MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.61,-102.37 Latitude: 40.61 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 31 1 950 490 2 900 979 SFC 882 1162 30.2 15.6 42 14.5 20.0 154 18 314.4 316.9 297.5 354.1 12.78 4 850 1489 27.6 14.3 44 13.4 18.4 159 32 315.1 317.4 297.3 352.8 12.11 5 800 2022 22.6 13.1 55 9.5 16.1 164 34 315.2 317.5 297.1 352.3 11.92 6 750 2579 17.3 12.6 74 4.7 14.1 173 32 315.4 317.8 297.5 353.9 12.36 7 700 3164 12.4 10.2 86 2.3 11.0 191 27 316.3 318.4 297.0 351.4 11.23 8 650 3782 7.6 4.4 80 3.2 5.6 213 25 317.5 319.1 295.1 343.1 8.09 9 600 4437 3.0 -5.6 53 8.6 -1.2 243 20 319.6 320.4 292.6 333.2 4.19 10 550 5134 -2.4 -13.4 43 11.0 -6.8 284 28 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.4 2.47 11 500 5881 -8.3 -18.6 43 10.3 -11.7 288 40 323.0 323.3 291.5 329.0 1.76 12 450 6689 -13.7 -31.3 21 17.6 -17.6 296 46 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.3 0.62 13 400 7577 -18.0 -41.4 11 23.4 -21.7 302 37 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.25 14 350 8557 -26.4 -43.0 19 16.6 -28.5 303 36 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.24 15 300 9652 -34.8 -45.6 32 10.9 -35.8 312 46 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 16 250 10902 -43.1 -48.5 56 5.3 -43.5 318 67 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.7 0.19 17 200 12369 -53.6 -63.6 28 10.0 -53.9 317 77 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14177 -59.5 -80.0 5 20.4 -59.7 288 45 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16694 -61.4 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 229 21 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.01 m Freezing level: 572.62 mb = 4818.40 m = 15808.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.83 mb = 4317.08 m = 14163.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.13 mb = 2994.80 m = 9825.33 ft T: 13.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 25.58 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3347.79 m = 10983.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.31 C = 90.16 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 47.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 585.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1976.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.15 mb = 3162.60 m = 10375.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.15 mb = 3589.95 m = 11777.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.15 mb = 12853.76 m = 42170.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1969.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.15 mb = 16381.94 m = 53745.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.6 neg: -0.5 tot: 271.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.82 Bulk Rich Number: 9.21 Bulk Shear: 214.63 m/s