MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.56,-103.59 Latitude: 38.56 Longitude: -103.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 564 2 900 1048 SFC 857 1485 25.6 15.8 55 9.8 18.7 157 21 312.2 314.8 297.3 353.0 13.26 4 850 1554 25.1 15.7 56 9.4 18.5 158 25 312.4 314.9 297.3 353.3 13.27 5 800 2083 20.3 14.4 69 5.9 16.3 160 36 312.8 315.3 297.3 352.9 13.01 6 750 2636 15.2 13.2 88 2.0 13.8 159 36 313.1 315.5 297.2 352.7 12.84 7 700 3218 11.4 11.4 100 -0.0 11.4 168 26 315.1 317.4 297.3 352.9 12.17 8 650 3835 7.5 3.9 78 3.5 5.4 193 14 317.4 318.9 294.8 342.1 7.82 9 600 4489 2.2 -3.0 68 5.2 -0.5 245 12 318.6 319.6 293.1 335.1 5.10 10 550 5185 -2.6 -9.7 58 7.1 -5.7 292 31 321.0 321.7 292.3 332.0 3.33 11 500 5933 -8.2 -13.2 67 5.0 -10.1 281 36 323.0 323.6 292.3 332.3 2.77 12 450 6742 -13.8 -20.3 58 6.5 -15.8 275 33 325.9 326.2 292.2 331.7 1.69 13 400 7627 -19.5 -41.0 13 21.5 -22.8 287 43 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.26 14 350 8604 -26.7 -35.7 43 8.9 -28.2 288 46 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.7 0.52 15 300 9702 -33.8 -51.8 15 18.0 -35.2 288 48 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.11 16 250 10956 -42.1 -63.0 9 20.8 -43.0 300 59 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 17 200 12427 -52.9 -69.8 11 16.8 -53.2 297 57 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14255 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.6 -59.6 284 58 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16752 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 150 4 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.22 m Freezing level: 577.03 mb = 4808.69 m = 15776.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.33 mb = 4429.88 m = 14533.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.06 mb = 2726.08 m = 8943.73 ft T: 14.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 0.56 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.55 mb = 2997.52 m = 9834.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 48.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 566.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1962.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.64 mb = 2810.78 m = 9221.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.64 mb = 3222.42 m = 10572.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.64 mb = 13109.35 m = 43009.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1930.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.64 mb = 16184.91 m = 53099.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.6 neg: -47.3 tot: 52.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.21 Bulk Rich Number: 10.70 Bulk Shear: 183.47 m/s