MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.09,-102.27 Latitude: 41.09 Longitude: -102.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 509 2 900 997 SFC 888 1113 30.5 17.2 45 13.2 21.1 153 15 314.1 316.8 298.2 357.7 14.08 4 850 1506 26.5 15.9 52 10.6 19.1 155 21 313.9 316.5 297.8 355.7 13.48 5 800 2038 21.6 14.0 62 7.6 16.4 160 21 314.2 316.6 297.4 353.4 12.66 6 750 2594 17.7 10.3 62 7.4 12.8 184 19 315.8 317.8 296.3 348.6 10.52 7 700 3180 12.9 5.7 62 7.2 8.5 204 18 316.7 318.3 295.0 342.7 8.23 8 650 3799 9.4 -8.6 27 18.1 1.0 264 7 319.7 320.2 291.6 329.8 3.06 9 600 4454 3.3 -11.3 33 14.6 -3.0 325 9 319.9 320.5 291.4 328.9 2.69 10 550 5151 -2.8 -17.1 32 14.3 -7.9 327 14 320.8 321.1 290.8 326.9 1.82 11 500 5897 -9.2 -19.9 41 10.7 -12.6 305 22 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.2 1.58 12 450 6700 -15.8 -35.9 16 20.1 -19.5 304 30 323.4 323.4 290.2 324.8 0.40 13 400 7579 -19.8 -42.3 12 22.6 -23.1 303 30 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.23 14 350 8554 -27.8 -39.9 30 12.2 -29.3 302 33 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.34 15 300 9640 -37.1 -41.3 65 4.1 -37.5 310 31 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.34 16 250 10879 -44.5 -48.0 68 3.5 -44.7 303 48 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.20 17 200 12342 -53.5 -57.4 62 3.9 -53.7 306 70 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14166 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 271 43 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16683 -63.4 -85.2 4 21.8 -63.6 231 15 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.29 m Freezing level: 572.96 mb = 4831.29 m = 15850.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.25 mb = 3960.87 m = 12994.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.31 mb = 2785.20 m = 9137.67 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 30.74 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.73 mb = 3242.96 m = 10639.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -7.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -8.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 44.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 580.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2729.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.58 mb = 2898.66 m = 9509.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.58 mb = 3943.87 m = 12939.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.58 mb = 13060.39 m = 42848.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2712.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 296.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.4 neg: -18.0 tot: 116.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.08 Bulk Rich Number: 21.93 Bulk Shear: 124.47 m/s