MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107151200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107151200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 16 JUL 21 Station: 46.2,-103.4 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 498 SFC 906 917 30.2 12.7 34 17.6 18.5 165 9 312.0 314.0 295.1 343.5 10.22 3 900 981 28.7 12.1 36 16.5 17.7 166 9 311.0 312.9 294.7 341.5 9.92 4 850 1484 23.6 11.3 46 12.3 15.5 171 10 310.8 312.7 294.6 341.3 9.93 5 800 2009 18.4 10.3 59 8.1 13.1 177 10 310.8 312.6 294.6 341.0 9.85 6 750 2557 13.1 9.1 77 3.9 10.6 184 10 310.7 312.6 294.4 340.6 9.73 7 700 3133 7.6 7.0 96 0.6 7.3 220 9 310.9 312.6 294.0 338.7 9.04 8 650 3741 5.7 -19.8 14 25.4 -3.3 317 14 315.4 315.6 288.6 319.5 1.22 9 600 4389 1.7 -34.1 5 35.7 -7.2 310 17 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.3 0.36 10 550 5083 -2.6 -45.9 2 43.3 -10.6 303 20 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.4 0.11 11 500 5831 -8.0 -35.2 9 27.2 -13.9 306 21 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.38 12 450 6638 -14.5 -37.6 12 23.1 -18.7 302 19 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.2 0.33 13 400 7516 -22.3 -37.7 24 15.3 -24.7 298 21 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.37 14 350 8479 -30.8 -44.1 26 13.3 -32.1 298 28 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.22 15 300 9552 -40.2 -51.5 29 11.3 -40.9 296 30 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.11 16 250 10771 -47.5 -61.5 19 13.9 -48.0 287 33 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.04 17 200 12243 -46.2 -74.0 3 27.8 -46.9 286 58 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 18 150 14131 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 287 51 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16687 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.5 296 21 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.52 m Freezing level: 580.65 mb = 4657.71 m = 15281.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.46 mb = 3547.98 m = 11640.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.99 mb = 3109.12 m = 10200.40 ft T: 7.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 24.20 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.30 mb = 3034.47 m = 9955.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.44 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 42.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1084.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.35 mb = 3033.92 m = 9953.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.35 mb = 3092.99 m = 10147.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 673.35 mb = 3451.32 m = 11323.08 ft B at Equ Level: 8.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.35 mb = 13571.48 m = 44525.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 316.7 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 17.86 Bulk Shear: 60.72 m/s