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: 41.09,-101.63 Latitude: 41.09 Longitude: -101.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 509 2 900 993 SFC 900 995 28.6 15.5 45 13.2 19.5 133 16 311.0 313.4 296.4 348.9 12.37 4 850 1500 25.4 14.2 50 11.2 17.7 144 33 312.7 315.0 296.6 349.9 12.06 5 800 2028 20.4 12.9 62 7.4 15.3 152 33 312.8 315.1 296.4 349.2 11.78 6 750 2582 15.7 12.5 81 3.2 13.6 173 30 313.6 316.0 297.0 351.5 12.23 7 700 3165 11.9 7.8 76 4.0 9.3 199 24 315.6 317.4 295.6 345.4 9.54 8 650 3782 9.0 -5.1 36 14.1 2.0 224 8 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.2 4.01 9 600 4438 3.2 -9.2 40 12.4 -2.3 282 1 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.4 3.19 10 550 5135 -2.9 -13.0 46 10.1 -7.0 313 6 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.1 2.55 11 500 5880 -9.5 -18.0 50 8.4 -12.3 298 11 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.86 12 450 6683 -16.0 -26.8 39 10.7 -18.6 285 18 323.1 323.2 290.7 326.4 0.95 13 400 7558 -22.1 -30.8 45 8.7 -23.8 286 29 326.2 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.73 14 350 8525 -29.0 -31.9 76 3.0 -29.5 276 45 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.75 15 300 9614 -34.0 -37.1 73 3.2 -34.4 294 54 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.5 0.53 16 250 10874 -41.8 -45.2 70 3.3 -42.1 307 52 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.27 17 200 12344 -53.5 -57.3 62 3.9 -53.6 310 86 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14176 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 272 48 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16716 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 204 10 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.36 m Freezing level: 573.79 mb = 4803.07 m = 15757.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.17 mb = 4074.99 m = 13369.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.68 mb = 2664.64 m = 8742.14 ft T: 15.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 25.06 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.23 mb = 3379.04 m = 11085.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.25 C = 93.66 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 45.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1674.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.53 mb = 2862.11 m = 9390.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.53 mb = 4162.13 m = 13655.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.53 mb = 12652.67 m = 41510.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1643.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.53 mb = 15546.62 m = 51005.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 222.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.6 neg: -4.3 tot: 236.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.39 Bulk Rich Number: 32.60 Bulk Shear: 51.36 m/s