MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F043.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F043.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 43 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.27,-103.35 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 1 950 483 2 900 972 SFC 859 1391 28.9 13.3 38 15.5 18.2 146 18 315.5 317.6 296.8 350.6 11.27 4 850 1483 28.7 12.2 36 16.5 17.5 147 25 316.2 318.2 296.4 349.2 10.55 5 800 2018 23.9 10.6 43 13.3 15.1 154 33 316.6 318.5 296.2 348.2 10.07 6 750 2577 18.9 8.9 52 10.0 12.4 166 33 317.1 319.0 296.0 347.3 9.59 7 700 3165 13.9 5.7 58 8.1 8.9 182 30 317.8 319.4 295.3 343.9 8.25 8 650 3784 8.6 1.6 62 7.0 4.6 196 24 318.6 319.9 294.3 339.8 6.63 9 600 4440 3.6 -7.0 46 10.6 -1.4 222 16 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.6 3.76 10 550 5138 -2.3 -9.9 56 7.6 -5.7 263 22 321.3 321.9 292.3 332.1 3.27 11 500 5885 -9.0 -9.4 97 0.3 -9.2 265 27 322.0 322.8 292.9 334.4 3.76 12 450 6691 -14.8 -17.9 78 3.0 -15.9 280 31 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.7 2.08 13 400 7573 -20.0 -31.9 34 11.9 -22.4 288 42 329.0 329.2 292.1 331.4 0.66 14 350 8549 -26.5 -49.2 10 22.7 -28.8 286 45 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.12 15 300 9645 -34.5 -59.7 6 25.3 -35.9 297 56 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.04 16 250 10894 -43.5 -55.5 25 12.0 -44.1 300 68 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.08 17 200 12356 -54.7 -60.1 52 5.3 -54.9 296 75 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.06 18 150 14171 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 269 41 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16693 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.4 196 13 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.52 m Freezing level: 569.87 mb = 4860.45 m = 15946.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.97 mb = 4277.81 m = 14034.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.55 mb = 3351.30 m = 10994.94 ft T: 12.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 18.50 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.70 mb = 3940.54 m = 12928.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 41.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 557.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1416.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.90 mb = 3657.73 m = 12000.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.90 mb = 4373.07 m = 14347.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.90 mb = 12519.18 m = 41072.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1414.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.90 mb = 15310.25 m = 50229.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.2 neg: -13.7 tot: 215.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.78 Bulk Shear: 144.77 m/s