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: 38.72,-103.7 Latitude: 38.72 Longitude: -103.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 580 2 900 1059 SFC 852 1534 21.9 18.2 80 3.7 19.2 21 11 308.8 311.7 297.9 356.1 15.59 4 850 1559 21.5 17.9 80 3.6 18.9 16 13 308.7 311.5 297.7 355.2 15.36 5 800 2086 20.2 14.8 71 5.3 16.5 122 18 312.6 315.2 297.5 353.9 13.39 6 750 2639 15.2 13.2 88 2.0 13.8 148 22 313.0 315.5 297.2 352.5 12.79 7 700 3221 11.3 11.3 100 0.0 11.3 175 22 315.0 317.3 297.2 352.6 12.10 8 650 3840 8.9 8.9 100 0.0 8.9 205 23 319.0 321.2 297.5 354.1 11.09 9 600 4500 4.8 4.8 100 0.0 4.8 236 27 321.6 323.4 296.7 350.5 9.01 10 550 5202 -2.0 -2.7 94 0.8 -2.4 270 30 321.8 322.9 294.4 340.2 5.69 11 500 5951 -8.8 -8.8 100 0.0 -8.8 290 35 322.4 323.1 293.2 335.3 3.94 12 450 6758 -14.5 -16.2 87 1.7 -15.1 284 39 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.2 2.41 13 400 7639 -20.7 -25.8 64 5.1 -22.0 287 43 328.1 328.3 292.3 332.2 1.17 14 350 8616 -26.1 -29.8 71 3.6 -26.9 290 44 333.5 333.7 293.6 336.9 0.92 15 300 9714 -33.8 -38.4 63 4.6 -34.4 304 47 337.8 337.9 294.2 339.6 0.46 16 250 10970 -41.8 -45.8 65 4.0 -42.1 323 50 343.9 344.0 295.5 344.9 0.25 17 200 12445 -52.3 -59.9 40 7.6 -52.5 328 45 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.06 18 150 14270 -60.2 -78.8 7 18.6 -60.4 289 58 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16757 -62.5 -85.0 3 22.6 -62.7 179 5 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.03 m Freezing level: 564.52 mb = 4998.48 m = 16399.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 566.66 mb = 4961.54 m = 16277.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.47 mb = 2005.18 m = 6578.59 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 3.61 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.98 mb = 2821.41 m = 9256.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.51 C = 79.71 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.24 C Cross Totals Index: 26.66 C K Index: 48.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2046.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.48 mb = 2588.27 m = 8491.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.48 mb = 3107.70 m = 10195.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.48 mb = 13131.53 m = 43081.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2021.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 561.3 neg: -4.1 tot: 557.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.65 Bulk Rich Number: 8.26 Bulk Shear: 247.62 m/s