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: 40.61,-103.94 Latitude: 40.61 Longitude: -103.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 553 2 900 1040 SFC 856 1489 28.6 16.3 47 12.3 19.9 153 7 315.5 318.2 298.4 358.4 13.77 4 850 1549 26.9 15.6 50 11.3 19.0 154 7 314.3 316.9 297.8 355.5 13.26 5 800 2080 21.5 14.6 65 6.8 16.7 158 8 314.0 316.6 297.7 355.0 13.22 6 750 2636 16.0 13.8 87 2.2 14.5 160 9 313.9 316.5 297.7 355.2 13.33 7 700 3219 12.3 3.8 56 8.4 7.3 224 7 316.1 317.4 294.0 338.8 7.21 8 650 3835 7.6 0.4 60 7.2 3.6 271 14 317.5 318.7 293.5 336.8 6.05 9 600 4488 2.6 -7.5 47 10.1 -2.1 284 12 319.1 319.9 292.0 331.0 3.63 10 550 5184 -3.4 -14.4 42 11.0 -7.7 281 10 320.0 320.4 291.0 327.6 2.27 11 500 5927 -10.1 -17.6 54 7.5 -12.6 267 11 320.7 321.1 290.9 327.2 1.92 12 450 6730 -15.9 -23.1 54 7.2 -17.9 256 18 323.2 323.4 291.1 327.8 1.32 13 400 7605 -22.4 -25.7 75 3.2 -23.2 267 28 325.8 326.0 291.7 330.0 1.18 14 350 8573 -28.5 -35.9 49 7.4 -29.6 263 44 330.3 330.5 292.3 332.2 0.51 15 300 9658 -36.8 -57.0 11 20.2 -37.9 256 52 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.06 16 250 10897 -44.2 -57.3 22 13.0 -44.8 267 59 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 17 200 12367 -52.6 -56.9 60 4.3 -52.8 284 59 349.4 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.09 18 150 14203 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 265 43 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16743 -62.4 -85.0 3 22.6 -62.6 291 6 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.30 m Freezing level: 578.43 mb = 4788.31 m = 15709.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.38 mb = 4241.96 m = 13917.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.21 mb = 3037.04 m = 9963.93 ft T: 13.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 27.93 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.32 mb = 3130.68 m = 10271.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -8.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -8.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.00 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 44.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2893.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.01 mb = 2945.33 m = 9663.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.01 mb = 3362.29 m = 11031.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.01 mb = 13110.34 m = 43012.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2855.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 42.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 92.53 Bulk Shear: 31.27 m/s