MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.89,-103.54 Latitude: 40.89 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 565 2 900 1049 SFC 871 1342 26.4 15.3 50 11.1 18.7 133 14 311.6 314.0 296.7 350.4 12.65 4 850 1554 25.0 14.5 52 10.5 17.8 142 24 312.3 314.6 296.7 350.1 12.28 5 800 2083 19.9 13.5 67 6.4 15.5 155 27 312.4 314.7 296.7 350.1 12.25 6 750 2635 14.5 12.2 86 2.3 13.0 172 27 312.4 314.6 296.5 349.3 11.99 7 700 3214 11.4 11.4 100 -0.0 11.4 186 31 315.1 317.4 297.3 352.9 12.17 8 650 3833 7.7 2.9 72 4.8 4.9 181 19 317.6 319.0 294.5 340.7 7.28 9 600 4485 1.4 -2.9 73 4.2 -0.8 89 8 317.7 318.7 292.9 334.3 5.17 10 550 5178 -5.0 -5.8 94 0.8 -5.4 94 7 318.2 319.0 292.4 332.7 4.52 11 500 5920 -10.5 -10.5 100 0.0 -10.5 155 9 320.2 320.9 292.1 331.5 3.43 12 450 6721 -17.3 -17.3 100 0.0 -17.3 208 17 321.5 321.9 291.4 328.8 2.18 13 400 7591 -24.6 -25.2 95 0.6 -24.8 227 25 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.3 1.23 14 350 8550 -30.6 -33.0 79 2.4 -31.0 261 50 327.5 327.6 291.7 330.0 0.68 15 300 9633 -35.8 -38.9 73 3.1 -36.2 271 53 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.5 0.44 16 250 10881 -42.9 -46.3 69 3.4 -43.1 288 57 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.3 0.24 17 200 12362 -48.8 -52.6 65 3.8 -49.0 299 61 355.4 355.5 297.9 356.0 0.15 18 150 14229 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 266 42 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16773 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 315 9 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.11 m Freezing level: 589.17 mb = 4635.12 m = 15206.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.04 mb = 4390.07 m = 14402.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.17 mb = 2745.61 m = 9007.80 ft T: 13.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 1.17 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3176.84 m = 10422.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 49.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2156.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.06 mb = 2872.61 m = 9424.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.06 mb = 3780.74 m = 12403.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.06 mb = 11911.29 m = 39078.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2136.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.06 mb = 15420.60 m = 50591.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.6 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 200.6 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 4.7 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.5 neg: -75.9 tot: 68.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.95 Bulk Rich Number: 144.13 Bulk Shear: 14.96 m/s