MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.77,-113.73 Latitude: 39.77 Longitude: -113.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 552 2 900 1033 SFC 863 1398 20.1 3.2 33 16.9 10.6 268 4 305.8 306.9 289.6 322.9 5.58 4 850 1536 25.6 3.0 23 22.6 12.4 4 12 313.0 314.0 291.9 330.5 5.58 5 800 2064 21.6 0.2 24 21.3 9.7 22 17 314.1 315.1 291.6 329.5 4.86 6 750 2617 17.2 -0.9 29 18.2 7.3 33 14 315.3 316.2 291.9 330.5 4.77 7 700 3200 12.5 -3.8 32 16.3 4.1 24 7 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.5 4.12 8 650 3816 7.7 -6.4 36 14.1 1.0 256 4 317.7 318.4 291.6 329.6 3.64 9 600 4468 1.8 -7.3 51 9.1 -2.4 255 8 318.2 318.9 291.7 330.1 3.68 10 550 5161 -4.5 -10.7 62 6.2 -7.1 249 16 318.8 319.4 291.4 328.9 3.08 11 500 5903 -10.3 -17.7 55 7.4 -12.7 262 24 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.0 1.91 12 450 6710 -13.3 -46.8 4 33.5 -18.3 282 32 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.13 13 400 7593 -19.9 -48.1 6 28.3 -23.4 296 40 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.12 14 350 8572 -25.7 -61.9 2 36.2 -28.5 292 61 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 15 300 9668 -34.7 -55.8 10 21.1 -36.1 287 69 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 16 250 10916 -43.7 -59.9 15 16.2 -44.3 290 81 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 17 200 12383 -52.7 -71.6 8 18.8 -53.1 286 83 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14211 -58.2 -80.1 4 21.9 -58.4 273 57 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16726 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 316 4 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.99 m Freezing level: 585.87 mb = 4664.05 m = 15301.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.92 mb = 3994.42 m = 13104.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.81 mb = 3554.11 m = 11660.34 ft T: 9.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 0.95 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.83 mb = 5120.45 m = 16799.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.47 C = 90.44 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.85 C Cross Totals Index: 13.24 C K Index: 22.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6747.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 593.65 mb = 4552.91 m = 14937.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.4 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 319.4 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.9 neg: -18.5 tot: 44.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 47.15 m/s