MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108091200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108091200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 10 AUG 21 Station: 46.2,-103.43 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 517 SFC 908 917 25.2 6.1 29 19.1 13.8 291 13 306.7 307.9 290.7 326.6 6.52 3 900 991 23.6 5.5 31 18.0 13.0 291 14 305.8 307.0 290.3 325.0 6.32 4 850 1485 18.5 4.7 40 13.8 10.6 289 16 305.6 306.7 290.2 324.7 6.30 5 800 2000 13.5 3.8 52 9.7 8.0 288 17 305.5 306.7 290.2 324.6 6.29 6 750 2538 8.2 2.9 69 5.3 5.2 287 17 305.4 306.6 290.1 324.5 6.28 7 700 3102 3.7 -6.2 48 9.9 -0.7 279 22 306.5 307.2 287.8 317.2 3.43 8 650 3702 2.0 -19.3 19 21.3 -5.1 273 33 311.2 311.5 287.2 315.5 1.27 9 600 4342 -1.7 -22.8 18 21.1 -8.1 259 37 314.2 314.4 288.0 317.6 1.02 10 550 5028 -6.0 -32.8 10 26.8 -12.1 253 46 317.0 317.0 288.3 318.5 0.44 11 500 5767 -10.9 -34.6 12 23.7 -15.7 249 57 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.41 12 450 6566 -16.8 -38.0 14 21.2 -20.4 243 64 322.1 322.1 289.8 323.2 0.32 13 400 7436 -24.2 -39.0 24 14.8 -26.3 240 65 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.33 14 350 8394 -32.0 -46.8 22 14.8 -33.3 240 68 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.16 15 300 9463 -40.7 -55.0 20 14.3 -41.3 242 72 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.4 0.07 16 250 10679 -48.5 -61.9 20 13.4 -48.8 244 77 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 17 200 12147 -46.3 -72.1 4 25.8 -47.0 250 62 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 18 150 14034 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 248 44 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16631 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 258 33 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.44 m Freezing level: 622.76 mb = 4050.40 m = 13288.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.21 mb = 3030.06 m = 9941.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.94 C = 75.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.83 mb = 3279.48 m = 10759.33 ft T: 3.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.11 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.32 mb = 3972.95 m = 13034.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.80 C = 87.43 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: 2.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 2.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 15.60 C K Index: 24.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8797.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.17 mb = 3216.63 m = 10553.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -3.0 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 83.58 m/s