MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.89,-103.67 Latitude: 40.89 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 560 2 900 1044 SFC 860 1448 26.1 15.1 51 11.0 18.5 151 14 312.4 314.8 296.9 351.3 12.63 4 850 1550 25.5 14.4 50 11.1 17.9 153 20 312.8 315.2 296.8 350.6 12.24 5 800 2079 20.4 13.2 64 7.1 15.5 158 24 312.9 315.2 296.6 350.0 12.04 6 750 2632 15.0 12.3 83 2.8 13.2 164 25 312.9 315.2 296.7 350.1 12.04 7 700 3214 12.0 4.6 60 7.4 7.6 198 9 315.8 317.3 294.3 339.7 7.61 8 650 3831 8.4 -3.8 42 12.2 2.2 357 6 318.5 319.3 292.5 332.9 4.46 9 600 4485 2.7 -7.3 48 10.0 -2.0 323 7 319.2 319.9 292.0 331.2 3.67 10 550 5181 -3.5 -11.8 53 8.3 -6.9 297 11 319.9 320.5 291.5 329.2 2.82 11 500 5924 -10.4 -17.4 57 6.9 -12.8 279 12 320.3 320.7 290.8 326.9 1.95 12 450 6723 -18.2 -22.0 72 3.8 -19.3 256 15 320.3 320.6 290.3 325.3 1.45 13 400 7592 -23.5 -26.0 79 2.6 -24.0 263 38 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.5 1.15 14 350 8556 -30.3 -33.4 74 3.1 -30.8 264 55 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.65 15 300 9640 -36.1 -39.2 73 3.1 -36.5 274 59 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.42 16 250 10883 -44.2 -47.6 69 3.4 -44.5 285 59 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 17 200 12351 -51.9 -55.7 64 3.8 -52.1 288 50 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.9 0.10 18 150 14204 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 277 37 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16741 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 341 2 408.0 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.03 m Freezing level: 578.53 mb = 4783.86 m = 15694.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.07 mb = 4163.80 m = 13660.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.07 mb = 2836.22 m = 9305.09 ft T: 13.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.28 C/km ThetaE index: 24.77 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.55 mb = 3387.39 m = 11113.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -7.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -7.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 42.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2217.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.31 mb = 2960.97 m = 9714.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.31 mb = 4005.09 m = 13139.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.31 mb = 12470.91 m = 40914.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2194.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.31 mb = 15795.48 m = 51821.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.1 neg: -27.2 tot: 50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 32.36 Bulk Shear: 68.53 m/s