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: 38.77,-103.59 Latitude: 38.77 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 186 1 950 643 2 900 1109 SFC 852 1575 14.8 13.8 94 1.0 14.2 225 7 301.5 303.6 293.3 336.1 11.74 4 850 1595 14.3 13.3 93 1.0 13.7 239 8 301.2 303.2 292.9 334.6 11.35 5 800 2108 14.3 10.8 79 3.6 12.1 175 23 306.4 308.3 293.6 337.2 10.21 6 750 2654 13.3 8.5 73 4.8 10.3 164 26 311.0 312.7 294.2 339.6 9.33 7 700 3231 9.5 4.3 70 5.2 6.4 157 26 312.9 314.4 293.3 336.1 7.45 8 650 3842 6.0 1.7 74 4.2 3.6 140 22 315.7 317.0 293.5 336.8 6.68 9 600 4494 2.2 -0.4 83 2.6 0.8 104 16 318.6 319.8 294.0 338.5 6.21 10 550 5192 -2.4 -4.4 86 2.0 -3.4 94 11 321.3 322.2 293.7 337.6 5.04 11 500 5942 -7.2 -7.2 100 0.0 -7.2 120 8 324.3 325.1 294.1 339.0 4.45 12 450 6756 -12.2 -12.2 100 0.0 -12.2 163 8 327.9 328.6 294.1 339.2 3.33 13 400 7647 -17.9 -17.9 100 0.0 -17.9 194 11 331.7 332.2 294.3 339.8 2.33 14 350 8632 -24.8 -24.8 100 0.0 -24.8 206 13 335.3 335.6 294.4 340.6 1.46 15 300 9736 -32.5 -32.4 100 -0.0 -32.4 239 16 339.6 339.8 295.0 342.8 0.84 16 250 10996 -42.1 -44.7 75 2.7 -42.3 266 21 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.7 0.28 17 200 12464 -54.3 -58.0 63 3.7 -54.4 278 28 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.08 18 150 14266 -61.1 -69.7 31 8.6 -61.2 288 62 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.02 19 100 16791 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 117 11 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.84 m Freezing level: 576.14 mb = 4826.89 m = 15836.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.61 mb = 4620.47 m = 15158.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.00 % Est. max temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.22 mb = 1703.20 m = 5587.85 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 3.50 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.67 mb = 3365.50 m = 11041.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.47 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 29.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4751.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.28 mb = 2505.18 m = 8219.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.1 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 178.1 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -169.4 tot: -169.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -56.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.24 Bulk Shear: 18.84 m/s