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: 40.27,-102.97 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -102.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 571 2 900 1038 SFC 870 1328 17.0 12.0 72 5.0 13.8 90 10 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.1 10.19 4 850 1528 17.2 11.7 70 5.5 13.7 85 25 304.2 306.1 293.0 334.8 10.25 5 800 2050 19.7 9.5 52 10.2 13.2 142 13 312.2 313.9 294.6 341.1 9.36 6 750 2602 15.5 7.7 60 7.7 10.6 181 8 313.3 315.0 294.5 340.8 8.85 7 700 3183 10.9 2.4 56 8.5 6.1 281 6 314.5 315.8 293.0 335.0 6.51 8 650 3796 6.8 -5.9 40 12.7 0.7 317 19 316.6 317.4 291.4 328.8 3.77 9 600 4446 1.2 -8.7 48 9.9 -3.2 317 27 317.5 318.1 291.2 328.3 3.31 10 550 5139 -4.2 -16.2 39 12.0 -8.5 320 27 319.1 319.5 290.5 325.7 1.97 11 500 5881 -10.1 -20.1 44 10.0 -13.2 329 26 320.7 321.0 290.6 325.9 1.55 12 450 6685 -15.0 -19.3 70 4.2 -16.3 327 27 324.4 324.7 291.9 330.7 1.85 13 400 7567 -19.1 -46.5 7 27.3 -22.8 330 39 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.15 14 350 8550 -24.5 -51.3 6 26.8 -27.3 340 47 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 15 300 9649 -34.9 -56.6 9 21.8 -36.2 337 67 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 16 250 10893 -44.6 -55.7 28 11.1 -45.1 326 69 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.08 17 200 12360 -51.9 -68.2 12 16.3 -52.2 320 59 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14183 -59.0 -80.1 5 21.1 -59.2 318 47 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16713 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 309 13 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.23 m Freezing level: 588.94 mb = 4599.26 m = 15089.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.41 mb = 3903.68 m = 12807.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.77 mb = 1966.60 m = 6452.02 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.33 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.73 mb = 3760.86 m = 12338.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 30.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 216.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 271.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.08 mb = 2851.68 m = 9355.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.08 mb = 4811.39 m = 15785.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.08 mb = 7884.97 m = 25869.02 ft B at Equ Level: 214.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.08 mb = 11641.91 m = 38194.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 355.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.3 neg: -73.5 tot: 264.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 182.37 m/s