MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F049.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F049.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 49 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.16,-103.48 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 1 950 475 2 900 964 SFC 854 1430 28.7 15.1 44 13.6 19.2 149 19 315.8 318.2 297.8 355.5 12.74 4 850 1476 28.7 14.5 42 14.1 18.8 150 24 316.2 318.5 297.7 354.7 12.34 5 800 2011 23.8 12.8 50 11.0 16.3 157 36 316.6 318.8 297.3 353.2 11.70 6 750 2570 18.7 11.5 63 7.1 13.9 170 36 316.8 319.0 297.3 352.8 11.47 7 700 3158 14.1 7.8 65 6.4 10.1 185 31 318.1 320.0 296.2 348.2 9.50 8 650 3779 9.0 3.2 67 5.8 5.5 201 29 319.1 320.5 295.0 342.7 7.41 9 600 4435 3.1 0.3 82 2.7 1.5 220 32 319.6 320.9 294.4 340.6 6.54 10 550 5134 -2.3 -7.7 66 5.4 -4.7 265 35 321.4 322.2 292.9 334.2 3.91 11 500 5881 -8.7 -10.6 86 1.9 -9.5 280 42 322.5 323.1 292.7 333.8 3.41 12 450 6690 -13.5 -26.6 32 13.2 -16.9 290 49 326.3 326.5 291.6 329.7 0.96 13 400 7577 -18.4 -53.0 3 34.6 -22.4 300 51 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 14 350 8559 -25.2 -48.9 9 23.7 -27.8 305 53 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 15 300 9659 -33.8 -53.5 12 19.7 -35.3 307 57 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.09 16 250 10911 -43.0 -52.0 37 8.9 -43.5 304 65 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.6 0.13 17 200 12376 -54.7 -62.9 36 8.2 -54.9 310 62 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14187 -60.8 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 279 43 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16703 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 225 8 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.84 m Freezing level: 571.31 mb = 4835.82 m = 15865.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.69 mb = 4601.42 m = 15096.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.68 mb = 3150.01 m = 10334.55 ft T: 14.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 25.78 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.84 mb = 3640.40 m = 11943.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.05 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 45.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 615.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2054.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.55 mb = 3369.75 m = 11055.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.55 mb = 3937.45 m = 12917.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.55 mb = 13125.76 m = 43062.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2047.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 399.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 399.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.24 Bulk Shear: 283.81 m/s