MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 46.83,-117.56 Latitude: 46.83 Longitude: -117.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 517 SFC 944 571 33.0 10.2 25 22.9 18.2 238 8 311.2 312.8 293.5 336.8 8.27 3 900 1000 28.1 9.4 31 18.7 16.2 241 9 310.5 312.1 293.3 335.9 8.27 4 850 1503 24.2 7.4 34 16.8 13.8 315 6 311.5 313.0 293.1 335.0 7.60 5 800 2028 19.8 4.0 35 15.8 10.6 354 10 312.3 313.5 292.3 332.2 6.40 6 750 2579 15.2 2.1 41 13.1 7.8 27 10 313.1 314.2 292.2 331.8 5.96 7 700 3158 10.2 2.4 58 7.8 5.8 73 10 313.8 315.1 292.9 334.3 6.53 8 650 3769 4.7 0.9 76 3.9 2.7 80 11 314.3 315.5 292.8 334.1 6.29 9 600 4416 -0.7 -2.6 87 1.9 -1.6 102 11 315.4 316.4 292.3 332.1 5.29 10 550 5104 -6.1 -9.3 78 3.3 -7.4 123 17 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.0 3.43 11 500 5844 -10.5 -12.5 86 2.0 -11.3 129 17 320.2 320.8 291.7 329.9 2.93 12 450 6649 -14.5 -16.7 84 2.1 -15.3 161 12 324.9 325.4 292.4 332.8 2.30 13 400 7531 -20.2 -22.4 83 2.1 -20.8 169 5 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.2 1.59 14 350 8505 -27.4 -30.2 77 2.7 -27.9 200 10 331.8 332.0 293.0 335.0 0.89 15 300 9597 -35.6 -39.7 66 4.0 -36.1 244 20 335.2 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.41 16 250 10838 -46.4 -49.8 69 3.3 -46.6 226 33 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12291 -52.7 -61.9 32 9.2 -53.0 226 44 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14141 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 250 23 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16691 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 278 6 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.92 m Freezing level: 606.05 mb = 4337.62 m = 14230.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.95 mb = 4164.71 m = 13663.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.18 % Est. max temperature: 34.15 C = 93.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 677.51 mb = 3427.48 m = 11244.88 ft T: 7.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 4.97 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.82 mb = 3833.89 m = 12578.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.17 C = 97.11 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.74 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 34.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.99 mb = 3446.03 m = 11305.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.99 mb = 4269.19 m = 14006.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.99 mb = 8484.62 m = 27836.33 ft B at Equ Level: 152.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.99 mb = 11352.51 m = 37245.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.7 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 133.7 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 108.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 3.18 Bulk Shear: 47.96 m/s