MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 5Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.67,-103.67 Latitude: 43.67 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 537 2 900 1014 3 850 1514 SFC 838 1638 20.7 13.3 63 7.3 15.8 113 7 309.1 311.2 295.3 344.2 11.57 5 800 2037 18.6 13.6 73 4.9 15.3 153 28 311.0 313.3 296.4 348.8 12.37 6 750 2588 13.8 12.9 95 0.8 13.2 168 30 311.5 313.9 296.7 350.2 12.61 7 700 3166 9.6 8.9 95 0.7 9.1 167 18 313.1 315.1 295.5 344.8 10.25 8 650 3781 9.2 -13.7 18 23.0 -0.4 206 6 319.4 319.8 290.6 326.2 2.03 9 600 4437 3.0 -10.0 38 12.9 -2.7 231 3 319.6 320.1 291.6 329.4 2.99 10 550 5133 -2.9 -12.0 50 9.0 -6.6 262 22 320.6 321.2 291.7 329.8 2.78 11 500 5878 -9.7 -14.6 68 4.8 -11.5 260 30 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.5 2.48 12 450 6680 -16.5 -25.0 48 8.5 -18.6 264 33 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.4 1.12 13 400 7556 -21.1 -42.3 13 21.3 -24.1 264 29 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.23 14 350 8528 -28.0 -51.4 9 23.4 -30.1 261 36 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.10 15 300 9620 -35.1 -59.4 7 24.4 -36.4 272 36 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.04 16 250 10862 -45.4 -55.8 30 10.4 -45.9 273 59 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.08 17 200 12314 -55.9 -59.6 62 3.8 -55.9 268 74 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.06 18 150 14122 -60.9 -68.4 37 7.5 -61.0 235 59 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.03 19 100 16659 -61.1 -85.7 2 24.6 -61.3 178 21 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.76 m Freezing level: 574.82 mb = 4787.38 m = 15706.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.06 mb = 3755.19 m = 12320.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.91 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.99 mb = 2565.15 m = 8415.74 ft T: 13.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 23.98 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.08 mb = 2813.45 m = 9230.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.61 C = 74.49 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1814.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.36 mb = 2662.31 m = 8734.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.36 mb = 3066.71 m = 10061.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 688.36 mb = 3305.46 m = 10844.54 ft B at Equ Level: 13.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 648.36 mb = 3802.12 m = 12474.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.4 neg: -89.8 tot: 152.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.64 Bulk Rich Number: 16.38 Bulk Shear: 110.78 m/s