MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 14Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 43.11,-115.83 Latitude: 43.11 Longitude: -115.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 559 SFC 906 964 17.4 16.6 95 0.8 16.9 121 11 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.4 13.22 3 900 1023 16.8 16.4 97 0.4 16.5 121 13 298.8 301.2 293.6 337.2 13.16 4 850 1512 16.5 13.2 80 3.4 14.3 17 3 303.5 305.5 293.6 336.9 11.26 5 800 2027 13.8 10.3 79 3.5 11.6 282 6 305.8 307.7 293.2 335.6 9.88 6 750 2569 11.1 7.1 76 4.0 8.7 332 19 308.6 310.2 292.9 334.5 8.49 7 700 3141 6.9 3.2 77 3.7 4.8 325 22 310.1 311.4 292.1 331.3 6.88 8 650 3746 2.9 1.3 89 1.6 2.0 318 23 312.2 313.5 292.4 332.4 6.48 9 600 4390 -1.0 -1.1 99 0.1 -1.0 320 16 315.0 316.1 292.7 333.6 5.91 10 550 5081 -4.5 -5.5 93 1.0 -5.0 311 7 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.6 4.62 11 500 5827 -8.7 -12.7 73 4.0 -10.3 276 9 322.4 323.0 292.3 332.0 2.88 12 450 6636 -13.4 -15.2 87 1.8 -14.0 291 7 326.4 326.9 293.2 335.3 2.62 13 400 7521 -19.4 -20.8 89 1.4 -19.8 194 9 329.8 330.2 293.4 336.2 1.83 14 350 8498 -26.5 -28.8 81 2.3 -27.0 150 7 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.7 1.01 15 300 9592 -35.5 -38.3 75 2.9 -35.8 149 19 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.1 0.47 16 250 10831 -45.8 -50.8 56 5.1 -46.0 155 21 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.14 17 200 12294 -51.1 -72.1 7 20.9 -51.5 217 26 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14149 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 226 30 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16677 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 168 4 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.52 m Freezing level: 612.61 mb = 4227.92 m = 13870.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.98 mb = 4165.71 m = 13666.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.59 mb = 1065.45 m = 3495.51 ft T: 16.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 6.06 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2395.60 m = 7859.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 111.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.31 mb = 1772.42 m = 5814.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.31 mb = 3386.23 m = 11109.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.31 mb = 7347.82 m = 24106.72 ft B at Equ Level: 111.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.31 mb = 11117.75 m = 36475.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.9 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 344.9 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -42.6 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 56.40 m/s