MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.07,-104.15 Latitude: 40.07 Longitude: -104.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 561 2 900 1042 SFC 858 1457 26.2 13.8 46 12.4 17.8 180 27 312.7 314.9 296.3 348.7 11.65 4 850 1544 23.4 13.0 52 10.4 16.4 182 35 310.6 312.7 295.4 344.8 11.15 5 800 2071 20.9 11.9 56 9.0 14.9 178 30 313.4 315.5 296.1 347.6 11.03 6 750 2627 17.6 11.3 67 6.3 13.4 165 21 315.6 317.8 296.8 350.8 11.26 7 700 3212 12.0 10.1 88 2.0 10.7 157 17 315.8 318.0 296.8 350.6 11.13 8 650 3829 7.5 7.5 100 0.0 7.5 159 10 317.5 319.4 296.4 349.2 10.08 9 600 4483 1.9 -3.3 69 5.1 -0.7 284 5 318.3 319.3 292.9 334.4 5.02 10 550 5177 -3.9 -10.4 61 6.5 -6.6 329 8 319.5 320.1 291.7 329.9 3.16 11 500 5920 -10.6 -15.3 69 4.6 -12.3 322 9 320.1 320.5 291.1 327.9 2.34 12 450 6719 -17.4 -19.4 85 2.0 -18.0 273 8 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.6 1.83 13 400 7592 -22.5 -22.6 99 0.1 -22.5 275 31 325.7 326.0 292.0 331.1 1.55 14 350 8561 -28.5 -28.9 96 0.4 -28.6 271 54 330.3 330.5 292.8 334.0 1.00 15 300 9653 -34.1 -45.9 29 11.8 -35.2 255 68 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.21 16 250 10905 -42.6 -49.7 46 7.1 -43.1 270 73 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.16 17 200 12383 -52.2 -65.6 19 13.3 -52.5 264 70 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.03 18 150 14223 -57.4 -80.9 4 23.5 -57.6 292 55 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16747 -61.7 -84.6 3 22.9 -61.9 54 4 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.13 m Freezing level: 583.59 mb = 4710.64 m = 15454.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.49 mb = 4421.81 m = 14507.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.16 C = 84.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.94 mb = 3020.91 m = 9911.00 ft T: 13.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 23.22 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.31 mb = 3573.01 m = 11722.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 45.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1535.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.15 mb = 3137.69 m = 10294.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.15 mb = 4069.52 m = 13351.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.15 mb = 11716.98 m = 38441.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1532.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.15 mb = 15059.01 m = 49405.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -131.2 tot: -103.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: -4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 27.64 Bulk Shear: 55.54 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.63,-103.35 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 566 2 900 1052 SFC 860 1460 28.3 14.7 43 13.6 18.8 156 14 314.7 317.1 297.3 353.0 12.31 4 850 1560 26.7 14.1 46 12.6 18.1 157 17 314.1 316.4 296.9 351.3 12.00 5 800 2091 21.4 13.0 59 8.3 15.7 160 18 313.9 316.2 296.8 350.8 11.88 6 750 2646 16.0 11.9 77 4.0 13.3 163 18 313.9 316.1 296.7 350.4 11.79 7 700 3228 10.7 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 180 14 314.3 316.5 296.4 349.1 11.19 8 650 3844 8.6 -2.7 45 11.3 2.7 343 11 318.7 319.7 292.9 334.3 4.83 9 600 4500 3.3 -7.4 45 10.8 -1.7 325 10 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.9 3.65 10 550 5197 -2.8 -16.7 33 14.0 -7.8 302 13 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.2 1.88 11 500 5942 -9.1 -17.6 50 8.4 -12.0 291 17 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.4 1.93 12 450 6747 -15.6 -27.1 37 11.5 -18.4 276 16 323.6 323.7 290.8 326.8 0.92 13 400 7623 -22.8 -29.3 55 6.5 -24.1 242 16 325.4 325.5 291.3 328.4 0.84 14 350 8592 -27.7 -30.4 78 2.6 -28.2 266 26 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.87 15 300 9686 -34.0 -37.1 74 3.1 -34.4 280 52 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.4 0.53 16 250 10938 -43.1 -46.5 69 3.4 -43.4 279 60 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.23 17 200 12411 -50.6 -55.1 59 4.5 -50.8 278 55 352.6 352.6 297.3 353.1 0.11 18 150 14264 -58.5 -81.5 4 23.0 -58.7 271 46 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16762 -65.3 -85.7 4 20.3 -65.5 119 12 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.06 m Freezing level: 572.57 mb = 4881.99 m = 16016.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.11 mb = 4242.87 m = 13920.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.03 mb = 3167.41 m = 10391.63 ft T: 11.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 25.83 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.30 mb = 3176.14 m = 10420.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.84 C = 82.10 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 49.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1841.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.05 mb = 3143.20 m = 10312.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.05 mb = 3322.74 m = 10901.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 682.05 mb = 3443.81 m = 11298.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 662.05 mb = 3691.38 m = 12110.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 79.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 24.21 Bulk Shear: 76.04 m/s