MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 23Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.61,-102 Latitude: 46.61 Longitude: -102.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 524 SFC 936 657 23.3 22.3 94 1.0 22.6 34 2 302.1 305.5 298.0 356.5 18.38 3 900 996 22.9 19.7 82 3.2 20.6 221 16 305.1 308.1 297.4 353.5 16.22 4 850 1495 20.7 15.0 70 5.7 16.8 225 25 307.9 310.2 295.8 346.3 12.72 5 800 2016 17.0 10.1 64 6.8 12.6 243 21 309.2 311.1 294.1 339.0 9.77 6 750 2564 13.6 8.6 71 5.1 10.4 255 23 311.4 313.1 294.4 340.2 9.37 7 700 3142 10.6 0.2 49 10.4 4.9 253 25 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.8 5.56 8 650 3755 6.0 -7.6 37 13.5 -0.3 250 30 315.7 316.4 290.7 326.5 3.33 9 600 4403 1.5 -27.9 9 29.4 -6.8 245 36 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.1 0.64 10 550 5097 -3.4 -19.4 28 16.0 -8.8 235 43 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.2 1.49 11 500 5841 -9.3 -34.3 11 25.0 -14.6 240 42 321.8 321.8 289.8 323.3 0.42 12 450 6645 -15.5 -26.5 38 11.0 -18.2 248 39 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.1 0.97 13 400 7523 -21.4 -36.1 25 14.7 -23.8 252 33 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.8 0.44 14 350 8494 -28.0 -40.8 29 12.7 -29.7 259 31 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.31 15 300 9580 -37.0 -43.6 50 6.6 -37.6 265 29 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.27 16 250 10817 -45.4 -48.9 68 3.5 -45.6 260 16 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12270 -55.0 -58.9 62 3.8 -55.1 128 2 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 18 150 14089 -57.1 -83.3 2 26.2 -57.4 265 18 371.7 371.7 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16661 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.6 204 16 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.70 m Freezing level: 584.58 mb = 4617.00 m = 15147.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.62 mb = 3721.49 m = 12209.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.39 mb = 781.60 m = 2564.26 ft T: 23.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 20.09 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2078.50 m = 6819.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 34.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2374.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.50 mb = 1622.19 m = 5322.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.50 mb = 2876.94 m = 9438.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.50 mb = 12848.87 m = 42154.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2345.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.50 mb = 15914.36 m = 52211.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.7 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.8 neg: -33.8 tot: 74.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 43.92 Bulk Shear: 54.07 m/s