MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.57,-103.83 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -103.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 1 950 627 2 900 1089 SFC 863 1443 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.5 351 40 299.3 301.4 292.3 332.1 11.21 4 850 1573 12.3 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 354 63 299.0 300.9 291.6 329.4 10.41 5 800 2083 13.7 12.1 90 1.6 12.7 5 61 305.7 307.8 294.1 339.2 11.14 6 750 2628 12.8 12.4 98 0.4 12.6 24 46 310.5 312.8 296.1 347.7 12.19 7 700 3208 10.6 9.8 95 0.8 10.0 52 29 314.2 316.3 296.2 348.0 10.91 8 650 3822 6.1 5.0 93 1.0 5.5 90 22 315.8 317.5 294.9 342.4 8.47 9 600 4473 0.8 0.4 97 0.4 0.5 114 20 317.1 318.3 293.8 337.9 6.57 10 550 5166 -3.7 -3.7 100 0.0 -3.7 134 17 319.7 320.7 293.5 336.8 5.29 11 500 5914 -7.9 -7.9 100 0.0 -7.9 173 14 323.4 324.2 293.6 337.3 4.21 12 450 6727 -12.2 -12.2 100 0.0 -12.2 212 18 327.9 328.5 294.1 339.1 3.32 13 400 7619 -17.4 -17.4 100 0.0 -17.4 235 30 332.4 332.9 294.6 341.0 2.45 14 350 8605 -25.0 -25.0 100 0.0 -25.0 243 40 335.0 335.3 294.4 340.2 1.43 15 300 9705 -33.8 -33.8 100 0.0 -33.8 247 43 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.73 16 250 10960 -42.0 -45.0 72 3.0 -42.3 251 39 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.7 0.28 17 200 12432 -53.7 -57.4 63 3.7 -53.8 255 30 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.08 18 150 14247 -56.9 -65.2 34 8.3 -57.1 272 67 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.3 0.04 19 100 16770 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.1 -63.6 83 5 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.75 m Freezing level: 590.95 mb = 4598.08 m = 15085.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.60 mb = 4557.97 m = 14953.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.85 mb = 1504.76 m = 4936.82 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 2.67 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.16 mb = 1511.61 m = 4959.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.68 C = 56.62 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Showalter Index: 3.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 228.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.00 mb = 2083.23 m = 6834.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 545.00 mb = 5237.91 m = 17184.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 535.00 mb = 5383.16 m = 17661.08 ft B at Equ Level: 46.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 415.00 mb = 7339.83 m = 24080.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.6 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 76.6 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -132.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 543.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 543.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 181.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.8 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 288.18 m/s