MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.04,-113.86 Latitude: 51.04 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 95 1 950 531 2 900 991 SFC 894 1046 12.6 12.1 96 0.5 12.3 30 5 295.1 296.9 289.9 323.7 9.96 4 850 1477 17.3 7.8 53 9.5 11.6 158 2 304.3 305.8 291.1 327.9 7.84 5 800 1993 13.7 10.1 78 3.7 11.4 207 6 305.8 307.6 293.1 335.1 9.73 6 750 2533 9.0 7.1 88 1.9 7.9 219 6 306.4 307.9 292.3 332.0 8.47 7 700 3101 5.0 1.3 77 3.7 3.0 272 6 308.0 309.1 290.7 326.4 6.01 8 650 3700 0.1 -2.6 82 2.7 -1.2 291 10 309.1 310.0 290.0 324.2 4.87 9 600 4336 -4.2 -9.7 65 5.5 -6.4 276 13 311.3 311.9 289.0 321.1 3.05 10 550 5017 -8.6 -15.6 57 7.1 -11.0 262 15 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.7 2.06 11 500 5749 -13.2 -23.7 41 10.5 -16.0 249 17 316.9 317.1 289.0 320.7 1.13 12 450 6542 -18.5 -26.5 49 8.0 -20.4 235 17 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.3 0.97 13 400 7409 -24.7 -37.8 29 13.1 -26.6 225 19 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.2 0.37 14 350 8367 -31.3 -42.1 34 10.7 -32.4 199 21 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.27 15 300 9439 -40.3 -49.1 39 8.8 -40.8 211 36 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.15 16 250 10655 -50.3 -54.9 59 4.5 -50.5 206 45 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.09 17 200 12083 -56.0 -67.2 24 11.1 -56.2 194 38 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13960 -45.3 -76.1 2 30.8 -46.3 206 19 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.01 19 100 16598 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 188 14 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.96 m Freezing level: 648.87 mb = 3714.57 m = 12186.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.35 mb = 3523.63 m = 11560.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.87 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.96 mb = 1115.00 m = 3658.08 ft T: 13.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 14.39 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.69 mb = 2758.97 m = 9051.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.18 C = 75.53 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 34.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.87 mb = 2270.75 m = 7449.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.87 mb = 3468.80 m = 11380.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.87 mb = 8389.43 m = 27524.05 ft B at Equ Level: 272.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.87 mb = 11804.87 m = 38729.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.0 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 282.0 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -152.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: -2.4 tot: 33.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 9.69 Bulk Shear: 28.12 m/s