MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F043.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F043.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 43 hour NAM valid 1Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.17,-102.40 Latitude: 38.17 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 528 2 900 1011 SFC 888 1134 27.9 17.3 53 10.5 20.4 88 10 311.4 314.1 297.7 354.8 14.15 4 850 1516 24.0 16.3 62 7.7 18.6 99 12 311.3 313.9 297.4 353.8 13.88 5 800 2043 18.8 15.5 81 3.3 16.5 107 13 311.2 313.8 297.5 354.0 13.97 6 750 2594 14.5 10.9 79 3.6 12.2 93 11 312.3 314.4 295.8 346.3 11.03 7 700 3175 11.7 3.6 57 8.1 6.9 48 10 315.4 316.8 293.7 337.7 7.08 8 650 3790 6.5 0.4 65 6.1 3.1 11 9 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.5 6.05 9 600 4440 0.4 -1.1 90 1.5 -0.4 350 15 316.6 317.7 293.2 335.3 5.89 10 550 5131 -5.2 -6.7 89 1.5 -5.9 326 28 317.9 318.7 292.2 331.5 4.22 11 500 5872 -10.4 -22.4 37 12.0 -13.9 313 46 320.4 320.6 290.2 324.7 1.27 12 450 6676 -14.1 -33.1 18 19.0 -18.0 311 53 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.52 13 400 7561 -19.2 -42.4 11 23.2 -22.6 312 54 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.23 14 350 8539 -25.2 -28.4 75 3.2 -25.9 322 60 334.7 335.0 294.0 338.6 1.05 15 300 9644 -32.3 -35.1 76 2.8 -32.7 341 77 339.9 340.0 294.9 342.3 0.65 16 250 10906 -41.5 -44.7 71 3.2 -41.8 336 73 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.29 17 200 12381 -53.1 -56.7 65 3.6 -53.2 319 83 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.09 18 150 14192 -59.7 -80.5 5 20.8 -59.9 317 66 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16732 -64.8 -85.2 4 20.4 -65.0 324 18 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.76 m Freezing level: 596.44 mb = 4489.12 m = 14727.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4365.17 m = 14321.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.36 mb = 2465.70 m = 8089.47 ft T: 15.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 29.24 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.27 mb = 2624.84 m = 8611.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -8.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.40 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 42.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 509.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2145.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.11 mb = 2479.77 m = 8135.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.11 mb = 3233.39 m = 10608.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.11 mb = 12867.96 m = 42217.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2143.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.11 mb = 16419.70 m = 53869.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.6 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 359.6 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -15.7 tot: 6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 15.29 Bulk Shear: 140.27 m/s