MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-102.77 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -102.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 579 2 900 1050 SFC 878 1265 20.0 11.8 59 8.2 14.7 298 18 304.3 306.1 292.8 334.1 9.98 4 850 1544 23.7 5.5 31 18.2 12.8 280 31 310.9 312.2 292.2 331.6 6.68 5 800 2072 22.2 -0.1 23 22.3 9.8 245 25 314.8 315.7 291.7 329.9 4.73 6 750 2627 17.7 -3.1 24 20.7 6.8 210 17 315.7 316.5 291.4 328.8 4.07 7 700 3210 12.8 -12.8 15 25.6 1.8 175 12 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.4 2.04 8 650 3824 6.9 -11.8 25 18.6 -1.0 121 11 316.7 317.2 290.2 324.6 2.39 9 600 4474 0.5 -11.1 41 11.6 -4.3 104 12 316.7 317.2 290.5 325.6 2.73 10 550 5163 -5.7 -9.8 73 4.1 -7.4 91 9 317.3 318.0 291.2 328.1 3.31 11 500 5904 -10.6 -13.0 83 2.4 -11.5 70 3 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.4 2.81 12 450 6706 -15.5 -17.1 88 1.6 -16.0 274 13 323.7 324.2 292.1 331.3 2.23 13 400 7583 -21.8 -23.7 84 1.9 -22.2 252 22 326.7 327.0 292.2 331.7 1.42 14 350 8554 -28.0 -30.2 81 2.3 -28.4 273 34 331.1 331.2 292.9 334.3 0.88 15 300 9644 -35.8 -38.7 75 2.8 -36.1 281 34 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.45 16 250 10884 -45.6 -49.0 69 3.3 -45.8 290 36 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.0 0.18 17 200 12340 -53.0 -62.5 31 9.4 -53.3 273 58 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14210 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 318 11 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16735 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 331 5 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.63 m Freezing level: 596.05 mb = 4528.19 m = 14856.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.02 mb = 3597.57 m = 11802.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.78 mb = 2313.80 m = 7591.11 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.70 C/km ThetaE index: 10.66 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.21 mb = 4617.51 m = 15149.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.24 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.31 C Cross Totals Index: 16.15 C K Index: 14.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5803.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 629.05 mb = 4090.17 m = 13419.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -265.5 tot: -265.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -88.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: -10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 65.52 m/s