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: 47.52,-110.27 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -110.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 532 2 900 1010 SFC 892 1093 25.0 9.7 38 15.2 15.3 74 3 308.1 309.7 292.8 334.0 8.52 4 850 1510 22.6 6.9 36 15.7 13.0 104 5 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.5 7.38 5 800 2033 18.1 6.0 45 12.1 10.9 196 5 310.5 311.9 292.6 333.2 7.36 6 750 2581 13.2 4.2 54 9.0 8.0 232 11 310.9 312.2 292.3 332.2 6.90 7 700 3156 7.8 2.5 69 5.3 4.8 229 13 311.1 312.4 292.1 331.5 6.56 8 650 3761 2.7 1.8 94 0.9 2.2 233 15 312.0 313.3 292.5 333.0 6.73 9 600 4404 -1.8 -6.7 69 4.9 -4.0 258 27 314.0 314.7 290.6 326.3 3.85 10 550 5091 -5.9 -10.2 72 4.3 -7.7 259 36 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.5 3.19 11 500 5832 -9.8 -12.3 82 2.4 -10.8 254 40 321.0 321.6 292.0 330.9 2.98 12 450 6638 -14.2 -23.3 46 9.1 -16.7 255 41 325.4 325.7 291.7 330.0 1.30 13 400 7521 -19.8 -29.1 44 9.2 -21.9 261 45 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.3 0.86 14 350 8499 -27.0 -33.8 52 6.8 -28.1 259 46 332.4 332.5 293.0 334.8 0.63 15 300 9590 -35.7 -39.9 65 4.2 -36.1 257 48 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.40 16 250 10830 -46.5 -51.2 58 4.7 -46.7 257 46 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.14 17 200 12267 -58.8 -63.1 57 4.3 -58.8 260 49 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 18 150 14058 -58.8 -76.7 8 17.9 -59.0 258 44 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16629 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 232 11 423.9 423.9 308.2 424.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.29 m Freezing level: 620.22 mb = 4144.30 m = 13596.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.09 mb = 3985.73 m = 13076.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.29 mb = 3010.73 m = 9877.61 ft T: 9.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 1.70 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.28 mb = 3645.36 m = 11959.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.66 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.45 C Cross Totals Index: 16.79 C K Index: 34.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.40 mb = 3399.73 m = 11153.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.40 mb = 4084.03 m = 13398.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 494.40 mb = 5918.09 m = 19416.06 ft B at Equ Level: 39.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 414.40 mb = 7255.82 m = 23804.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 100.62 m/s