MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.27,-111.14 Latitude: 47.27 Longitude: -111.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 538 2 900 1005 SFC 866 1329 12.0 5.3 64 6.6 8.3 218 5 297.0 298.2 287.4 316.0 6.46 4 850 1493 17.5 4.2 41 13.3 10.0 220 10 304.5 305.6 289.6 322.9 6.08 5 800 2010 16.0 5.8 51 10.2 10.0 214 6 308.2 309.6 291.8 330.4 7.25 6 750 2556 12.9 0.4 42 12.5 6.1 201 7 310.5 311.5 290.8 326.9 5.24 7 700 3130 8.2 -3.8 43 11.9 2.2 209 12 311.5 312.3 290.1 324.5 4.13 8 650 3735 3.0 -6.2 51 9.1 -1.3 217 18 312.3 313.0 290.0 324.1 3.71 9 600 4377 -2.2 -9.8 56 7.6 -5.3 238 21 313.6 314.2 289.8 323.4 3.03 10 550 5061 -7.4 -12.2 69 4.8 -9.3 248 24 315.2 315.8 290.0 324.1 2.73 11 500 5795 -12.8 -16.9 71 4.2 -14.1 254 22 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.2 2.03 12 450 6591 -17.7 -22.4 67 4.7 -19.0 257 19 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.7 1.40 13 400 7461 -24.0 -29.1 62 5.2 -25.0 250 19 323.9 324.0 290.8 326.9 0.86 14 350 8421 -31.5 -38.4 51 6.8 -32.4 248 23 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.40 15 300 9492 -40.2 -46.9 49 6.6 -40.7 251 31 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.19 16 250 10706 -50.5 -55.9 53 5.4 -50.7 252 30 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.08 17 200 12145 -52.2 -69.0 12 16.8 -52.6 260 35 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14024 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 231 20 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16625 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 203 13 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.78 m Freezing level: 621.16 mb = 4105.36 m = 13468.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.05 mb = 3511.42 m = 11520.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.40 mb = 2187.21 m = 7175.80 ft T: 15.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 7.03 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.96 mb = 3973.64 m = 13036.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.60 C Showalter Index: 2.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.25 C Cross Totals Index: 16.94 C K Index: 22.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6865.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.71 mb = 3262.61 m = 10703.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.3 neg: -8.3 tot: 69.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.59 Bulk Shear: 12.12 m/s