MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.57,-98.24 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -98.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 965 446 19.2 19.0 99 0.2 19.1 144 5 295.4 298.0 293.5 336.8 14.45 2 950 578 18.2 18.2 100 -0.0 18.2 143 9 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.7 13.95 3 900 1040 16.0 16.0 100 -0.0 16.0 155 19 298.0 300.3 293.1 335.3 12.83 4 850 1526 13.9 13.9 100 -0.0 13.9 184 20 300.7 302.9 293.2 335.5 11.84 5 800 2036 11.4 11.4 100 -0.0 11.4 192 19 303.3 305.2 293.0 334.9 10.64 6 750 2575 9.5 9.5 100 -0.0 9.5 220 17 306.9 308.7 293.6 336.9 9.97 7 700 3145 6.0 6.0 100 0.0 6.1 235 15 309.2 310.8 293.0 335.0 8.44 8 650 3749 1.9 1.2 95 0.7 1.5 242 10 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.1 6.44 9 600 4389 -2.0 -10.5 52 8.5 -5.5 237 6 313.8 314.4 289.7 323.1 2.86 10 550 5077 -5.6 -17.4 39 11.8 -9.6 237 4 317.4 317.7 289.8 323.3 1.77 11 500 5817 -10.2 -15.7 64 5.5 -12.1 261 2 320.6 321.1 291.2 328.2 2.25 12 450 6622 -15.3 -20.6 64 5.3 -16.8 265 3 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.8 1.66 13 400 7498 -22.8 -28.2 62 5.4 -23.9 249 7 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.94 14 350 8464 -28.8 -31.5 78 2.6 -29.3 230 13 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.7 0.79 15 300 9549 -37.3 -40.2 74 2.9 -37.6 251 17 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.38 16 250 10778 -48.3 -51.7 68 3.4 -48.5 265 18 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12217 -53.6 -66.6 19 13.0 -53.8 263 26 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14078 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 282 15 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16660 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 329 9 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.83 m Freezing level: 625.65 mb = 4060.93 m = 13323.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.19 mb = 3883.28 m = 12740.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.55 mb = 473.71 m = 1554.15 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 13.86 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 885.76 m = 2905.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.01 C = 69.83 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 37.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 409.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.96 mb = 908.63 m = 2981.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.96 mb = 955.59 m = 3135.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 778.96 mb = 2258.89 m = 7410.97 ft B at Equ Level: 23.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.96 mb = 12584.09 m = 41285.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.2 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 236.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 26.86 Bulk Shear: 15.23 m/s