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: 39.66,-102.37 Latitude: 39.66 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 503 2 900 993 SFC 877 1226 33.5 12.8 29 20.7 19.4 169 14 318.4 320.4 297.1 352.1 10.67 4 850 1506 29.0 11.7 34 17.3 17.4 171 16 316.5 318.5 296.3 348.5 10.19 5 800 2040 23.6 10.4 43 13.2 14.9 174 16 316.3 318.3 296.1 347.6 9.98 6 750 2599 18.2 9.4 57 8.8 12.5 177 16 316.3 318.2 296.1 347.4 9.93 7 700 3185 12.5 8.2 75 4.3 9.7 181 16 316.3 318.2 296.0 347.0 9.80 8 650 3802 8.5 -4.2 40 12.7 2.0 243 16 318.5 319.4 292.4 332.4 4.30 9 600 4457 3.3 -9.6 38 13.0 -2.4 309 10 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.1 3.06 10 550 5154 -3.0 -12.7 47 9.7 -6.8 303 14 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.3 2.62 11 500 5900 -8.8 -20.8 37 11.9 -12.6 292 23 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.3 1.46 12 450 6706 -14.3 -35.2 15 20.9 -18.4 306 37 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.8 0.42 13 400 7587 -20.6 -48.6 6 28.1 -23.9 307 40 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.12 14 350 8564 -26.6 -50.1 9 23.5 -28.9 310 40 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 15 300 9656 -35.3 -53.5 14 18.3 -36.5 313 42 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 16 250 10900 -44.5 -57.6 22 13.1 -45.0 312 66 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.06 17 200 12362 -53.7 -66.9 18 13.2 -54.0 306 74 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14182 -59.0 -84.1 3 25.0 -59.3 279 37 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16692 -63.9 -80.0 9 16.1 -64.0 222 9 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.40 m Freezing level: 573.49 mb = 4826.56 m = 15834.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.41 mb = 4091.39 m = 13423.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.31 mb = 3797.93 m = 12460.25 ft T: 8.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 25.26 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.96 mb = 3942.04 m = 12933.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.95 C = 93.11 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -5.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -5.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 45.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1518.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.11 mb = 3698.59 m = 12134.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.11 mb = 4280.06 m = 14042.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.11 mb = 12583.39 m = 41283.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1499.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.11 mb = 15404.84 m = 50540.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.4 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 300.4 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.5 neg: -3.2 tot: 98.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 15.59 Bulk Shear: 97.40 m/s