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,-102.77 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -102.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 551 2 900 1020 SFC 877 1237 13.8 13.5 98 0.3 13.6 233 5 297.9 300.0 291.8 330.4 11.17 4 850 1510 21.9 6.0 36 15.8 12.4 273 23 309.0 310.3 291.8 330.3 6.92 5 800 2033 18.8 3.8 37 15.0 10.1 270 14 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.8 6.31 6 750 2583 15.2 0.2 36 15.0 7.0 350 4 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.4 5.19 7 700 3163 11.4 -4.1 34 15.4 3.6 346 5 315.1 315.9 291.2 328.0 4.04 8 650 3776 6.3 -4.7 45 11.0 0.9 284 7 316.1 316.9 291.6 329.5 4.15 9 600 4425 0.7 -7.7 53 8.5 -3.1 273 7 317.0 317.7 291.3 328.5 3.56 10 550 5116 -4.9 -13.1 53 8.2 -8.1 281 5 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.7 2.54 11 500 5857 -10.6 -18.0 55 7.4 -13.0 1 2 320.1 320.4 290.7 326.3 1.86 12 450 6658 -16.0 -22.2 59 6.2 -17.7 187 4 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.0 1.43 13 400 7534 -22.5 -27.0 67 4.5 -23.5 235 8 325.8 326.0 291.6 329.5 1.05 14 350 8502 -29.2 -32.7 72 3.5 -29.7 236 4 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.0 0.70 15 300 9583 -38.5 -41.3 74 2.9 -38.7 243 12 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.5 0.34 16 250 10807 -47.7 -51.4 65 3.7 -47.8 239 25 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.13 17 200 12271 -48.5 -73.8 4 25.3 -49.1 265 24 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 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 -86.4 3 23.2 -63.4 293 11 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.54 m Freezing level: 593.44 mb = 4516.03 m = 14816.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.72 mb = 3917.85 m = 12853.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.47 mb = 1275.22 m = 4183.73 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.71 mb = 4321.69 m = 14178.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.70 F Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.71 C Showalter Index: 0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.49 C Cross Totals Index: 16.65 C K Index: 23.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6176.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.43 mb = 3421.57 m = 11225.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: -13.9 tot: 52.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.18 Bulk Shear: 14.64 m/s