MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.25,-102.56 Latitude: 40.25 Longitude: -102.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 585 2 900 1064 SFC 884 1217 24.7 17.6 65 7.1 19.7 159 15 308.5 311.2 297.1 352.4 14.48 4 850 1565 21.5 16.4 73 5.0 17.9 162 22 308.6 311.2 296.8 350.9 13.95 5 800 2087 16.4 15.5 94 1.0 15.8 164 24 308.7 311.3 296.8 351.0 13.96 6 750 2635 14.3 13.7 96 0.6 13.9 203 30 312.1 314.7 297.3 352.9 13.27 7 700 3217 12.2 1.9 49 10.4 6.3 223 13 316.0 317.2 293.3 335.9 6.27 8 650 3834 8.4 -7.0 33 15.4 1.0 333 10 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.7 3.47 9 600 4488 2.5 -10.4 38 12.9 -3.1 322 11 319.0 319.5 291.3 328.4 2.88 10 550 5182 -3.6 -15.9 38 12.3 -8.1 310 11 319.8 320.1 290.7 326.5 2.00 11 500 5925 -10.1 -21.5 39 11.3 -13.5 293 12 320.7 320.9 290.4 325.4 1.37 12 450 6727 -16.1 -30.2 29 14.0 -19.2 279 18 322.9 323.1 290.4 325.4 0.69 13 400 7601 -22.7 -39.7 20 16.9 -25.2 269 20 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.6 0.30 14 350 8566 -30.1 -43.3 27 13.1 -31.6 282 27 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.24 15 300 9652 -35.1 -38.2 74 3.0 -35.5 279 45 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.6 0.47 16 250 10902 -42.7 -46.1 70 3.3 -43.0 299 58 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.25 17 200 12374 -52.7 -56.7 62 4.0 -52.8 299 64 349.4 349.4 296.6 349.8 0.09 18 150 14223 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 264 39 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16761 -62.9 -89.6 2 26.6 -63.1 272 8 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.26 m Freezing level: 579.90 mb = 4766.89 m = 15639.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.79 mb = 3988.72 m = 13086.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.20 mb = 2116.96 m = 6945.32 ft T: 16.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 27.55 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2521.06 m = 8271.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: -7.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2162.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.44 mb = 2200.03 m = 7217.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.44 mb = 3903.96 m = 12808.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.44 mb = 12554.67 m = 41189.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2151.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.44 mb = 15916.69 m = 52219.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.6 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 275.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.7 neg: -19.5 tot: 177.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 28.61 Bulk Shear: 75.59 m/s