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: 40.66,-102.32 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -102.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 557 2 900 1041 SFC 888 1164 26.3 18.5 62 7.8 20.8 252 4 309.9 312.8 298.0 356.5 15.29 4 850 1546 24.1 16.6 63 7.5 18.8 234 9 311.4 314.1 297.7 354.8 14.16 5 800 2073 19.0 15.8 82 3.2 16.8 225 9 311.4 314.1 297.7 355.2 14.29 6 750 2625 14.9 11.0 78 3.9 12.4 237 12 312.7 314.9 296.0 347.0 11.09 7 700 3206 11.8 0.7 47 11.1 5.6 244 6 315.6 316.7 292.7 333.9 5.78 8 650 3821 7.1 -4.9 42 12.0 1.1 189 3 316.9 317.7 291.7 330.1 4.08 9 600 4472 1.1 -11.5 38 12.7 -4.1 176 5 317.4 317.9 290.6 326.1 2.63 10 550 5162 -5.6 -11.7 62 6.1 -8.0 175 5 317.5 318.0 290.8 326.8 2.85 11 500 5900 -11.9 -15.5 75 3.6 -13.1 235 4 318.5 319.0 290.6 326.2 2.29 12 450 6700 -15.3 -17.1 86 1.9 -15.9 268 30 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.6 2.22 13 400 7576 -22.7 -25.1 81 2.4 -23.3 282 50 325.5 325.7 291.7 329.8 1.24 14 350 8544 -28.7 -31.6 76 2.9 -29.2 288 50 330.1 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.77 15 300 9630 -36.5 -41.3 61 4.8 -37.0 289 50 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.34 16 250 10867 -45.6 -49.5 65 3.9 -45.8 284 50 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.17 17 200 12334 -49.4 -69.8 7 20.4 -49.9 282 58 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 18 150 14201 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 297 43 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16735 -61.4 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 344 16 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.67 m Freezing level: 591.62 mb = 4587.38 m = 15050.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.26 mb = 3956.44 m = 12980.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.86 mb = 2160.42 m = 7087.90 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 29.10 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.29 mb = 2621.40 m = 8600.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.37 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -10.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -10.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 64.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.00 C Cross Totals Index: 28.54 C K Index: 41.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 532.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2963.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.15 mb = 2431.41 m = 7976.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.15 mb = 3061.00 m = 10042.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.15 mb = 12593.71 m = 41317.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2935.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.1 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 275.1 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -12.4 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 1858.68 Bulk Shear: 1.59 m/s