MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.18,-100.07 Latitude: 40.18 Longitude: -100.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 1 950 625 SFC 937 744 19.1 16.5 85 2.6 17.3 160 10 297.7 300.0 292.9 334.5 12.66 3 900 1089 16.6 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 177 26 298.6 300.9 293.2 335.4 12.63 4 850 1577 15.8 12.8 82 3.0 13.8 200 27 302.7 304.7 293.2 335.3 10.99 5 800 2092 13.8 13.5 98 0.3 13.6 230 20 305.8 308.1 295.0 342.6 12.26 6 750 2640 15.0 1.4 40 13.6 7.4 263 12 312.9 313.9 291.9 330.6 5.65 7 700 3219 10.6 -1.6 42 12.2 4.2 271 3 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.7 4.86 8 650 3831 5.5 -4.2 50 9.7 0.7 309 10 315.1 316.0 291.4 328.9 4.30 9 600 4478 -0.0 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.8 267 12 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.2 4.08 10 550 5168 -5.2 -10.7 65 5.5 -7.5 246 19 317.9 318.4 291.1 327.9 3.07 11 500 5909 -10.2 -17.9 53 7.7 -12.8 282 21 320.6 321.0 290.8 326.9 1.88 12 450 6712 -16.2 -24.7 48 8.5 -18.3 288 21 322.9 323.1 290.8 326.9 1.15 13 400 7586 -22.8 -37.1 26 14.3 -25.0 292 17 325.4 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.39 14 350 8550 -30.3 -40.0 38 9.7 -31.5 295 24 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.34 15 300 9627 -37.8 -58.8 9 21.1 -38.8 289 39 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.05 16 250 10864 -44.3 -65.7 8 21.3 -45.0 289 49 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 12340 -49.8 -73.3 5 23.5 -50.3 289 49 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14196 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 238 32 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16715 -64.2 -88.8 2 24.5 -64.4 319 20 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.87 m Freezing level: 600.09 mb = 4476.68 m = 14687.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.39 mb = 3951.10 m = 12962.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.36 mb = 1076.51 m = 3531.81 ft T: 16.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.72 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.01 mb = 3123.59 m = 10247.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.09 C = 95.16 F Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.46 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 26.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 380.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 330.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.79 mb = 1469.83 m = 4822.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.79 mb = 4667.99 m = 15314.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.79 mb = 9956.76 m = 32666.15 ft B at Equ Level: 376.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.79 mb = 11837.56 m = 38836.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.5 neg: -17.7 tot: 184.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 5.62 Bulk Shear: 67.69 m/s