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: 41.41,-103.03 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -103.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 582 2 900 1059 SFC 875 1308 23.1 18.1 73 5.0 19.5 158 15 307.8 310.6 297.4 353.4 15.08 4 850 1558 19.9 17.4 86 2.5 18.2 159 21 307.0 309.8 297.0 351.9 14.92 5 800 2078 15.1 15.1 100 -0.0 15.1 168 26 307.3 309.8 296.3 348.4 13.64 6 750 2627 16.2 4.8 47 11.4 9.4 214 9 314.1 315.5 293.5 336.7 7.21 7 700 3210 12.7 -1.5 37 14.2 5.1 308 7 316.6 317.5 292.3 332.3 4.92 8 650 3827 7.7 -4.7 41 12.3 1.5 337 12 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.1 4.16 9 600 4479 2.0 -8.6 45 10.6 -2.8 321 15 318.4 319.0 291.5 329.2 3.32 10 550 5173 -3.9 -15.3 41 11.4 -8.1 315 13 319.5 319.9 290.7 326.5 2.11 11 500 5916 -10.3 -21.9 38 11.7 -13.7 306 16 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.0 1.32 12 450 6716 -17.0 -23.7 56 6.7 -18.7 254 24 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.2 1.26 13 400 7589 -23.7 -27.4 72 3.7 -24.5 261 33 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.7 1.01 14 350 8552 -29.5 -32.5 75 3.0 -30.0 284 31 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.6 0.71 15 300 9633 -38.0 -41.2 72 3.2 -38.3 317 28 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.35 16 250 10869 -43.9 -47.4 68 3.5 -44.1 288 38 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12342 -50.6 -54.9 60 4.3 -50.8 292 42 352.7 352.7 297.3 353.1 0.11 18 150 14198 -54.4 -76.4 5 22.0 -54.8 272 33 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.01 19 100 16739 -61.5 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 313 9 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.31 m Freezing level: 583.22 mb = 4711.93 m = 15458.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.42 mb = 4050.04 m = 13287.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.52 mb = 1944.35 m = 6379.04 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.50 C/km ThetaE index: 28.33 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.54 mb = 2050.34 m = 6726.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.56 C = 72.60 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: -8.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.19 C Cross Totals Index: 27.73 C K Index: 33.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2106.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.90 mb = 2099.93 m = 6889.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.90 mb = 3916.15 m = 12848.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.90 mb = 11929.21 m = 39137.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2099.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.90 mb = 15446.92 m = 50678.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.1 neg: -31.2 tot: 70.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 17.57 Bulk Shear: 119.90 m/s