Totals Index: 29.02 C K Index: 38.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 630.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3801.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.22 mb = 1102.90 m = 3618.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.22 mb = 1452.06 m = 4763.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 815.22 mb = 1865.89 m = 6121.62 ft B at Equ Level: 22.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.6 neg: -5.3 tot: 227.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.37 Bulk Rich Number: 53.02 Bulk Shear: 71.70 m/s