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: 40.39,-102.9 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -102.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 178 1 950 618 2 900 1092 SFC 878 1311 21.0 17.9 83 3.1 18.8 200 12 305.3 308.1 296.6 349.8 14.87 4 850 1587 18.3 17.1 93 1.1 17.5 196 22 305.3 308.0 296.4 348.9 14.60 5 800 2106 15.5 15.2 98 0.4 15.3 188 23 307.7 310.3 296.4 349.0 13.67 6 750 2654 14.5 11.2 81 3.2 12.3 186 13 312.3 314.4 296.0 346.9 11.25 7 700 3235 10.8 4.0 63 6.8 6.8 157 6 314.5 315.9 293.6 337.3 7.28 8 650 3847 5.2 -0.8 65 6.0 2.1 106 6 314.9 316.0 292.4 332.5 5.57 9 600 4494 -0.7 -5.5 70 4.9 -3.0 84 11 315.3 316.2 291.4 328.9 4.22 10 550 5181 -6.2 -9.8 75 3.7 -7.7 110 20 316.8 317.4 291.0 327.5 3.29 11 500 5919 -11.6 -14.1 82 2.5 -12.5 126 26 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.4 2.56 12 450 6718 -17.2 -19.8 80 2.6 -18.0 140 26 321.6 321.9 291.0 327.6 1.76 13 400 7591 -23.4 -26.2 78 2.8 -24.1 151 17 324.5 324.8 291.3 328.5 1.13 14 350 8560 -26.9 -28.5 87 1.6 -27.2 189 4 332.5 332.7 293.4 336.3 1.05 15 300 9656 -34.1 -34.9 92 0.8 -34.2 282 9 337.3 337.5 294.3 339.8 0.66 16 250 10908 -43.6 -46.5 73 2.9 -43.8 272 28 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.2 0.23 17 200 12368 -54.2 -58.1 62 3.9 -54.3 268 54 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14242 -50.5 -71.8 6 21.3 -51.1 359 14 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.02 19 100 16788 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.5 297 7 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.23 m Freezing level: 605.65 mb = 4420.46 m = 14502.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.46 mb = 4106.16 m = 13471.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.75 mb = 1701.38 m = 5581.88 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.36 C/km ThetaE index: 21.63 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 2093.55 m = 6868.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.23 C = 73.82 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -8.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -8.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 28.74 C K Index: 40.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2029.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.25 mb = 1976.08 m = 6483.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.25 mb = 3386.34 m = 11109.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.25 mb = 12458.27 m = 40873.08 ft B at Equ Level: 2022.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.25 mb = 15275.15 m = 50114.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.8 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 171.8 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: -25.7 tot: 0.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 54.88 Bulk Shear: 36.98 m/s