MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.60,-103.14 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -103.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 1 950 492 2 900 985 SFC 861 1390 33.7 14.6 32 19.1 20.3 168 15 320.3 322.7 298.5 359.3 12.26 4 850 1501 30.9 13.7 35 17.2 18.9 170 17 318.5 320.8 297.8 355.3 11.66 5 800 2039 25.4 12.7 45 12.8 16.7 174 18 318.2 320.5 297.7 354.7 11.58 6 750 2601 19.9 11.6 59 8.2 14.3 177 18 318.1 320.4 297.6 354.5 11.55 7 700 3191 14.1 10.5 79 3.7 11.7 182 18 318.1 320.4 297.5 354.2 11.46 8 650 3811 9.0 4.0 70 5.1 6.0 218 15 319.2 320.7 295.3 344.2 7.85 9 600 4469 4.7 -13.7 25 18.4 -2.9 275 12 321.5 321.9 291.4 328.9 2.20 10 550 5169 -1.6 -16.9 30 15.3 -7.2 287 15 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.6 1.86 11 500 5919 -7.0 -32.1 12 25.1 -13.0 296 26 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.52 12 450 6730 -13.1 -40.5 8 27.4 -17.9 302 32 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.25 13 400 7615 -19.5 -49.0 5 29.5 -23.1 305 37 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.11 14 350 8594 -25.9 -49.2 9 23.3 -28.3 307 46 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 15 300 9692 -34.0 -46.6 27 12.6 -35.2 312 49 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.19 16 250 10944 -42.9 -50.6 42 7.7 -43.3 312 56 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.15 17 200 12412 -53.5 -63.9 27 10.4 -53.8 307 55 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.04 18 150 14223 -62.7 -80.8 7 18.1 -62.9 295 25 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16690 -64.3 -85.5 4 21.2 -64.5 203 12 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5887.78 m Freezing level: 562.49 mb = 4994.31 m = 16385.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.34 mb = 4248.25 m = 13937.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 653.37 mb = 3767.92 m = 12361.79 ft T: 9.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 32.88 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.74 mb = 3724.82 m = 12220.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 47.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 540.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2212.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.57 mb = 3650.86 m = 11977.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.57 mb = 3842.02 m = 12604.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.57 mb = 13525.92 m = 44375.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2192.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.2 neg: -1.2 tot: 80.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 22.71 Bulk Shear: 97.42 m/s