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: 38.49,-102.9 Latitude: 38.49 Longitude: -102.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 606 2 900 1074 SFC 874 1320 16.6 16.1 97 0.5 16.3 41 12 301.1 303.5 294.3 340.0 13.25 4 850 1563 16.1 15.0 93 1.1 15.4 164 14 303.0 305.3 294.5 340.6 12.70 5 800 2078 15.2 11.3 77 3.9 12.7 182 22 307.4 309.4 294.1 339.4 10.59 6 750 2623 12.7 7.8 72 4.8 9.7 197 11 310.3 312.0 293.7 337.6 8.91 7 700 3200 9.7 4.6 71 5.0 6.7 241 5 313.2 314.6 293.6 337.0 7.64 8 650 3813 7.0 2.2 72 4.8 4.3 286 14 316.9 318.2 294.0 338.8 6.94 9 600 4468 3.0 -2.5 67 5.5 0.1 281 26 319.6 320.7 293.5 336.8 5.32 10 550 5166 -2.2 -6.0 75 3.8 -4.0 296 33 321.4 322.3 293.3 335.9 4.43 11 500 5914 -8.0 -13.0 67 5.0 -9.9 298 36 323.3 323.9 292.4 332.7 2.81 12 450 6725 -12.8 -17.9 65 5.1 -14.5 297 31 327.2 327.6 292.9 334.4 2.08 13 400 7614 -19.0 -25.3 57 6.3 -20.6 301 28 330.3 330.5 293.0 334.7 1.22 14 350 8595 -24.9 -26.4 87 1.5 -25.2 297 19 335.2 335.5 294.3 339.8 1.27 15 300 9702 -31.2 -32.4 90 1.1 -31.4 287 9 341.4 341.5 295.4 344.5 0.84 16 250 10969 -41.1 -43.3 79 2.2 -41.2 293 5 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.4 0.33 17 200 12445 -52.3 -56.1 64 3.8 -52.5 105 7 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.3 0.10 18 150 14254 -63.0 -78.4 11 15.4 -63.1 278 45 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16732 -64.4 -84.3 5 19.9 -64.6 40 6 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.25 m Freezing level: 571.12 mb = 4870.82 m = 15980.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.35 mb = 4489.61 m = 14729.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.67 mb = 1386.79 m = 4549.78 ft T: 16.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 3.67 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2920.28 m = 9580.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.90 C = 80.42 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 34.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.04 mb = 2151.70 m = 7059.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 538.04 mb = 5338.54 m = 17514.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.04 mb = 8427.78 m = 27649.85 ft B at Equ Level: 119.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.04 mb = 9985.10 m = 32759.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.2 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 312.2 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.5 neg: -23.2 tot: 265.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 151.04 m/s