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,-101.44 Latitude: 46.52 Longitude: -101.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 932 691 22.6 22.1 97 0.5 22.3 38 5 301.7 305.1 297.8 355.7 18.27 3 900 1000 21.6 20.4 93 1.2 20.8 228 11 303.8 306.9 297.5 354.4 16.99 4 850 1497 20.4 17.1 81 3.3 18.1 212 30 307.5 310.3 297.0 351.5 14.59 5 800 2019 16.4 15.5 95 0.9 15.8 223 32 308.6 311.3 296.9 351.1 14.02 6 750 2567 13.3 12.0 92 1.3 12.4 235 33 311.0 313.3 296.0 347.3 11.86 7 700 3147 10.6 4.1 64 6.5 6.8 264 32 314.2 315.6 293.6 337.2 7.34 8 650 3759 5.9 -12.2 26 18.1 -1.6 264 36 315.6 316.1 289.7 323.2 2.30 9 600 4407 1.7 -25.8 11 27.5 -6.5 246 38 318.1 318.2 289.0 320.8 0.78 10 550 5101 -3.7 -16.6 36 12.8 -8.4 238 48 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.0 1.90 11 500 5845 -9.3 -32.6 13 23.2 -14.5 244 43 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.4 0.50 12 450 6650 -15.2 -31.7 23 16.5 -18.7 254 39 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.3 0.60 13 400 7528 -20.9 -38.2 20 17.3 -23.7 252 34 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.35 14 350 8499 -28.3 -38.7 36 10.4 -29.7 252 31 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.38 15 300 9585 -36.6 -47.0 33 10.4 -37.5 251 28 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.18 16 250 10821 -45.4 -49.5 64 4.1 -45.6 234 20 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.17 17 200 12280 -54.1 -57.9 63 3.8 -54.2 101 8 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.08 18 150 14094 -59.4 -71.3 20 11.8 -59.6 245 15 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.02 19 100 16665 -56.6 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 205 21 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.06 m Freezing level: 584.32 mb = 4624.81 m = 15173.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.67 mb = 3637.02 m = 11932.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.04 mb = 751.43 m = 2465.29 ft T: 22.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 34.85 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1795.04 m = 5889.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -7.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -6.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.75 C Cross Totals Index: 26.44 C K Index: 40.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 542.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2740.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.23 mb = 1423.67 m = 4670.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.23 mb = 2101.80 m = 6895.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.23 mb = 12866.42 m = 42212.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2734.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 6.1 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.0 neg: -23.4 tot: 242.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.03 Bulk Rich Number: 32.10 Bulk Shear: 85.38 m/s