MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.21,-102.72 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -102.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 549 2 900 1019 SFC 880 1214 13.8 13.5 98 0.3 13.6 231 5 297.6 299.7 291.7 329.9 11.11 4 850 1510 22.1 5.4 34 16.7 12.1 273 23 309.3 310.5 291.6 329.6 6.62 5 800 2033 18.9 3.7 37 15.1 10.1 274 15 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.7 6.26 6 750 2583 15.1 0.4 37 14.8 7.1 346 5 313.0 314.0 291.6 329.5 5.24 7 700 3163 11.4 -4.2 33 15.6 3.5 345 6 315.1 315.9 291.1 327.9 3.99 8 650 3776 6.4 -4.8 44 11.2 0.9 287 7 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.4 4.11 9 600 4425 0.7 -7.6 54 8.3 -3.0 261 7 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.6 3.61 10 550 5117 -4.8 -13.7 50 8.9 -8.2 275 6 318.3 318.8 290.6 326.3 2.40 11 500 5858 -10.6 -17.3 58 6.6 -12.9 343 2 320.1 320.4 290.7 326.7 1.98 12 450 6659 -16.0 -22.4 58 6.4 -17.8 190 4 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.0 1.41 13 400 7534 -22.5 -27.5 64 5.0 -23.6 224 10 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.3 1.00 14 350 8502 -29.1 -32.1 75 3.0 -29.6 223 5 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.74 15 300 9583 -38.4 -41.3 74 2.9 -38.7 242 11 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.5 0.34 16 250 10807 -47.6 -52.3 59 4.7 -47.8 238 26 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.12 17 200 12270 -48.6 -73.6 4 25.0 -49.1 264 25 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 14148 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 279 37 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16693 -63.2 -87.1 3 24.0 -63.4 295 12 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.64 m Freezing level: 593.66 mb = 4513.12 m = 14806.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.55 mb = 3920.08 m = 12861.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.80 mb = 1251.53 m = 4106.02 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 2.83 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.45 mb = 4338.78 m = 14234.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lifted Index: 0.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.83 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.73 C Cross Totals Index: 16.03 C K Index: 22.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6319.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.11 mb = 3425.61 m = 11238.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.3 neg: -8.4 tot: 60.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.89 Bulk Shear: 12.79 m/s