MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.4,-102.05 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -102.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 525 2 900 1008 SFC 883 1174 28.4 17.4 52 10.9 20.6 172 11 312.4 315.1 298.0 356.4 14.31 4 850 1513 23.6 16.2 63 7.3 18.4 173 12 310.8 313.4 297.3 353.0 13.78 5 800 2038 18.4 15.0 80 3.4 16.1 176 11 310.8 313.3 297.1 352.1 13.52 6 750 2591 16.5 5.2 47 11.2 9.7 311 9 314.5 315.9 293.7 337.7 7.43 7 700 3173 12.0 1.0 47 11.0 5.8 321 19 315.8 316.9 292.9 334.4 5.88 8 650 3788 7.2 -10.3 28 17.5 -0.5 319 24 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.9 2.69 9 600 4439 2.0 -17.7 22 19.6 -5.2 318 26 318.4 318.7 289.9 323.7 1.59 10 550 5133 -3.9 -20.1 27 16.3 -9.2 319 28 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.3 1.40 11 500 5876 -10.0 -25.7 26 15.7 -14.2 322 32 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.2 0.94 12 450 6677 -16.3 -30.2 29 13.8 -19.3 327 32 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.2 0.69 13 400 7552 -22.6 -37.8 24 15.2 -24.9 331 32 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.0 0.37 14 350 8518 -28.8 -51.5 9 22.7 -30.7 319 46 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.10 15 300 9607 -34.5 -48.9 22 14.3 -35.7 326 73 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 16 250 10864 -41.2 -49.9 38 8.7 -41.8 331 87 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.4 0.16 17 200 12348 -50.3 -69.9 8 19.6 -50.7 321 85 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 18 150 14199 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.9 303 45 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16710 -64.7 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 331 5 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.13 m Freezing level: 583.20 mb = 4672.50 m = 15329.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.01 mb = 3737.18 m = 12260.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.39 mb = 2552.12 m = 8373.00 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 32.69 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.96 mb = 3006.64 m = 9864.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.26 C = 88.26 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -7.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -8.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.55 C Cross Totals Index: 26.20 C K Index: 38.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2175.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.93 mb = 2512.07 m = 8241.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.93 mb = 3390.44 m = 11123.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.93 mb = 12284.28 m = 40302.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2165.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.93 mb = 16012.50 m = 52533.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.1 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 348.1 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.5 neg: -2.4 tot: 123.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 14.81 Bulk Shear: 146.89 m/s