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: 49.03,-103.24 Latitude: 49.03 Longitude: -103.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 537 SFC 945 581 16.8 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 272 17 294.7 297.0 292.0 330.9 12.64 3 900 998 15.6 14.9 96 0.6 15.1 292 36 297.5 299.7 292.3 332.2 11.95 4 850 1483 14.4 13.7 95 0.7 14.0 303 31 301.3 303.4 293.2 335.7 11.69 5 800 1995 12.7 12.3 97 0.4 12.4 304 23 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.5 11.31 6 750 2536 9.4 9.0 98 0.4 9.2 294 13 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.9 9.66 7 700 3105 5.8 3.4 85 2.4 4.5 278 13 308.9 310.2 291.8 330.4 7.00 8 650 3708 2.3 1.5 94 0.8 1.8 252 20 311.5 312.8 292.2 331.9 6.56 9 600 4352 -0.8 -1.4 96 0.6 -1.1 234 27 315.2 316.3 292.7 333.5 5.78 10 550 5043 -4.1 -5.0 94 0.8 -4.6 205 23 319.2 320.1 293.0 334.7 4.82 11 500 5789 -8.6 -9.1 97 0.4 -8.8 182 22 322.5 323.3 293.1 335.3 3.86 12 450 6600 -13.6 -13.6 100 0.0 -13.6 167 25 326.2 326.8 293.4 336.2 2.98 13 400 7485 -19.1 -19.2 99 0.1 -19.1 154 29 330.2 330.6 293.7 337.5 2.10 14 350 8467 -25.4 -25.9 95 0.5 -25.5 149 29 334.5 334.7 294.1 339.2 1.32 15 300 9567 -33.8 -36.4 77 2.6 -34.2 142 22 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.9 0.57 16 250 10818 -44.0 -47.3 70 3.3 -44.2 137 17 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.21 17 200 12270 -57.2 -61.0 61 3.9 -57.2 128 17 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14076 -50.8 -57.4 45 6.6 -51.1 306 23 382.5 382.6 302.8 383.1 0.11 19 100 16673 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 190 17 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.23 m Freezing level: 612.88 mb = 4186.12 m = 13733.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.66 mb = 4105.57 m = 13469.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.70 mb = 612.05 m = 2008.00 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 8.06 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1663.65 m = 5458.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.48 C = 76.06 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 34.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6171.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.37 mb = 1127.26 m = 3698.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 40.31 m/s