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: 38.1,-102.53 Latitude: 38.10 Longitude: -102.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 511 2 900 996 SFC 889 1103 29.5 18.2 51 11.3 21.4 173 15 313.0 315.9 298.5 359.2 14.98 4 850 1502 24.6 17.1 63 7.5 19.2 176 18 311.9 314.6 298.0 356.6 14.56 5 800 2031 20.6 14.0 66 6.5 16.1 204 14 313.1 315.5 297.1 352.3 12.70 6 750 2586 16.5 9.9 65 6.6 12.2 243 15 314.5 316.5 295.8 346.4 10.25 7 700 3169 12.0 6.1 67 5.8 8.4 281 24 315.8 317.4 294.9 342.4 8.50 8 650 3785 7.5 -7.1 35 14.6 0.6 304 39 317.5 318.1 291.3 328.7 3.46 9 600 4437 2.1 -8.3 46 10.4 -2.6 304 46 318.5 319.2 291.6 329.7 3.41 10 550 5132 -3.7 -12.0 52 8.4 -7.1 305 49 319.7 320.3 291.4 328.9 2.76 11 500 5876 -9.0 -27.4 21 18.4 -13.7 313 52 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.9 0.81 12 450 6683 -13.9 -30.1 24 16.2 -17.6 318 50 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.3 0.70 13 400 7568 -18.5 -50.1 4 31.5 -22.5 331 49 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 14 350 8549 -25.7 -39.5 26 13.8 -27.7 332 64 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.5 0.35 15 300 9651 -31.9 -66.3 2 34.4 -33.8 337 84 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.5 0.02 16 250 10916 -40.5 -62.2 8 21.8 -41.4 340 82 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.04 17 200 12398 -52.5 -68.5 13 16.0 -52.8 336 77 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14219 -61.6 -81.7 5 20.1 -61.7 324 62 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16711 -64.3 -85.2 4 20.9 -64.5 296 6 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.33 m Freezing level: 581.97 mb = 4687.48 m = 15378.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.60 mb = 3903.27 m = 12805.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.70 mb = 2531.87 m = 8306.55 ft T: 16.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 30.50 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.73 mb = 2933.87 m = 9625.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.72 C = 89.09 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -7.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -8.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.56 C Cross Totals Index: 26.07 C K Index: 44.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 506.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2149.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.24 mb = 2616.69 m = 8584.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.24 mb = 3261.45 m = 10700.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.24 mb = 13344.02 m = 43779.07 ft B at Equ Level: 2129.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 359.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 359.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.16 Bulk Rich Number: 6.95 Bulk Shear: 309.45 m/s