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: 40.59,-103.99 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -103.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 551 2 900 1038 SFC 854 1509 28.6 16.2 47 12.5 19.8 150 6 315.8 318.4 298.4 358.4 13.68 4 850 1547 27.2 15.6 49 11.6 19.1 151 6 314.6 317.2 297.8 355.6 13.21 5 800 2079 21.6 14.6 64 7.1 16.7 157 8 314.2 316.7 297.7 355.0 13.14 6 750 2635 16.2 13.6 85 2.6 14.4 160 9 314.2 316.7 297.7 355.0 13.17 7 700 3218 12.3 3.8 56 8.5 7.3 227 8 316.2 317.5 294.0 338.9 7.20 8 650 3835 7.6 -0.0 59 7.6 3.4 265 14 317.6 318.7 293.4 336.4 5.89 9 600 4488 2.7 -7.8 46 10.5 -2.1 282 11 319.2 319.9 291.9 330.9 3.55 10 550 5184 -3.4 -14.3 43 10.8 -7.6 278 9 320.0 320.4 291.0 327.7 2.30 11 500 5927 -10.0 -17.9 52 7.9 -12.6 264 11 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.2 1.87 12 450 6730 -15.8 -23.2 53 7.4 -17.8 256 18 323.4 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.31 13 400 7605 -22.3 -25.6 74 3.3 -23.1 269 29 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.2 1.19 14 350 8573 -28.6 -38.5 38 9.9 -29.9 263 44 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.39 15 300 9659 -36.8 -57.1 10 20.3 -37.9 257 50 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 16 250 10899 -44.0 -60.9 14 17.0 -44.6 268 61 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 17 200 12369 -52.3 -57.3 55 5.0 -52.5 286 59 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.3 0.08 18 150 14204 -56.9 -80.5 4 23.6 -57.2 264 44 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16745 -62.6 -85.1 3 22.6 -62.8 293 7 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.10 m Freezing level: 578.07 mb = 4793.26 m = 15725.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.30 mb = 4229.64 m = 13876.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.09 mb = 3073.41 m = 10083.25 ft T: 13.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 31.22 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.52 mb = 3175.85 m = 10419.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -8.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -8.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.58 C K Index: 44.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2844.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.96 mb = 2980.57 m = 9778.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.96 mb = 3398.87 m = 11151.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.96 mb = 12867.83 m = 42216.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2833.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 93.30 Bulk Shear: 30.49 m/s