MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.63,-102.21 Latitude: 46.63 Longitude: -102.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 529 SFC 929 723 21.8 21.8 100 0.1 21.8 123 3 301.2 304.5 297.5 354.1 17.95 3 900 1001 21.2 19.1 88 2.2 19.7 204 15 303.4 306.3 296.6 349.8 15.62 4 850 1497 19.9 14.7 72 5.1 16.4 210 28 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.6 12.50 5 800 2018 16.9 13.6 81 3.2 14.7 217 28 309.1 311.4 295.9 346.7 12.37 6 750 2566 12.7 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 221 30 310.3 312.7 296.1 347.7 12.24 7 700 3143 10.0 6.9 81 3.1 8.1 237 24 313.6 315.3 294.7 341.5 8.97 8 650 3756 7.0 -9.5 30 16.5 -0.4 248 29 316.8 317.4 290.6 326.2 2.86 9 600 4407 2.2 -25.7 11 27.8 -6.2 251 31 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.4 0.79 10 550 5102 -3.5 -15.0 41 11.4 -7.8 234 41 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.2 2.17 11 500 5846 -9.5 -27.2 22 17.7 -14.0 236 40 321.4 321.6 290.0 324.3 0.82 12 450 6650 -15.3 -34.5 18 19.2 -19.1 246 37 324.0 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.46 13 400 7528 -21.3 -36.7 24 15.4 -23.9 258 31 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.8 0.41 14 350 8498 -28.5 -36.4 47 7.9 -29.7 262 26 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.1 0.48 15 300 9584 -36.9 -53.3 17 16.4 -37.9 273 25 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.09 16 250 10817 -46.1 -50.0 64 4.0 -46.3 232 11 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 17 200 12268 -55.4 -59.4 61 4.0 -55.5 106 12 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14081 -57.5 -78.1 6 20.6 -57.7 257 22 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16665 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 212 14 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.40 m Freezing level: 581.11 mb = 4669.69 m = 15320.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.30 mb = 3727.08 m = 12227.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.81 mb = 726.20 m = 2382.50 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 26.35 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.91 mb = 2157.61 m = 7078.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 41.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1913.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.40 mb = 1604.58 m = 5264.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.40 mb = 2741.59 m = 8994.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.40 mb = 12779.75 m = 41927.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1871.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.40 mb = 15808.06 m = 51863.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.0 neg: -3.7 tot: 215.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.41 Bulk Rich Number: 31.75 Bulk Shear: 60.28 m/s