MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-103.06 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -103.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 512 2 900 995 SFC 865 1349 26.7 14.8 48 11.9 18.4 197 19 312.5 314.9 296.7 350.4 12.30 4 850 1500 24.8 13.8 51 10.9 17.3 198 27 312.1 314.3 296.3 348.3 11.78 5 800 2031 22.8 12.2 51 10.6 15.7 180 28 315.5 317.6 296.8 350.6 11.26 6 750 2589 18.3 11.3 63 7.1 13.6 174 29 316.5 318.7 297.0 351.8 11.28 7 700 3176 12.8 10.3 85 2.5 11.2 172 29 316.7 318.9 297.1 352.2 11.35 8 650 3795 8.2 7.5 95 0.7 7.8 178 24 318.3 320.2 296.7 350.1 10.06 9 600 4451 3.9 -5.6 50 9.5 -0.7 212 11 320.6 321.4 292.9 334.3 4.20 10 550 5150 -1.9 -6.8 69 4.9 -4.2 250 21 321.8 322.6 293.2 335.6 4.18 11 500 5900 -7.8 -20.7 35 13.0 -11.9 273 33 323.6 323.8 291.3 328.6 1.47 12 450 6708 -14.0 -43.1 7 29.1 -18.7 279 42 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.3 0.19 13 400 7591 -19.9 -46.4 8 26.5 -23.3 276 45 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.15 14 350 8568 -26.5 -53.5 6 26.9 -29.0 288 49 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 15 300 9664 -34.0 -55.3 10 21.3 -35.5 305 58 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.07 16 250 10914 -44.0 -51.1 45 7.1 -44.5 304 62 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.14 17 200 12373 -54.6 -62.9 35 8.3 -54.8 301 69 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14177 -62.3 -79.5 8 17.2 -62.4 286 45 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16681 -62.1 -85.9 3 23.9 -62.3 192 16 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.36 m Freezing level: 566.48 mb = 4919.67 m = 16140.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.37 mb = 4391.59 m = 14407.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.48 mb = 2860.50 m = 9384.74 ft T: 15.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 2.08 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.70 mb = 3583.01 m = 11755.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.96 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.13 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 43.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 502.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1620.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.46 mb = 3194.64 m = 10480.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.46 mb = 4136.51 m = 13571.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.46 mb = 12913.86 m = 42367.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1606.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.46 mb = 15900.70 m = 52167.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.7 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 260.7 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.4 neg: -101.4 tot: -64.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 41.08 Bulk Shear: 39.46 m/s