MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.34,-103.27 Latitude: 40.34 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 572 2 900 1053 SFC 872 1326 25.5 18.8 66 6.7 20.7 148 18 310.6 313.6 298.5 359.1 15.87 4 850 1554 21.6 17.8 79 3.8 18.9 152 23 308.8 311.7 297.7 355.2 15.29 5 800 2077 17.2 16.4 95 0.7 16.7 174 29 309.5 312.3 297.6 354.6 14.86 6 750 2630 18.2 1.6 33 16.6 8.7 191 10 316.3 317.4 292.9 334.5 5.72 7 700 3216 14.0 -3.6 29 17.6 4.8 317 3 318.0 318.8 292.1 331.5 4.18 8 650 3834 8.7 -7.0 32 15.7 1.1 299 7 318.7 319.4 291.7 330.1 3.48 9 600 4488 2.7 -12.1 33 14.9 -3.5 293 9 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.6 2.51 10 550 5183 -3.5 -16.0 37 12.5 -8.1 284 10 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.6 1.99 11 500 5926 -10.0 -25.3 27 15.3 -14.2 282 14 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.2 0.97 12 450 6728 -16.1 -29.8 30 13.6 -19.1 275 20 322.9 323.1 290.4 325.5 0.72 13 400 7602 -23.3 -34.5 35 11.2 -25.2 275 25 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.51 14 350 8565 -30.1 -50.0 13 19.9 -31.9 280 37 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.11 15 300 9648 -36.5 -40.9 64 4.4 -36.9 282 50 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.36 16 250 10892 -43.1 -52.3 36 9.2 -43.6 290 60 341.9 342.0 294.9 342.4 0.12 17 200 12365 -51.1 -71.6 7 20.5 -51.5 289 58 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14223 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 274 43 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16760 -64.6 -88.6 2 24.0 -64.7 260 11 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.45 m Freezing level: 578.21 mb = 4791.02 m = 15718.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.68 mb = 3990.25 m = 13091.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.15 mb = 2172.43 m = 7127.32 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 34.88 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.07 mb = 3250.62 m = 10664.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: -8.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: -8.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.69 C Cross Totals Index: 27.87 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2538.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.68 mb = 2297.52 m = 7537.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.68 mb = 3901.10 m = 12798.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.68 mb = 12539.07 m = 41138.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2526.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.7 neg: -36.0 tot: 86.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.95 Bulk Rich Number: 24.65 Bulk Shear: 102.99 m/s