MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.24,-102.85 Latitude: 38.24 Longitude: -102.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 1 950 605 2 900 1071 SFC 882 1241 17.4 15.7 90 1.7 16.3 255 9 301.2 303.5 294.0 338.9 12.81 4 850 1559 17.4 10.1 62 7.4 12.8 183 10 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.8 9.14 5 800 2079 18.4 6.8 47 11.6 11.3 157 5 310.8 312.2 293.0 334.7 7.75 6 750 2629 15.1 4.8 50 10.4 9.0 118 9 313.0 314.4 293.2 335.5 7.20 7 700 3209 10.4 3.0 60 7.5 6.2 123 8 314.1 315.3 293.2 335.3 6.79 8 650 3821 5.7 1.8 76 3.9 3.5 207 6 315.5 316.8 293.5 336.6 6.72 9 600 4472 1.3 0.7 96 0.5 1.0 252 16 317.6 318.9 294.1 339.0 6.74 10 550 5169 -2.3 -2.3 100 0.0 -2.3 263 25 321.4 322.6 294.4 340.5 5.90 11 500 5919 -7.2 -7.2 100 0.0 -7.2 269 31 324.3 325.2 294.1 339.0 4.46 12 450 6733 -12.1 -12.1 100 0.0 -12.1 271 33 328.0 328.7 294.1 339.3 3.35 13 400 7624 -18.1 -18.1 100 0.0 -18.1 275 34 331.5 332.0 294.2 339.5 2.30 14 350 8609 -24.1 -24.1 100 0.0 -24.1 279 37 336.3 336.7 294.8 342.0 1.56 15 300 9715 -32.9 -34.3 88 1.4 -33.1 284 35 339.0 339.2 294.7 341.7 0.70 16 250 10974 -41.7 -45.0 70 3.3 -41.9 289 28 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.28 17 200 12449 -52.5 -56.3 64 3.8 -52.7 265 25 349.6 349.6 296.6 350.0 0.09 18 150 14259 -61.8 -85.1 3 23.2 -62.0 288 54 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16749 -65.4 -86.7 4 21.3 -65.5 3 3 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.45 m Freezing level: 582.05 mb = 4722.07 m = 15492.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.15 mb = 4672.70 m = 15330.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.29 mb = 1456.60 m = 4778.82 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 7.09 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.61 mb = 3775.48 m = 12386.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lifted Index: 2.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.65 C Showalter Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 17.22 C K Index: 27.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5440.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.72 mb = 2790.80 m = 9156.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.8 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 285.8 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.3 neg: -55.4 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 27.72 m/s