MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.56,-102.29 Latitude: 38.56 Longitude: -102.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 551 2 900 1031 SFC 876 1270 24.4 17.6 66 6.9 19.6 226 13 309.1 311.8 297.3 353.3 14.57 4 850 1532 22.2 16.4 70 5.8 18.1 216 21 309.4 312.0 297.0 351.7 13.91 5 800 2059 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.0 192 30 311.6 314.3 297.9 355.9 14.44 6 750 2612 15.2 12.2 83 2.9 13.2 200 36 313.0 315.3 296.7 350.2 12.04 7 700 3194 12.5 -1.0 39 13.6 5.2 214 36 316.4 317.4 292.4 332.6 5.08 8 650 3811 7.6 5.4 86 2.2 6.2 211 31 317.5 319.2 295.5 344.9 8.69 9 600 4465 2.6 -4.9 58 7.5 -1.1 219 25 319.1 320.0 292.6 333.4 4.42 10 550 5161 -4.1 -9.8 64 5.8 -6.5 223 20 319.3 319.9 291.7 330.1 3.30 11 500 5903 -10.3 -14.6 71 4.3 -11.8 263 15 320.5 321.0 291.3 328.7 2.47 12 450 6709 -13.0 -15.7 81 2.6 -14.0 277 40 326.9 327.4 293.2 335.4 2.51 13 400 7594 -20.4 -22.1 86 1.7 -20.9 268 55 328.4 328.8 292.8 334.1 1.63 14 350 8567 -27.8 -30.5 78 2.7 -28.3 269 67 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.4 0.86 15 300 9661 -33.5 -36.5 75 3.0 -34.0 283 54 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.3 0.56 16 250 10920 -41.7 -45.0 70 3.3 -41.9 301 56 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.28 17 200 12398 -50.8 -54.6 64 3.8 -50.9 296 57 352.4 352.4 297.3 352.9 0.12 18 150 14243 -57.4 -62.8 50 5.4 -57.5 253 31 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.4 0.05 19 100 16739 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.6 218 2 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.68 m Freezing level: 580.54 mb = 4735.99 m = 15537.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.47 mb = 4364.37 m = 14318.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.01 mb = 2145.15 m = 7037.81 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 23.30 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2802.86 m = 9195.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -8.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -7.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 26.67 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 572.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2090.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.47 mb = 2381.09 m = 7811.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.47 mb = 3491.08 m = 11453.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.47 mb = 12545.26 m = 41158.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2082.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.47 mb = 16410.89 m = 53840.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.9 neg: -39.8 tot: 106.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.91 Bulk Rich Number: 137.96 Bulk Shear: 15.15 m/s