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: 38.63,-102.33 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -102.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 586 2 900 1047 SFC 874 1292 13.6 11.9 90 1.6 12.6 161 13 297.9 299.8 290.9 327.3 10.07 4 850 1531 16.4 9.3 63 7.1 12.0 117 8 303.3 304.9 291.5 329.2 8.67 5 800 2048 16.6 10.1 66 6.5 12.4 20 15 308.8 310.6 294.0 338.5 9.76 6 750 2596 13.6 9.4 76 4.2 11.0 315 15 311.4 313.3 294.8 342.0 9.96 7 700 3174 9.4 6.0 79 3.4 7.3 302 24 312.8 314.4 294.0 338.9 8.40 8 650 3785 5.4 3.2 86 2.2 4.1 313 27 315.0 316.5 293.9 338.3 7.41 9 600 4435 1.3 -0.5 87 1.9 0.3 317 28 317.7 318.8 293.6 337.2 6.14 10 550 5131 -2.7 -4.3 89 1.6 -3.5 316 27 320.9 321.9 293.7 337.4 5.07 11 500 5880 -7.9 -9.0 92 1.0 -8.4 313 26 323.4 324.1 293.4 336.2 3.88 12 450 6693 -11.9 -11.9 100 0.0 -11.9 316 31 328.3 329.0 294.3 339.9 3.42 13 400 7583 -18.7 -22.6 72 3.8 -19.8 323 23 330.6 330.9 293.3 336.2 1.56 14 350 8563 -26.0 -39.3 28 13.3 -27.9 329 34 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.36 15 300 9663 -32.2 -59.5 5 27.3 -34.0 329 68 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 16 250 10929 -40.6 -58.2 13 17.6 -41.5 329 71 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.06 17 200 12412 -51.4 -76.2 4 24.8 -51.8 315 47 351.4 351.4 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14228 -62.6 -78.3 10 15.7 -62.7 302 46 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16720 -63.1 -79.0 10 15.9 -63.3 5 10 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.36 m Freezing level: 583.43 mb = 4665.91 m = 15307.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.89 mb = 4490.17 m = 14731.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.02 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.16 mb = 1499.13 m = 4918.35 ft T: 16.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 4.76 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.43 mb = 3542.09 m = 11620.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 17.21 C K Index: 30.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5823.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.25 mb = 2570.55 m = 8433.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.3 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 347.3 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 6.1 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.2 neg: -115.1 tot: -57.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 147.63 m/s