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: 40.79,-102.50 Latitude: 40.79 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 16 1 950 478 2 900 969 SFC 877 1206 32.4 13.2 31 19.2 19.2 163 19 317.2 319.3 297.0 351.6 10.94 4 850 1482 29.4 11.7 33 17.7 17.5 166 26 317.0 318.9 296.4 349.0 10.21 5 800 2017 24.2 10.3 41 13.9 15.0 170 27 317.0 318.9 296.2 348.1 9.89 6 750 2577 18.8 8.9 52 9.9 12.4 179 27 317.0 318.9 296.0 347.2 9.59 7 700 3164 13.3 7.0 65 6.4 9.3 191 28 317.3 319.0 295.7 345.6 8.99 8 650 3782 7.8 3.6 75 4.2 5.3 207 27 317.7 319.2 294.8 341.9 7.64 9 600 4436 2.9 -5.0 56 7.9 -1.0 246 22 319.4 320.3 292.7 333.7 4.39 10 550 5133 -2.5 -15.3 37 12.7 -7.4 283 25 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.2 2.12 11 500 5880 -8.1 -26.7 21 18.5 -13.1 289 37 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.2 0.86 12 450 6690 -12.8 -34.9 14 22.1 -17.4 298 42 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.7 0.44 13 400 7580 -17.4 -44.0 8 26.6 -21.5 311 38 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.19 14 350 8561 -26.3 -45.3 15 19.0 -28.5 315 38 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.19 15 300 9656 -35.1 -50.2 20 15.1 -36.2 317 44 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 16 250 10903 -43.8 -57.1 21 13.3 -44.4 317 70 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.07 17 200 12365 -54.0 -61.8 37 7.9 -54.1 313 75 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14182 -58.5 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.8 291 39 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16685 -63.1 -85.5 3 22.5 -63.3 246 21 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5864.40 m Freezing level: 573.53 mb = 4805.21 m = 15764.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.18 mb = 4325.49 m = 14191.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 664.00 mb = 3603.95 m = 11823.83 ft T: 9.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 25.45 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.56 mb = 3812.44 m = 12507.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.92 C = 91.25 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 42.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1325.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.81 mb = 3720.13 m = 12204.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.81 mb = 3910.83 m = 12830.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.81 mb = 12695.35 m = 41650.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1299.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.81 mb = 15569.21 m = 51079.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 8.13 Bulk Shear: 163.01 m/s