MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.43,-113.86 Latitude: 51.43 Longitude: -113.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 548 SFC 901 996 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.1 273 19 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.1 10.46 3 900 1006 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 273 19 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.0 10.46 4 850 1487 12.1 10.6 90 1.6 11.2 302 30 298.9 300.6 290.7 326.5 9.46 5 800 1994 10.1 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 318 23 302.0 303.5 290.9 327.0 8.43 6 750 2529 7.4 5.5 88 1.9 6.3 334 15 304.6 306.0 291.0 327.4 7.57 7 700 3094 4.0 3.2 95 0.8 3.6 14 8 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.0 6.92 8 650 3694 0.7 0.5 99 0.2 0.6 78 8 309.8 310.9 291.3 328.7 6.13 9 600 4333 -3.4 -3.5 100 0.0 -3.4 100 11 312.1 313.1 291.0 327.7 4.94 10 550 5016 -7.7 -7.7 100 0.0 -7.7 112 12 315.0 315.7 291.0 327.5 3.90 11 500 5753 -11.6 -11.7 100 0.0 -11.6 132 11 318.8 319.4 291.5 329.1 3.13 12 450 6552 -16.9 -16.9 100 0.0 -16.9 181 9 322.0 322.4 291.6 329.6 2.25 13 400 7427 -22.2 -22.2 100 0.0 -22.2 221 13 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.7 1.61 14 350 8393 -29.9 -29.9 100 -0.0 -29.9 237 18 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.7 0.91 15 300 9473 -38.5 -39.7 89 1.1 -38.7 239 21 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.6 0.41 16 250 10695 -49.7 -52.9 69 3.2 -49.8 239 28 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.11 17 200 12115 -59.1 -63.3 58 4.3 -59.2 219 34 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 18 150 14005 -44.7 -75.7 2 31.0 -45.8 213 16 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.01 19 100 16646 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 178 16 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.47 m Freezing level: 641.28 mb = 3805.79 m = 12486.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3786.89 m = 12424.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.26 % Est. max temperature: 22.44 C = 72.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.40 mb = 1030.39 m = 3380.51 ft T: 13.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 0.06 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.13 mb = 2138.85 m = 7017.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.64 C = 69.16 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7934.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.64 mb = 1659.49 m = 5444.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.0 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 27.0 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.6 neg: -9.9 tot: 136.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 68.09 m/s