MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107311200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107311200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 1 AUG 21 Station: 46.2,-103.54 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 1 950 610 SFC 915 940 29.9 5.2 21 24.7 15.1 10 10 310.8 311.9 291.6 329.6 6.07 3 900 1090 27.5 4.5 23 23.0 13.9 11 11 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.0 5.87 4 850 1590 22.5 3.5 29 18.9 11.5 11 12 309.7 310.8 291.0 327.6 5.80 5 800 2112 17.4 2.5 37 14.9 9.0 11 12 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.4 5.73 6 750 2657 12.1 1.5 48 10.6 6.3 11 12 309.7 310.7 290.9 327.3 5.69 7 700 3229 6.5 0.1 63 6.4 3.1 11 12 309.7 310.7 290.8 326.7 5.50 8 650 3832 2.6 -15.1 26 17.7 -4.0 9 22 311.9 312.2 288.0 317.8 1.82 9 600 4474 -0.2 -25.7 13 25.5 -7.5 349 22 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.7 0.79 10 550 5165 -4.4 -25.0 18 20.5 -10.3 345 24 318.8 319.0 289.3 322.0 0.92 11 500 5908 -9.2 -37.0 8 27.7 -14.8 344 27 321.8 321.8 289.6 323.0 0.32 12 450 6714 -14.3 -42.0 8 27.7 -18.8 338 34 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.21 13 400 7595 -20.3 -46.8 8 26.4 -23.7 333 39 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.14 14 350 8570 -26.8 -49.3 10 22.6 -29.0 326 44 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.12 15 300 9667 -33.5 -62.2 4 28.7 -35.1 317 57 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 16 250 10924 -42.0 -64.5 7 22.5 -42.9 316 66 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 17 200 12398 -51.5 -64.4 20 12.9 -51.8 309 68 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.4 0.03 18 150 14223 -58.6 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.8 324 50 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16748 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 334 28 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.29 m Freezing level: 602.77 mb = 4438.94 m = 14563.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.14 mb = 3487.27 m = 11441.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 637.86 mb = 3983.43 m = 13068.82 ft T: 1.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 11.83 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.84 mb = 4718.38 m = 15480.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.90 C = 96.62 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.70 C Cross Totals Index: 12.76 C K Index: 28.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7602.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.01 mb = 3943.83 m = 12938.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.9 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 22.9 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 13.06 m/s