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: 49.24,-96.36 Latitude: 49.24 Longitude: -96.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 975 325 25.9 20.5 72 5.4 22.1 171 8 301.2 304.1 296.1 347.5 15.74 2 950 554 23.5 19.5 78 4.1 20.7 181 14 301.1 303.9 295.7 345.6 15.17 3 900 1024 19.7 17.8 89 1.8 18.4 214 20 301.8 304.4 295.3 344.3 14.42 4 850 1515 16.4 15.3 93 1.1 15.7 245 20 303.4 305.8 294.8 342.0 13.01 5 800 2029 14.0 0.9 41 13.1 7.0 286 25 306.0 307.0 289.3 321.7 5.10 6 750 2570 10.8 -7.6 27 18.4 2.5 291 24 308.3 308.8 287.9 317.4 2.88 7 700 3140 7.3 -12.2 24 19.4 -0.7 286 22 310.5 310.9 287.9 317.5 2.14 8 650 3744 3.2 -15.9 23 19.0 -3.8 276 20 312.5 312.9 288.1 318.2 1.71 9 600 4387 -1.0 -18.6 25 17.5 -7.0 268 21 314.9 315.2 288.7 319.8 1.47 10 550 5075 -5.8 -25.6 19 19.9 -11.2 268 22 317.3 317.4 288.8 320.3 0.86 11 500 5814 -10.5 -21.6 40 11.0 -13.8 274 26 320.2 320.4 290.2 324.8 1.36 12 450 6616 -15.8 -30.7 27 14.9 -19.0 278 29 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.7 0.66 13 400 7492 -22.5 -33.2 37 10.7 -24.5 286 29 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.58 14 350 8456 -29.8 -47.2 17 17.3 -31.5 290 40 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.16 15 300 9536 -38.2 -57.8 11 19.5 -39.2 293 54 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.05 16 250 10764 -47.8 -58.6 28 10.8 -48.1 290 55 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.06 17 200 12213 -52.5 -66.6 16 14.2 -52.8 273 32 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14070 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 259 28 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16669 -56.0 -79.7 4 23.7 -56.4 274 9 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.01 m Freezing level: 612.48 mb = 4226.85 m = 13867.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.80 mb = 3013.72 m = 9887.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.41 mb = 1010.92 m = 3316.62 ft T: 19.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 30.14 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1331.68 m = 4368.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -5.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 22.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1919.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.01 mb = 1178.34 m = 3865.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.01 mb = 1524.97 m = 5003.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.01 mb = 11926.89 m = 39129.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1900.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.01 mb = 15036.05 m = 49330.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.5 neg: -6.9 tot: 194.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.40 Bulk Rich Number: 24.74 Bulk Shear: 77.62 m/s