MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.54,-102.82 Latitude: 38.54 Longitude: -102.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 518 2 900 1004 SFC 870 1311 28.8 16.1 46 12.7 19.8 129 10 314.3 316.8 297.8 355.6 13.32 4 850 1512 26.2 14.7 49 11.5 18.3 130 11 313.6 316.0 297.1 352.3 12.49 5 800 2043 21.0 13.8 63 7.3 16.1 134 11 313.6 316.0 297.1 352.1 12.47 6 750 2597 15.6 12.8 83 2.9 13.7 139 10 313.6 315.9 297.1 352.2 12.48 7 700 3179 10.9 10.7 99 0.2 10.7 254 4 314.5 316.7 296.8 350.6 11.62 8 650 3794 7.6 7.6 100 0.0 7.6 305 17 317.6 319.6 296.5 349.5 10.14 9 600 4449 1.9 -1.0 81 2.9 0.4 321 34 318.3 319.5 293.7 337.4 5.95 10 550 5142 -4.6 -17.3 36 12.7 -9.0 317 42 318.6 318.9 290.2 324.6 1.79 11 500 5883 -10.6 -31.6 16 20.9 -15.3 316 47 320.1 320.2 289.3 322.0 0.54 12 450 6684 -15.0 -44.1 6 29.0 -19.4 325 50 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.17 13 400 7566 -19.8 -43.7 10 23.9 -23.1 334 44 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.20 14 350 8542 -26.6 -47.5 12 21.0 -28.8 338 53 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.15 15 300 9641 -32.9 -55.1 9 22.2 -34.5 338 80 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.07 16 250 10898 -41.9 -65.6 6 23.7 -42.7 332 78 343.8 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.02 17 200 12377 -52.6 -67.2 16 14.6 -52.9 322 72 349.5 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14199 -60.6 -79.9 6 19.4 -60.7 324 52 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16707 -64.4 -85.2 4 20.9 -64.5 254 14 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.65 m Freezing level: 585.31 mb = 4652.77 m = 15264.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.03 mb = 4475.35 m = 14682.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.37 mb = 2913.81 m = 9559.64 ft T: 13.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 30.15 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.79 mb = 3026.34 m = 9928.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -8.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -8.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.89 C Cross Totals Index: 25.37 C K Index: 51.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 511.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1984.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.86 mb = 2954.87 m = 9694.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.86 mb = 3132.67 m = 10277.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.86 mb = 12910.23 m = 42355.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1963.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.8 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 349.8 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.5 neg: -3.6 tot: 223.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 9.50 Bulk Shear: 208.91 m/s