MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.06,-103.9 Latitude: 40.06 Longitude: -103.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 572 2 900 1039 SFC 861 1419 15.8 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 31 8 301.6 303.7 293.2 335.6 11.54 4 850 1527 14.9 13.5 91 1.4 14.0 36 12 301.7 303.8 293.2 335.7 11.51 5 800 2051 20.9 7.1 41 13.8 12.3 74 1 313.4 314.9 293.9 338.1 7.94 6 750 2604 16.3 5.3 48 10.9 9.7 145 2 314.2 315.7 293.7 337.6 7.48 7 700 3186 12.0 -2.3 37 14.3 4.5 229 3 315.7 316.6 291.8 330.4 4.60 8 650 3801 7.1 -3.1 48 10.2 1.9 299 9 317.0 317.9 292.3 332.1 4.69 9 600 4452 1.4 -4.4 66 5.7 -1.4 300 18 317.7 318.6 292.4 332.5 4.62 10 550 5145 -4.1 -12.1 54 8.0 -7.4 305 26 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.2 2.74 11 500 5889 -9.1 -30.0 17 20.9 -14.2 326 21 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.2 0.63 12 450 6696 -13.8 -45.7 5 31.9 -18.6 328 26 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.14 13 400 7581 -18.5 -50.4 4 31.8 -22.5 323 40 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.09 14 350 8563 -25.5 -47.2 11 21.7 -28.0 336 41 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.15 15 300 9658 -35.3 -53.0 15 17.7 -36.5 329 57 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 16 250 10902 -44.5 -59.1 18 14.6 -45.1 318 70 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 17 200 12371 -51.3 -69.5 10 18.1 -51.7 314 55 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14200 -59.5 -79.0 6 19.5 -59.7 314 40 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16716 -64.3 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.5 320 13 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.26 m Freezing level: 587.72 mb = 4622.45 m = 15165.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.63 mb = 4163.91 m = 13660.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.12 mb = 1680.01 m = 5511.76 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 7.70 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.09 mb = 3951.37 m = 12963.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.15 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 23.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 125.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 321.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.14 mb = 3076.98 m = 10094.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.14 mb = 4943.26 m = 16217.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.14 mb = 7320.12 m = 24015.86 ft B at Equ Level: 123.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.14 mb = 10789.84 m = 35399.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.0 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 348.0 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.5 neg: -9.0 tot: 84.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.27 Bulk Shear: 38.28 m/s