MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.29,-102.08 Latitude: 38.29 Longitude: -102.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 551 2 900 1026 SFC 886 1167 23.5 12.6 50 10.9 16.3 167 4 307.1 309.1 294.0 338.6 10.40 4 850 1522 21.7 5.7 35 16.0 12.2 78 2 308.9 310.2 291.6 329.7 6.77 5 800 2046 18.8 15.1 79 3.6 16.3 322 17 311.1 313.7 297.3 352.9 13.65 6 750 2597 14.0 12.4 90 1.7 12.9 313 18 311.8 314.1 296.4 349.0 12.12 7 700 3176 10.0 9.9 99 0.1 9.9 318 19 313.5 315.7 296.1 347.6 11.00 8 650 3789 6.1 5.1 94 0.9 5.5 322 24 315.8 317.5 295.0 342.6 8.53 9 600 4440 1.1 -4.3 67 5.3 -1.6 323 35 317.4 318.3 292.3 332.3 4.65 10 550 5133 -4.2 -20.2 28 15.9 -9.4 320 38 319.1 319.4 289.9 323.9 1.40 11 500 5875 -9.6 -29.2 19 19.6 -14.3 317 39 321.4 321.5 289.9 323.8 0.68 12 450 6680 -14.8 -36.7 14 21.9 -18.8 320 42 324.7 324.7 290.6 326.0 0.37 13 400 7561 -20.2 -40.9 14 20.7 -23.3 325 49 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.27 14 350 8536 -27.0 -50.8 9 23.8 -29.3 329 56 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 15 300 9631 -33.7 -54.3 11 20.7 -35.1 335 75 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 16 250 10890 -41.6 -62.3 9 20.7 -42.5 339 97 344.1 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 17 200 12367 -51.1 -70.5 8 19.4 -51.5 325 82 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14201 -58.6 -82.9 3 24.4 -58.8 306 52 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16711 -65.6 -84.5 6 18.9 -65.7 280 5 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.16 m Freezing level: 589.75 mb = 4582.03 m = 15032.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.02 mb = 4292.09 m = 14081.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.06 mb = 2551.32 m = 8370.39 ft T: 14.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 29.13 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.56 mb = 3458.05 m = 11345.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 15.29 C K Index: 36.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 448.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.54 mb = 2875.67 m = 9434.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.54 mb = 4298.51 m = 14102.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.54 mb = 9617.94 m = 31554.54 ft B at Equ Level: 447.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.54 mb = 12349.74 m = 40517.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.0 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 350.0 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.2 neg: -40.1 tot: 25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 126.66 m/s