MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.81,-103.14 Latitude: 37.81 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 65 1 950 524 2 900 1003 SFC 872 1285 24.7 17.8 66 6.9 19.8 165 8 309.8 312.6 297.7 355.1 14.89 4 850 1505 26.0 15.5 52 10.5 18.7 176 18 313.3 315.8 297.5 353.9 13.13 5 800 2038 23.4 12.6 51 10.8 16.1 159 26 316.1 318.3 297.1 352.1 11.52 6 750 2597 18.7 8.2 50 10.5 12.0 159 26 316.9 318.6 295.7 345.6 9.14 7 700 3184 14.2 5.0 54 9.2 8.6 173 18 318.2 319.7 295.1 343.1 7.84 8 650 3805 9.9 4.9 71 5.0 6.8 253 17 320.2 321.8 296.0 346.9 8.38 9 600 4464 4.5 -1.6 64 6.1 1.3 278 26 321.4 322.5 294.3 339.8 5.68 10 550 5166 -0.8 -16.2 30 15.4 -6.7 301 29 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.7 1.95 11 500 5918 -6.2 -41.4 4 35.2 -13.0 309 36 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.20 12 450 6731 -12.0 -52.3 2 40.3 -17.6 309 36 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.07 13 400 7621 -17.8 -43.5 9 25.6 -21.7 307 39 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.20 14 350 8606 -24.8 -56.4 4 31.7 -27.6 309 37 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 15 300 9708 -33.1 -52.3 13 19.2 -34.7 306 35 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.10 16 250 10964 -42.4 -54.7 25 12.2 -43.1 301 41 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.09 17 200 12433 -54.0 -69.2 14 15.2 -54.3 299 45 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14231 -64.8 -74.7 24 9.9 -64.8 284 20 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16700 -63.0 -86.3 3 23.3 -63.2 179 5 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.38 m Freezing level: 557.86 mb = 5055.66 m = 16586.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.10 mb = 4571.28 m = 14997.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.14 mb = 2167.04 m = 7109.62 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 12.04 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.45 mb = 3722.74 m = 12213.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.95 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.93 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 38.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 470.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1576.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.01 mb = 3111.18 m = 10207.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.01 mb = 4314.73 m = 14155.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.01 mb = 13411.81 m = 44001.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1564.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.6 neg: -37.4 tot: 191.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 9.54 Bulk Shear: 165.32 m/s