MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108201200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108201200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 21 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 62 1 950 497 SFC 904 917 14.1 11.8 86 2.4 12.7 296 18 295.7 297.4 289.8 323.5 9.64 3 900 955 13.5 11.4 87 2.1 12.2 297 18 295.4 297.1 289.6 322.6 9.45 4 850 1433 8.9 8.9 100 0.0 8.9 304 33 295.5 297.0 288.7 319.9 8.45 5 800 1933 6.5 5.6 94 0.9 5.9 309 34 298.0 299.3 288.4 318.9 7.12 6 750 2461 4.4 4.0 97 0.4 4.2 302 31 301.4 302.6 289.3 321.7 6.82 7 700 3021 2.0 1.4 96 0.6 1.7 299 28 304.7 305.8 289.7 323.0 6.06 8 650 3616 -0.5 -1.4 94 0.8 -0.9 298 25 308.4 309.4 290.2 324.9 5.33 9 600 4253 -4.0 -6.4 83 2.4 -5.1 297 24 311.5 312.2 290.0 324.0 3.95 10 550 4935 -7.7 -11.8 72 4.2 -9.2 298 28 315.0 315.5 290.0 324.1 2.81 11 500 5671 -12.0 -14.1 85 2.1 -12.8 292 21 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.8 2.57 12 450 6468 -17.2 -21.3 70 4.2 -18.3 259 18 321.6 321.9 290.9 326.9 1.55 13 400 7340 -23.4 -32.2 44 8.8 -25.0 257 18 324.6 324.7 290.8 326.9 0.64 14 350 8302 -31.1 -36.7 58 5.6 -31.8 247 12 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.6 0.47 15 300 9374 -40.5 -43.6 72 3.1 -40.8 8 7 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.27 16 250 10599 -42.7 -64.8 7 22.1 -43.5 235 18 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 17 200 12117 -42.0 -73.7 2 31.7 -43.0 239 37 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 18 150 14021 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 242 36 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16617 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 220 26 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.33 m Freezing level: 660.32 mb = 3493.22 m = 11460.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.80 mb = 3399.06 m = 11151.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.19 % Est. max temperature: 19.38 C = 66.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.60 mb = 1213.53 m = 3981.34 ft T: 10.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1432.87 m = 4700.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.91 C = 57.04 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.35 C Showalter Index: 4.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 29.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.37 mb = 1497.39 m = 4912.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.37 mb = 1546.42 m = 5073.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 788.37 mb = 2052.56 m = 6734.03 ft B at Equ Level: 12.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 728.37 mb = 2698.26 m = 8852.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.6 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 325.6 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -40.6 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.14 Bulk Shear: 0.84 m/s