MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.61,-102.77 Latitude: 39.61 Longitude: -102.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 1 950 474 2 900 965 SFC 863 1340 31.3 17.4 43 13.9 21.3 162 23 317.6 320.4 299.4 363.6 14.66 4 850 1477 28.9 16.6 47 12.3 20.1 162 29 316.5 319.2 298.8 360.6 14.14 5 800 2013 23.6 15.4 60 8.2 17.8 166 31 316.3 319.0 298.7 359.8 13.90 6 750 2573 18.3 13.8 75 4.6 15.2 178 30 316.5 319.1 298.3 358.1 13.31 7 700 3160 13.5 8.5 72 4.9 10.3 196 27 317.4 319.3 296.4 348.9 10.03 8 650 3779 9.6 -11.3 21 21.0 0.4 221 25 319.9 320.3 291.2 328.1 2.47 9 600 4436 3.8 -12.9 28 16.7 -3.1 236 21 320.5 321.0 291.3 328.4 2.37 10 550 5135 -0.9 -23.7 16 22.9 -8.1 277 31 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.7 1.02 11 500 5888 -6.0 -37.7 6 31.7 -12.8 293 41 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.30 12 450 6701 -12.3 -39.4 8 27.1 -17.3 293 41 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.8 0.28 13 400 7590 -18.0 -50.3 4 32.4 -22.0 300 44 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.10 14 350 8574 -25.0 -50.4 8 25.3 -27.7 306 46 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.11 15 300 9674 -33.5 -60.3 5 26.8 -35.1 312 61 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.04 16 250 10928 -42.9 -55.5 24 12.6 -43.6 315 69 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.6 0.08 17 200 12393 -54.2 -60.2 48 5.9 -54.4 305 76 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14200 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.3 290 44 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16704 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 257 7 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5871.45 m Freezing level: 559.27 mb = 5005.48 m = 16421.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.72 mb = 3846.29 m = 12618.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.71 mb = 3091.06 m = 10141.14 ft T: 14.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 35.54 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3174.21 m = 10413.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 46.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 589.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2936.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.30 mb = 3059.88 m = 10038.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.30 mb = 3362.01 m = 11030.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.30 mb = 14063.91 m = 46140.87 ft B at Equ Level: 2895.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 215.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.57 Bulk Rich Number: 12.77 Bulk Shear: 229.94 m/s