MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 49.18,-111.09 Latitude: 49.18 Longitude: -111.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 535 SFC 911 892 16.8 15.2 90 1.6 15.7 269 9 297.8 299.9 292.4 332.6 11.98 3 900 999 17.0 12.5 75 4.5 14.1 220 1 299.0 300.9 291.3 328.7 10.18 4 850 1487 16.5 10.2 66 6.3 12.6 119 3 303.4 305.1 292.0 331.0 9.25 5 800 2000 13.4 7.1 65 6.3 9.6 127 8 305.4 306.9 291.5 329.3 7.91 6 750 2541 10.1 5.2 72 4.9 7.2 152 7 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.1 7.40 7 700 3111 6.4 3.1 79 3.4 4.5 192 8 309.6 310.9 291.9 330.6 6.83 8 650 3715 1.8 -0.6 84 2.4 0.5 215 13 311.0 312.1 291.3 328.5 5.63 9 600 4356 -2.3 -5.8 77 3.4 -3.9 231 15 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.6 4.14 10 550 5041 -7.2 -12.1 68 4.9 -9.1 235 23 315.5 316.0 290.1 324.5 2.75 11 500 5776 -12.5 -18.5 61 5.9 -14.4 237 29 317.7 318.1 289.9 323.7 1.78 12 450 6571 -18.2 -24.7 57 6.5 -19.7 237 31 320.4 320.6 290.1 324.4 1.15 13 400 7440 -24.1 -29.5 61 5.4 -25.1 238 30 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.83 14 350 8401 -30.5 -33.9 72 3.4 -31.0 236 30 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.62 15 300 9479 -38.9 -41.8 74 2.9 -39.1 225 37 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.33 16 250 10702 -48.9 -52.4 67 3.5 -49.1 221 38 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12133 -56.9 -60.9 61 3.9 -57.0 218 37 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14003 -48.1 -78.3 2 30.1 -48.9 209 24 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.01 19 100 16621 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.2 196 20 422.0 422.0 308.0 422.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.45 m Freezing level: 628.18 mb = 3994.76 m = 13106.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.86 mb = 3790.96 m = 12437.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.45 mb = 1099.50 m = 3607.23 ft T: 16.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 3.80 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.63 mb = 2836.82 m = 9307.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.36 C = 81.25 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.69 mb = 2077.37 m = 6815.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.69 mb = 4519.35 m = 14827.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.69 mb = 8244.97 m = 27050.08 ft B at Equ Level: 171.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.69 mb = 11025.39 m = 36172.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 59.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 6.87 Bulk Shear: 25.12 m/s