MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.52,-101.42 Latitude: 46.52 Longitude: -101.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 528 SFC 933 688 22.6 22.1 97 0.5 22.3 37 5 301.7 305.1 297.8 355.7 18.28 3 900 1000 21.6 20.7 95 0.9 20.9 230 10 303.8 307.0 297.7 355.3 17.31 4 850 1498 20.4 17.0 80 3.5 18.0 211 30 307.6 310.3 296.9 351.2 14.46 5 800 2019 16.4 15.3 93 1.2 15.6 223 33 308.7 311.2 296.7 350.4 13.76 6 750 2567 13.4 11.6 89 1.8 12.3 236 33 311.2 313.4 295.8 346.6 11.55 7 700 3147 10.7 1.8 54 8.9 5.6 264 34 314.3 315.5 292.7 333.9 6.22 8 650 3759 5.8 -16.2 19 22.1 -2.6 262 37 315.6 315.9 289.1 321.1 1.65 9 600 4407 1.8 -30.2 7 32.0 -6.9 244 37 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.0 0.52 10 550 5101 -3.7 -17.5 33 13.9 -8.5 238 47 319.7 320.1 290.5 325.7 1.75 11 500 5845 -9.3 -31.8 14 22.5 -14.4 243 43 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.53 12 450 6650 -15.2 -30.7 25 15.5 -18.6 253 40 324.1 324.3 290.7 326.5 0.66 13 400 7528 -21.0 -36.3 24 15.3 -23.6 251 34 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.3 0.43 14 350 8499 -28.4 -37.2 43 8.8 -29.6 252 31 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.2 0.45 15 300 9585 -36.5 -46.9 33 10.4 -37.4 251 28 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.6 0.19 16 250 10821 -45.5 -49.3 65 3.8 -45.7 236 19 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.17 17 200 12279 -54.1 -57.9 63 3.8 -54.2 99 8 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.08 18 150 14093 -59.4 -70.9 21 11.5 -59.6 246 16 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.02 19 100 16664 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 205 21 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.94 m Freezing level: 583.59 mb = 4634.67 m = 15205.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.59 mb = 3563.06 m = 11689.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.83 mb = 744.21 m = 2441.62 ft T: 22.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 35.63 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.97 mb = 1786.08 m = 5859.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.12 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -7.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.71 C Cross Totals Index: 26.24 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2773.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.55 mb = 1410.51 m = 4627.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.55 mb = 2087.93 m = 6850.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.55 mb = 12820.14 m = 42060.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2773.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 6.6 tot: 11.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.8 neg: -22.6 tot: 253.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.23 Bulk Rich Number: 31.98 Bulk Shear: 86.73 m/s