MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F054.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F054.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.57,-106.29 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -106.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 551 SFC 932 716 19.1 17.5 90 1.7 18.0 225 4 298.2 300.7 293.7 337.7 13.58 3 900 1021 20.3 15.1 72 5.2 16.8 294 7 302.4 304.6 293.9 338.0 12.05 4 850 1512 16.8 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 285 11 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.9 10.81 5 800 2026 13.1 9.2 78 3.8 10.7 288 24 305.1 306.8 292.4 332.6 9.19 6 750 2565 9.3 2.6 63 6.7 5.6 283 27 306.7 307.8 290.5 325.6 6.18 7 700 3134 5.5 -0.8 64 6.3 2.3 285 26 308.6 309.6 290.2 324.6 5.15 8 650 3735 1.8 -6.0 56 7.8 -1.7 281 24 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.9 3.76 9 600 4376 -2.0 -8.8 60 6.7 -4.9 275 22 313.7 314.4 290.0 324.3 3.28 10 550 5062 -6.2 -18.8 36 12.6 -10.3 274 25 316.7 317.0 289.3 322.0 1.58 11 500 5800 -10.9 -24.8 31 13.9 -14.6 273 29 319.7 319.9 289.8 323.2 1.02 12 450 6602 -15.9 -25.4 44 9.5 -18.3 273 33 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.0 1.08 13 400 7478 -22.1 -33.2 36 11.1 -24.1 287 35 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.58 14 350 8442 -30.5 -44.4 25 13.8 -32.0 282 32 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.21 15 300 9516 -39.8 -48.9 37 9.1 -40.4 276 33 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.15 16 250 10736 -48.9 -60.0 26 11.1 -49.3 275 40 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.05 17 200 12181 -52.2 -68.1 13 15.8 -52.6 254 28 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14043 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 239 27 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16650 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 212 14 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.35 m Freezing level: 626.51 mb = 4036.39 m = 13242.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.65 mb = 3469.37 m = 11382.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.78 mb = 926.68 m = 3040.25 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.02 mb = 2078.14 m = 6817.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.00 C = 78.80 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 885.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.09 mb = 1733.25 m = 5686.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.09 mb = 2530.90 m = 8303.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.09 mb = 11189.70 m = 36711.16 ft B at Equ Level: 868.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.09 mb = 13116.25 m = 43031.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -10.9 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 23.26 Bulk Shear: 38.08 m/s