MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 2Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.66,-97.47 Latitude: 45.66 Longitude: -97.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 952 547 22.6 19.1 81 3.5 20.2 144 15 300.0 302.7 295.1 343.3 14.79 2 950 564 22.9 19.1 79 3.8 20.3 143 14 300.5 303.2 295.3 343.9 14.82 3 900 1035 19.7 17.7 88 2.0 18.3 153 35 301.8 304.4 295.3 343.8 14.26 4 850 1527 19.2 15.6 80 3.6 16.7 187 37 306.2 308.7 295.7 345.9 13.21 5 800 2049 18.3 6.7 47 11.6 11.3 200 22 310.7 312.2 292.9 334.5 7.71 6 750 2598 14.7 4.0 49 10.7 8.5 204 21 312.6 313.9 292.7 333.8 6.82 7 700 3177 10.7 -2.1 41 12.8 4.1 214 20 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.2 4.68 8 650 3789 6.2 -3.4 50 9.6 1.3 222 16 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.5 4.56 9 600 4440 1.9 -8.2 47 10.1 -2.7 245 16 318.4 319.0 291.6 329.6 3.43 10 550 5134 -3.7 -12.9 49 9.2 -7.3 254 21 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.3 2.58 11 500 5878 -9.9 -16.3 59 6.4 -12.1 275 24 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.3 2.15 12 450 6681 -16.0 -27.2 38 11.2 -18.7 276 22 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.3 0.91 13 400 7556 -22.2 -34.1 33 11.8 -24.3 273 19 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.0 0.53 14 350 8523 -29.2 -43.8 23 14.6 -30.9 284 18 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.22 15 300 9607 -36.2 -56.3 11 20.0 -37.4 279 21 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.06 16 250 10849 -45.4 -58.8 21 13.4 -46.0 259 10 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 17 200 12299 -54.5 -58.5 61 4.0 -54.6 323 36 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.07 18 150 14122 -55.6 -81.4 3 25.7 -56.0 248 29 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16681 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 240 12 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.49 m Freezing level: 582.76 mb = 4679.62 m = 15352.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.58 mb = 3997.33 m = 13114.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.94 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.30 mb = 993.25 m = 3258.65 ft T: 19.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 16.65 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.02 mb = 2608.94 m = 8559.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.10 C = 95.18 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 31.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 543.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1328.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 218.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.78 mb = 1388.47 m = 4555.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.78 mb = 3930.72 m = 12895.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.78 mb = 12020.05 m = 39435.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1318.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.78 mb = 14612.60 m = 47941.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.4 neg: -22.0 tot: 291.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 14.02 Bulk Shear: 94.73 m/s