MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.48,-101.66 Latitude: 43.48 Longitude: -101.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 524 SFC 913 883 30.1 16.4 44 13.7 20.5 119 12 311.3 313.7 296.8 351.0 12.97 3 900 1008 29.1 15.6 44 13.5 19.8 123 16 311.5 313.9 296.6 349.9 12.51 4 850 1513 24.3 14.6 55 9.6 17.7 133 17 311.6 313.9 296.5 349.7 12.42 5 800 2040 19.2 13.6 70 5.6 15.4 142 16 311.6 313.9 296.5 349.3 12.31 6 750 2591 13.8 12.5 92 1.3 13.0 147 16 311.6 313.9 296.5 349.3 12.27 7 700 3170 10.2 5.5 72 4.7 7.4 219 6 313.8 315.4 294.1 339.1 8.12 8 650 3783 6.6 -1.6 56 8.2 2.3 281 18 316.4 317.4 292.6 333.2 5.25 9 600 4434 1.9 -11.0 38 12.9 -3.6 294 21 318.3 318.9 291.0 327.4 2.75 10 550 5128 -3.8 -20.0 27 16.2 -9.1 304 29 319.6 319.9 290.1 324.5 1.42 11 500 5872 -9.8 -20.1 43 10.3 -13.0 295 35 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.4 1.55 12 450 6676 -14.5 -39.4 10 24.9 -18.8 293 36 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.28 13 400 7559 -19.6 -45.7 8 26.1 -23.1 288 32 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.16 14 350 8532 -28.1 -43.2 22 15.1 -29.9 286 40 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.7 0.24 15 300 9619 -36.7 -49.6 25 12.9 -37.7 293 45 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.14 16 250 10855 -45.7 -57.7 25 12.0 -46.2 289 53 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12313 -53.8 -69.2 13 15.5 -54.1 287 71 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14143 -56.5 -82.0 3 25.4 -56.8 267 39 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16681 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 207 10 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.05 m Freezing level: 583.16 mb = 4668.15 m = 15315.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.33 mb = 4033.09 m = 13231.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.28 mb = 2610.51 m = 8564.56 ft T: 13.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 26.53 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.00 mb = 2829.30 m = 9282.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.30 C = 88.33 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 43.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2006.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.02 mb = 2714.85 m = 8906.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.02 mb = 3003.40 m = 9853.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.02 mb = 12505.98 m = 41029.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1998.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.02 mb = 15859.27 m = 52031.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.5 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 312.5 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.0 neg: -1.2 tot: 176.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 11.12 Bulk Shear: 180.39 m/s