MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 47.18,-111.46 Latitude: 47.18 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 520 2 900 1002 SFC 883 1173 28.8 6.3 24 22.5 15.0 336 2 312.9 314.2 292.8 334.0 6.77 4 850 1506 24.6 4.7 28 19.9 12.8 334 2 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.6 6.31 5 800 2031 19.4 3.6 35 15.9 10.2 318 1 311.9 313.0 292.0 331.2 6.19 6 750 2581 14.1 2.6 46 11.4 7.6 240 1 311.9 313.0 292.0 331.1 6.18 7 700 3157 8.5 1.4 61 7.1 4.6 207 4 312.0 313.1 291.9 330.9 6.06 8 650 3764 3.2 0.2 81 3.0 1.6 243 11 312.6 313.7 292.1 331.4 6.00 9 600 4408 -1.3 -8.5 58 7.2 -4.4 252 29 314.6 315.3 290.4 325.4 3.35 10 550 5096 -5.3 -11.1 63 5.8 -7.7 253 32 317.8 318.4 291.0 327.6 2.98 11 500 5838 -10.0 -13.4 76 3.4 -11.3 248 34 320.8 321.3 291.7 329.8 2.71 12 450 6642 -15.2 -19.2 71 4.0 -16.4 248 37 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.5 1.86 13 400 7522 -20.5 -51.4 4 31.0 -23.9 254 44 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.08 14 350 8497 -27.4 -34.3 52 6.8 -28.6 252 50 331.8 331.9 292.8 334.0 0.60 15 300 9586 -36.0 -45.1 39 9.1 -36.8 251 51 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.23 16 250 10824 -46.7 -52.1 54 5.4 -46.9 253 51 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.12 17 200 12261 -58.7 -62.0 66 3.3 -58.8 255 52 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 18 150 14058 -57.2 -80.8 3 23.6 -57.5 258 41 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16626 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 248 17 419.9 419.9 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.77 m Freezing level: 614.29 mb = 4223.67 m = 13857.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.73 mb = 3929.97 m = 12893.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 634.44 mb = 3958.99 m = 12988.65 ft T: 1.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 616.50 mb = 4189.49 m = 13744.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.68 C Cross Totals Index: 14.77 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5630.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 632.45 mb = 3984.21 m = 13071.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 52.51 m/s