MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F058.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F058.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 58 hour NAM valid 16Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.75,-121.05 Latitude: 41.75 Longitude: -121.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 570 2 900 1041 SFC 862 1415 19.2 12.8 66 6.4 15.0 315 1 305.1 307.1 293.7 337.5 10.84 4 850 1532 16.9 12.3 74 4.6 13.9 313 1 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.4 10.61 5 800 2047 14.4 9.0 70 5.3 11.0 214 5 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.8 9.07 6 750 2588 10.3 4.5 67 5.8 7.0 232 10 307.7 309.1 291.5 329.3 7.07 7 700 3158 5.8 -4.0 49 9.9 1.1 220 11 309.0 309.7 289.2 321.6 4.05 8 650 3760 2.4 -16.0 24 18.4 -4.3 225 16 311.7 312.0 287.8 317.2 1.69 9 600 4401 -1.4 -24.5 15 23.0 -8.1 229 19 314.4 314.6 287.9 317.4 0.88 10 550 5087 -6.7 -20.9 31 14.2 -11.0 223 22 316.2 316.4 288.9 320.6 1.31 11 500 5823 -11.8 -28.5 24 16.7 -15.7 227 25 318.6 318.8 289.1 321.2 0.73 12 450 6618 -18.2 -36.1 19 17.8 -21.2 239 31 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.7 0.39 13 400 7484 -25.0 -39.6 24 14.6 -27.0 230 43 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.6 0.31 14 350 8439 -33.1 -40.3 48 7.2 -33.8 232 47 324.2 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.33 15 300 9506 -39.7 -48.7 38 9.0 -40.3 241 79 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.15 16 250 10736 -45.7 -63.4 12 17.8 -46.2 241 110 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12202 -50.2 -70.3 8 20.1 -50.6 244 94 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14068 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 242 59 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16650 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 229 15 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.65 m Freezing level: 618.89 mb = 4158.86 m = 13644.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.82 mb = 3276.81 m = 10750.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.83 % Est. max temperature: 22.66 C = 72.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.71 mb = 2219.38 m = 7281.34 ft T: 13.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 20.29 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.24 mb = 2888.19 m = 9475.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.39 C = 72.31 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 31.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 643.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.24 mb = 2585.67 m = 8483.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.24 mb = 3571.53 m = 11717.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.24 mb = 10087.24 m = 33094.20 ft B at Equ Level: 637.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.24 mb = 12358.24 m = 40544.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.1 neg: -1.0 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 15.22 Bulk Shear: 42.30 m/s