MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.97,-102.45 Latitude: 37.97 Longitude: -102.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 518 2 900 1002 SFC 884 1163 28.0 18.1 55 9.9 20.9 168 14 312.0 314.9 298.3 358.1 14.98 4 850 1507 23.7 17.0 66 6.6 18.9 171 17 310.9 313.7 297.8 355.3 14.51 5 800 2034 21.6 8.8 44 12.8 13.4 198 7 314.2 315.9 294.8 341.9 8.91 6 750 2590 17.4 5.4 45 11.9 10.2 285 9 315.4 316.9 294.1 339.1 7.54 7 700 3174 12.0 7.3 73 4.7 9.0 291 20 315.8 317.5 295.4 344.6 9.20 8 650 3790 7.8 -8.0 32 15.8 0.4 309 33 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.3 3.21 9 600 4443 2.4 -8.2 46 10.6 -2.4 303 40 318.9 319.6 291.7 330.1 3.44 10 550 5138 -3.6 -11.9 53 8.3 -7.0 300 45 319.8 320.3 291.4 329.0 2.79 11 500 5882 -9.8 -19.9 43 10.1 -12.9 308 47 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.5 1.58 12 450 6685 -15.1 -28.6 31 13.5 -18.2 316 45 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.80 13 400 7566 -20.1 -38.2 18 18.2 -23.1 322 49 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.2 0.35 14 350 8543 -26.6 -38.0 33 11.4 -28.3 327 59 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.5 0.41 15 300 9642 -32.5 -62.1 4 29.6 -34.3 334 83 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 16 250 10905 -40.7 -62.6 8 21.9 -41.6 336 87 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.03 17 200 12387 -52.3 -69.5 11 17.2 -52.6 332 81 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.02 18 150 14212 -60.6 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.7 317 63 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16711 -64.5 -84.6 5 20.1 -64.7 246 5 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.18 m Freezing level: 580.20 mb = 4717.87 m = 15478.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3884.33 m = 12743.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.98 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.11 mb = 2418.07 m = 7933.22 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 18.92 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.84 mb = 3295.20 m = 10810.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.68 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -8.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.44 C Cross Totals Index: 26.80 C K Index: 45.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 618.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1441.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.34 mb = 2872.70 m = 9424.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.34 mb = 3785.48 m = 12419.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.34 mb = 12375.54 m = 40601.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1433.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.34 mb = 15569.81 m = 51081.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.2 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 333.2 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 175.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.78 Bulk Shear: 249.38 m/s