MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.99,-102.66 Latitude: 38.99 Longitude: -102.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 541 2 900 1028 SFC 863 1404 27.6 18.1 56 9.5 20.7 115 6 313.7 316.6 298.9 361.0 15.31 4 850 1537 26.6 17.3 57 9.3 19.9 122 9 314.0 316.8 298.7 359.7 14.75 5 800 2069 21.8 15.8 69 6.0 17.6 155 13 314.4 317.2 298.4 358.7 14.27 6 750 2626 16.9 14.7 87 2.2 15.4 177 14 314.9 317.6 298.5 358.9 14.17 7 700 3211 13.2 -2.8 33 16.0 4.8 201 6 317.1 318.0 292.1 331.4 4.45 8 650 3828 7.8 -5.7 38 13.5 1.2 331 1 317.8 318.5 291.7 330.2 3.84 9 600 4481 2.7 -14.5 27 17.2 -4.1 301 6 319.2 319.6 290.6 326.2 2.07 10 550 5176 -4.0 -8.9 69 4.9 -6.1 271 12 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.0 3.56 11 500 5920 -8.5 -9.0 96 0.5 -8.7 289 20 322.7 323.4 293.2 335.4 3.87 12 450 6727 -15.2 -15.5 97 0.3 -15.3 294 29 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.8 2.55 13 400 7605 -21.6 -30.3 45 8.7 -23.3 293 41 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.7 0.77 14 350 8576 -27.9 -32.0 68 4.2 -28.6 285 51 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.9 0.75 15 300 9666 -36.0 -51.6 19 15.5 -37.1 268 58 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 16 250 10908 -44.4 -51.0 48 6.6 -44.8 263 63 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.6 0.14 17 200 12376 -50.7 -59.0 37 8.3 -51.0 277 55 352.5 352.5 297.3 352.8 0.07 18 150 14230 -55.5 -79.4 4 23.9 -55.8 294 43 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16733 -65.3 -84.9 5 19.6 -65.4 278 11 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.78 m Freezing level: 579.93 mb = 4759.56 m = 15615.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.70 mb = 3970.68 m = 13027.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.72 mb = 2606.36 m = 8550.94 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 32.77 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.36 mb = 3039.09 m = 9970.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -8.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -8.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.09 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3282.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.66 mb = 2789.84 m = 9152.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.66 mb = 3322.97 m = 10902.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.66 mb = 13031.66 m = 42754.28 ft B at Equ Level: 3267.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 304.8 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.1 neg: -17.8 tot: 61.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.60 Bulk Rich Number: 45.42 Bulk Shear: 72.27 m/s