MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.61,-102.80 Latitude: 39.61 Longitude: -102.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 538 2 900 1025 SFC 868 1349 30.2 17.2 46 13.0 20.9 152 12 315.9 318.7 298.8 360.8 14.40 4 850 1534 26.5 16.1 53 10.4 19.2 153 13 313.9 316.5 298.0 356.2 13.67 5 800 2065 21.2 14.7 66 6.5 16.7 155 13 313.7 316.2 297.6 354.7 13.24 6 750 2621 19.2 -4.4 20 23.6 7.0 42 4 317.4 318.1 291.5 329.4 3.68 7 700 3208 14.6 -7.5 21 22.1 3.9 346 4 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.8 3.10 8 650 3826 8.7 -9.3 27 18.0 0.5 340 5 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.4 2.91 9 600 4480 2.7 -12.5 32 15.1 -3.6 316 8 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.3 2.45 10 550 5175 -3.3 -19.1 28 15.8 -8.7 295 11 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.3 1.53 11 500 5919 -9.4 -29.7 18 20.2 -14.3 304 15 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.8 0.65 12 450 6723 -15.3 -28.6 31 13.3 -18.4 274 24 323.9 324.1 290.8 326.8 0.80 13 400 7601 -21.7 -34.8 30 13.1 -24.0 283 35 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.50 14 350 8570 -28.6 -44.8 20 16.1 -30.4 291 58 330.1 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.20 15 300 9656 -36.1 -42.6 51 6.5 -36.7 285 76 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.7 0.30 16 250 10897 -44.6 -54.0 34 9.4 -45.0 284 75 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.10 17 200 12374 -48.2 -74.4 3 26.2 -48.8 273 60 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 14231 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.0 303 41 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16739 -63.4 -84.9 4 21.5 -63.6 309 2 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.91 m Freezing level: 577.92 mb = 4787.23 m = 15705.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.04 mb = 3901.42 m = 12799.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.09 mb = 2978.96 m = 9773.37 ft T: 16.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 36.98 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.38 mb = 3605.98 m = 11830.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: -8.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 29.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 484.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2227.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.55 mb = 3104.58 m = 10185.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.55 mb = 3907.76 m = 12820.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.55 mb = 11940.06 m = 39172.96 ft B at Equ Level: 2227.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.55 mb = 15953.08 m = 52338.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -64.7 tot: -57.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 31.14 Bulk Shear: 71.53 m/s