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: 39.47,-102.64 Latitude: 39.47 Longitude: -102.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 539 2 900 1025 SFC 873 1300 27.4 20.1 65 7.3 22.1 158 8 312.5 315.8 299.8 365.6 17.25 4 850 1532 24.9 19.2 71 5.7 20.8 166 11 312.2 315.4 299.4 363.7 16.73 5 800 2061 20.4 19.5 95 0.9 19.7 178 12 312.9 316.3 300.3 368.7 18.07 6 750 2617 18.2 -0.5 28 18.7 7.9 143 1 316.3 317.3 292.3 332.0 4.93 7 700 3202 13.3 -3.7 30 17.0 4.5 79 1 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.7 4.16 8 650 3818 7.7 -4.4 42 12.1 1.6 189 3 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.3 4.24 9 600 4470 1.5 -5.5 60 7.0 -1.9 209 5 317.9 318.7 292.2 331.5 4.23 10 550 5163 -4.9 -8.7 75 3.8 -6.5 208 5 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.1 3.62 11 500 5906 -9.3 -13.1 74 3.8 -10.7 250 17 321.7 322.3 292.0 331.1 2.79 12 450 6714 -14.2 -18.1 72 3.9 -15.5 274 42 325.4 325.8 292.3 332.4 2.04 13 400 7595 -20.8 -24.8 70 4.0 -21.8 266 43 328.0 328.3 292.4 332.5 1.28 14 350 8569 -27.2 -33.2 56 6.0 -28.2 280 44 332.1 332.2 292.9 334.6 0.66 15 300 9660 -35.9 -40.7 61 4.8 -36.4 272 45 334.7 334.8 293.3 336.1 0.36 16 250 10902 -44.5 -50.6 51 6.1 -44.8 278 56 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.15 17 200 12369 -51.8 -67.3 14 15.5 -52.1 279 61 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14218 -56.0 -82.0 2 26.0 -56.3 284 50 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16731 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 273 18 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.83 m Freezing level: 588.07 mb = 4635.74 m = 15208.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.83 mb = 4114.04 m = 13497.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.23 mb = 2221.66 m = 7288.82 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 38.03 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.25 mb = 2831.66 m = 9290.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -10.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -10.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.18 C Cross Totals Index: 28.49 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 543.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3959.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.47 mb = 2385.14 m = 7825.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.47 mb = 3135.88 m = 10288.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.47 mb = 13586.92 m = 44575.98 ft B at Equ Level: 3926.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.6 neg: -40.4 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 121.57 Bulk Shear: 32.57 m/s