MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F043.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F043.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 43 hour NAM valid 7Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.44,-100.38 Latitude: 47.44 Longitude: -100.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 549 SFC 944 607 16.2 15.8 98 0.3 16.0 223 6 294.2 296.3 291.3 328.7 12.07 3 900 1013 18.6 13.4 72 5.2 15.3 244 25 300.7 302.7 292.4 332.5 10.82 4 850 1504 17.4 15.2 87 2.2 15.9 291 23 304.3 306.7 295.0 342.6 12.85 5 800 2021 15.0 7.5 61 7.5 10.5 282 18 307.2 308.7 292.3 332.0 8.18 6 750 2563 11.6 -2.9 36 14.5 4.3 280 14 309.1 309.9 289.3 322.0 4.11 7 700 3135 7.5 -7.4 34 14.9 0.7 275 12 310.7 311.3 288.9 320.7 3.12 8 650 3741 4.0 -15.4 23 19.4 -3.3 271 17 313.5 313.9 288.5 319.4 1.77 9 600 4386 0.5 -22.6 16 23.0 -6.8 266 23 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.2 1.04 10 550 5077 -4.3 -28.0 14 23.8 -10.6 263 23 319.0 319.2 289.2 321.5 0.69 11 500 5821 -9.1 -42.0 5 32.8 -15.0 264 29 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.6 0.19 12 450 6627 -14.8 -32.4 21 17.6 -18.5 267 30 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.6 0.56 13 400 7506 -20.7 -35.7 25 14.9 -23.3 264 33 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.7 0.46 14 350 8480 -27.6 -43.7 20 16.1 -29.5 261 39 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.23 15 300 9568 -36.3 -43.0 50 6.6 -37.0 256 38 334.1 334.2 293.1 335.3 0.29 16 250 10809 -44.7 -48.1 68 3.5 -44.9 207 36 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.20 17 200 12265 -55.5 -59.4 62 3.8 -55.6 192 48 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.06 18 150 14078 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.2 253 30 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16662 -55.8 -81.6 3 25.9 -56.2 237 6 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.36 m Freezing level: 595.22 mb = 4452.53 m = 14607.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.06 mb = 3240.43 m = 10631.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.22 mb = 646.56 m = 2121.22 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 23.22 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.86 mb = 2498.01 m = 8195.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.31 C K Index: 26.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 261.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.82 mb = 1496.06 m = 4908.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.82 mb = 5427.97 m = 17808.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 375.82 mb = 7960.57 m = 26117.05 ft B at Equ Level: 74.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.82 mb = 10140.15 m = 33267.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.2 neg: -16.0 tot: 125.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 6.67 Bulk Shear: 11.23 m/s