MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.79,-102.03 Latitude: 46.79 Longitude: -102.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 531 SFC 928 735 23.4 21.5 89 2.0 22.0 253 2 303.0 306.2 297.7 355.2 17.60 3 900 1003 21.1 20.3 95 0.8 20.5 146 7 303.3 306.4 297.4 353.4 16.90 4 850 1498 18.4 18.4 100 -0.0 18.4 156 15 305.4 308.4 297.3 353.0 15.90 5 800 2018 16.4 16.4 100 -0.0 16.4 154 22 308.7 311.4 297.4 353.7 14.86 6 750 2567 13.2 10.4 83 2.8 11.4 177 29 310.9 312.9 295.1 343.5 10.62 7 700 3146 10.7 9.9 95 0.8 10.2 195 38 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.5 11.01 8 650 3761 7.4 -3.2 47 10.6 2.0 232 28 317.4 318.3 292.3 332.3 4.65 9 600 4413 1.8 -12.5 34 14.3 -4.0 234 25 318.2 318.7 290.6 326.3 2.44 10 550 5106 -3.7 -18.1 32 14.4 -8.7 232 34 319.7 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.67 11 500 5850 -10.0 -20.3 43 10.2 -13.2 238 37 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.0 1.52 12 450 6652 -16.0 -30.3 28 14.3 -19.1 245 37 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.5 0.68 13 400 7528 -21.8 -46.5 9 24.8 -24.8 250 31 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.15 14 350 8497 -28.8 -39.9 34 11.1 -30.3 252 24 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.1 0.34 15 300 9579 -37.8 -47.6 35 9.7 -38.6 260 25 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.17 16 250 10809 -47.1 -56.6 33 9.4 -47.5 234 27 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.07 17 200 12251 -56.7 -63.8 40 7.1 -56.9 232 29 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.04 18 150 14079 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.8 237 20 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16657 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 191 16 416.0 416.0 307.3 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.97 m Freezing level: 583.49 mb = 4641.62 m = 15228.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.66 mb = 3968.42 m = 13019.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.76 mb = 986.24 m = 3235.65 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 10.22 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1336.66 m = 4385.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -8.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -8.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.47 C Cross Totals Index: 28.48 C K Index: 46.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3111.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.00 mb = 1296.92 m = 4254.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.00 mb = 1447.54 m = 4749.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.00 mb = 13099.43 m = 42976.60 ft B at Equ Level: 3063.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 385.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.81 Bulk Rich Number: 34.74 Bulk Shear: 89.57 m/s