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: 49.27,-112 Latitude: 49.27 Longitude: -112.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 532 SFC 903 964 16.9 15.2 89 1.7 15.8 231 15 298.6 300.8 292.7 333.9 12.10 3 900 996 16.4 14.9 91 1.5 15.4 223 17 298.4 300.6 292.6 333.1 11.94 4 850 1481 14.8 13.1 90 1.7 13.7 216 9 301.6 303.7 293.0 334.8 11.23 5 800 1994 12.6 11.6 94 1.0 12.0 95 5 304.6 306.6 293.5 336.8 10.79 6 750 2534 9.7 9.7 100 0.0 9.7 65 12 307.2 309.0 293.7 337.8 10.13 7 700 3105 6.6 6.1 97 0.5 6.3 59 17 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.7 8.47 8 650 3710 2.5 1.8 95 0.7 2.1 57 18 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.7 6.72 9 600 4353 -1.6 -2.5 93 1.0 -2.0 53 17 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.1 5.30 10 550 5042 -5.6 -6.3 95 0.7 -5.9 43 15 317.5 318.3 292.1 331.5 4.34 11 500 5784 -9.9 -10.3 97 0.4 -10.1 27 11 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.4 3.49 12 450 6589 -14.9 -15.0 100 0.0 -15.0 3 8 324.5 325.0 292.6 333.4 2.66 13 400 7469 -20.6 -20.6 100 0.0 -20.6 317 4 328.2 328.6 293.0 334.6 1.85 14 350 8443 -27.4 -27.4 100 -0.0 -27.4 227 8 331.8 332.1 293.3 336.0 1.16 15 300 9534 -35.6 -35.6 100 -0.0 -35.6 210 18 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.5 0.61 16 250 10777 -45.2 -47.9 74 2.7 -45.4 207 33 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.20 17 200 12226 -57.3 -61.0 63 3.7 -57.4 204 61 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14057 -43.1 -72.3 3 29.2 -44.4 202 23 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.01 19 100 16710 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 194 20 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.32 m Freezing level: 619.20 mb = 4106.11 m = 13471.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.41 mb = 4032.70 m = 13230.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.03 C = 77.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.39 mb = 1182.95 m = 3881.02 ft T: 15.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.97 mb = 2067.68 m = 6783.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.03 C = 73.45 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 37.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.62 mb = 1645.87 m = 5399.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.62 mb = 3479.50 m = 11415.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.62 mb = 7679.69 m = 25195.54 ft B at Equ Level: 135.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.62 mb = 10287.05 m = 33749.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 48.9 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 78.9 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -35.1 tot: -24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.57 Bulk Shear: 86.51 m/s