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: 40.66,-103.91 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -103.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 554 2 900 1040 SFC 859 1454 28.9 16.4 47 12.5 20.0 148 7 315.4 318.1 298.4 358.3 13.77 4 850 1549 26.7 15.7 51 11.0 19.0 149 7 314.1 316.7 297.8 355.5 13.35 5 800 2080 21.3 14.8 66 6.5 16.8 154 8 313.9 316.4 297.7 355.2 13.36 6 750 2635 15.8 13.9 88 1.9 14.5 157 9 313.7 316.3 297.8 355.3 13.44 7 700 3218 12.0 4.9 62 7.1 7.7 227 6 315.7 317.2 294.4 340.1 7.77 8 650 3834 7.6 0.4 60 7.2 3.6 279 13 317.5 318.7 293.5 336.8 6.07 9 600 4487 2.7 -8.2 44 10.9 -2.3 288 12 319.2 319.9 291.8 330.4 3.42 10 550 5183 -3.4 -15.4 39 12.0 -7.9 286 11 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.0 2.10 11 500 5926 -10.0 -18.5 50 8.4 -12.8 269 11 320.8 321.1 290.8 326.8 1.78 12 450 6729 -16.0 -23.7 52 7.7 -18.1 253 18 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.4 1.25 13 400 7604 -22.6 -26.8 69 4.2 -23.5 257 24 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.4 1.07 14 350 8572 -28.6 -33.0 66 4.4 -29.3 263 42 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.7 0.68 15 300 9657 -36.9 -54.6 14 17.7 -37.9 256 53 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 16 250 10896 -44.5 -54.0 34 9.5 -45.0 266 57 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.10 17 200 12365 -52.6 -56.5 62 3.9 -52.7 280 59 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.9 0.09 18 150 14204 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.7 266 43 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16742 -62.3 -84.9 3 22.6 -62.5 293 6 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.54 m Freezing level: 578.27 mb = 4789.67 m = 15713.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.63 mb = 4224.57 m = 13859.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.26 mb = 3024.03 m = 9921.24 ft T: 13.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 28.50 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.65 mb = 3043.07 m = 9983.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -8.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -8.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.75 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 45.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2961.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.20 mb = 2907.69 m = 9539.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.20 mb = 3203.55 m = 10510.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.20 mb = 12996.28 m = 42638.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2938.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 38.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 91.90 Bulk Shear: 32.23 m/s