MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.74,-102.93 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 525 2 900 1013 SFC 867 1344 28.3 18.4 55 9.9 21.1 128 6 314.0 316.9 299.1 362.1 15.56 4 850 1522 26.7 17.3 57 9.4 19.9 128 11 314.1 316.9 298.7 359.8 14.77 5 800 2054 21.6 16.1 71 5.5 17.7 134 14 314.2 316.9 298.5 359.2 14.54 6 750 2610 16.9 12.8 77 4.1 14.1 148 12 315.0 317.4 297.5 353.9 12.51 7 700 3196 13.2 -1.0 37 14.3 5.5 109 2 317.1 318.1 292.6 333.3 5.07 8 650 3812 7.5 -3.5 46 11.0 1.9 80 5 317.4 318.3 292.3 332.0 4.54 9 600 4464 2.0 -6.3 54 8.3 -2.0 5 6 318.4 319.2 292.0 331.3 3.97 10 550 5160 -3.3 -4.4 92 1.1 -3.9 309 26 320.2 321.1 293.4 336.4 5.01 11 500 5907 -8.5 -9.0 96 0.5 -8.7 310 27 322.7 323.4 293.2 335.4 3.87 12 450 6713 -15.0 -21.8 56 6.8 -17.0 312 40 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.5 1.49 13 400 7597 -19.4 -21.1 86 1.7 -19.9 287 53 329.8 330.1 293.3 336.0 1.77 14 350 8575 -26.2 -37.7 33 11.5 -28.0 284 64 333.4 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.42 15 300 9674 -33.8 -36.9 74 3.1 -34.2 276 72 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.8 0.54 16 250 10930 -41.8 -45.1 70 3.3 -42.1 257 68 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.1 0.27 17 200 12407 -51.4 -55.3 63 3.9 -51.6 242 70 351.3 351.4 297.0 351.8 0.11 18 150 14250 -57.5 -77.4 6 19.9 -57.8 285 52 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16756 -65.7 -85.2 5 19.5 -65.9 274 13 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.03 m Freezing level: 581.27 mb = 4724.66 m = 15500.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.50 mb = 4124.83 m = 13532.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.34 mb = 2594.97 m = 8513.57 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 30.85 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.48 mb = 3033.79 m = 9953.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.36 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -8.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -8.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.81 C K Index: 38.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2902.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.86 mb = 2760.29 m = 9055.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.86 mb = 3292.85 m = 10803.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.86 mb = 13378.59 m = 43892.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2871.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.6 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 340.6 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: -41.4 tot: -9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 24.17 Bulk Shear: 120.08 m/s