MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.67,-103.46 Latitude: 38.67 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 1 950 620 2 900 1094 SFC 862 1468 19.2 19.0 99 0.2 19.1 342 11 305.1 308.1 297.4 353.7 16.27 4 850 1589 18.7 17.0 90 1.7 17.5 331 12 305.7 308.4 296.4 349.1 14.49 5 800 2106 14.3 9.6 73 4.7 11.3 203 9 306.4 308.1 293.0 334.7 9.40 6 750 2651 13.8 8.5 70 5.3 10.5 176 22 311.6 313.4 294.4 340.4 9.35 7 700 3230 10.0 5.0 71 5.1 7.1 176 28 313.6 315.1 293.8 338.0 7.83 8 650 3842 5.6 1.7 76 3.9 3.5 176 29 315.3 316.6 293.4 336.4 6.69 9 600 4491 1.1 -1.9 80 3.1 -0.4 173 28 317.4 318.5 293.1 335.1 5.54 10 550 5186 -3.0 -5.8 81 2.8 -4.3 171 24 320.6 321.5 293.2 335.3 4.52 11 500 5935 -7.7 -8.5 94 0.8 -8.0 173 22 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.1 4.04 12 450 6748 -12.5 -12.5 100 0.0 -12.5 178 18 327.6 328.2 294.0 338.6 3.26 13 400 7638 -18.5 -18.5 100 0.0 -18.4 193 11 331.0 331.5 294.0 338.8 2.23 14 350 8621 -25.2 -25.2 100 0.0 -25.2 271 4 334.7 335.0 294.3 339.8 1.40 15 300 9724 -33.0 -34.2 89 1.2 -33.2 351 7 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.5 0.70 16 250 10978 -42.7 -46.2 69 3.4 -43.0 5 21 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.24 17 200 12450 -52.5 -56.5 63 3.9 -52.7 316 31 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.09 18 150 14266 -59.6 -68.6 30 9.0 -59.8 295 60 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.02 19 100 16791 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.3 338 3 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.10 m Freezing level: 586.03 mb = 4685.20 m = 15371.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.72 mb = 4413.98 m = 14481.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.49 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.70 mb = 1490.37 m = 4889.60 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 18.96 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.49 mb = 3176.60 m = 10421.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 191.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.29 mb = 2414.74 m = 7922.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.29 mb = 4273.59 m = 14020.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.29 mb = 9345.14 m = 30659.55 ft B at Equ Level: 191.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.29 mb = 11933.21 m = 39150.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.9 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 206.9 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 6.1 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.4 neg: -61.5 tot: -19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.64 Bulk Shear: 116.80 m/s