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: 42.00,-102.50 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -102.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 1 950 483 2 900 973 SFC 878 1199 33.0 12.5 29 20.5 19.0 172 19 317.8 319.8 296.8 350.6 10.41 4 850 1484 28.5 11.1 34 17.5 16.9 174 23 316.1 317.9 295.9 346.7 9.79 5 800 2018 23.3 10.1 43 13.2 14.7 177 24 316.0 317.9 295.8 346.5 9.74 6 750 2576 17.8 9.1 57 8.7 12.2 181 25 315.9 317.8 295.8 346.3 9.72 7 700 3161 12.2 7.7 74 4.5 9.4 191 25 316.0 317.8 295.7 345.7 9.48 8 650 3777 7.7 -2.5 48 10.2 2.4 233 24 317.7 318.7 292.6 333.5 4.90 9 600 4430 2.3 -6.8 51 9.0 -2.0 266 23 318.7 319.5 292.0 331.2 3.83 10 550 5125 -3.6 -9.9 61 6.4 -6.3 278 29 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.6 3.27 11 500 5870 -9.2 -13.6 70 4.4 -10.8 291 31 321.8 322.4 291.9 330.8 2.68 12 450 6677 -14.5 -26.9 34 12.4 -17.6 290 34 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.3 0.94 13 400 7559 -20.0 -42.2 12 22.2 -23.2 299 33 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.23 14 350 8536 -27.1 -48.2 12 21.1 -29.3 316 40 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.14 15 300 9625 -36.1 -47.8 29 11.8 -37.0 311 49 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.17 16 250 10865 -45.1 -59.6 18 14.4 -45.7 311 63 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.05 17 200 12327 -52.8 -69.6 11 16.7 -53.2 309 70 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14163 -56.1 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 288 39 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16686 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 253 11 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.65 m Freezing level: 580.61 mb = 4699.73 m = 15418.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.44 mb = 4130.55 m = 13551.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 651.84 mb = 3753.46 m = 12314.34 ft T: 7.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 19.96 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.16 mb = 3863.27 m = 12674.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 44.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1422.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.49 mb = 3681.64 m = 12078.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.49 mb = 4129.88 m = 13549.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.49 mb = 12245.71 m = 40175.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1402.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.49 mb = 14934.86 m = 48998.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 183.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 11.33 Bulk Shear: 125.52 m/s