MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 22Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.50,-105.26 Latitude: 50.50 Longitude: -105.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 530 SFC 945 577 24.0 19.9 78 4.1 21.1 192 6 302.0 304.9 296.2 348.1 15.63 3 900 1002 20.3 18.5 89 1.8 19.0 171 12 302.4 305.1 295.9 346.8 15.03 4 850 1494 17.1 14.6 85 2.6 15.4 162 22 304.1 306.4 294.6 340.9 12.36 5 800 2010 14.1 11.0 81 3.1 12.1 156 25 306.2 308.1 293.6 337.3 10.35 6 750 2552 10.5 6.4 76 4.1 8.0 168 19 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.5 8.05 7 700 3123 6.2 2.6 78 3.6 4.2 184 16 309.4 310.6 291.6 329.8 6.62 8 650 3725 1.2 -1.1 85 2.3 0.1 204 16 310.3 311.4 290.9 327.3 5.46 9 600 4364 -3.5 -7.3 75 3.8 -5.2 195 13 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.7 3.68 10 550 5044 -9.0 -11.2 84 2.2 -9.9 187 12 313.4 314.0 289.6 322.9 2.95 11 500 5775 -13.3 -15.2 85 1.9 -13.9 183 14 316.9 317.3 290.2 324.6 2.34 12 450 6570 -18.9 -20.9 84 2.1 -19.4 161 23 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.0 1.60 13 400 7438 -23.2 -25.5 81 2.4 -23.7 188 24 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.20 14 350 8400 -30.0 -32.9 76 2.9 -30.4 214 20 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.8 0.69 15 300 9479 -37.9 -41.1 72 3.2 -38.2 197 15 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.35 16 250 10708 -48.0 -51.5 67 3.5 -48.1 184 36 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12151 -53.1 -57.0 62 3.9 -53.2 187 41 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.0 0.09 18 150 14021 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 236 21 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16646 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 186 18 422.9 422.9 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.89 m Freezing level: 637.12 mb = 3889.78 m = 12761.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.26 mb = 3734.38 m = 12251.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.92 mb = 1099.17 m = 3606.17 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 25.18 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1564.57 m = 5133.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.33 C = 79.40 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -8.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.05 C Showalter Index: -6.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.40 C Cross Totals Index: 27.83 C K Index: 41.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2383.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.00 mb = 1373.37 m = 4505.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.00 mb = 1935.58 m = 6350.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.00 mb = 11929.01 m = 39136.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2368.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.00 mb = 15098.95 m = 49536.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.7 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 206.7 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -3.6 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 390.40 Bulk Shear: 6.11 m/s