MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.33,-102.53 Latitude: 38.33 Longitude: -102.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 507 2 900 998 SFC 884 1159 32.7 16.5 38 16.1 21.2 159 14 316.8 319.4 298.5 359.1 13.51 4 850 1511 28.8 15.3 44 13.5 19.3 164 17 316.3 318.8 298.1 356.8 12.95 5 800 2046 23.6 14.2 56 9.3 17.1 169 17 316.3 318.8 298.0 356.5 12.88 6 750 2606 18.1 13.1 73 4.9 14.7 174 17 316.2 318.7 298.0 356.2 12.78 7 700 3192 12.5 12.0 97 0.5 12.1 180 17 316.3 318.8 297.9 355.9 12.68 8 650 3811 8.5 1.2 60 7.3 4.4 229 16 318.6 319.9 294.1 339.3 6.45 9 600 4468 4.0 -10.8 33 14.8 -2.5 257 14 320.7 321.3 291.7 330.0 2.80 10 550 5167 -2.0 -17.6 29 15.6 -7.6 277 16 321.7 322.1 291.0 327.7 1.75 11 500 5914 -8.0 -26.6 21 18.5 -13.0 291 25 323.2 323.4 290.6 326.3 0.87 12 450 6723 -14.0 -36.5 13 22.5 -18.3 301 31 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.0 0.37 13 400 7605 -20.0 -43.9 10 23.9 -23.4 305 35 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.19 14 350 8581 -26.8 -47.8 12 20.9 -29.0 305 43 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 15 300 9676 -34.2 -49.8 19 15.6 -35.5 306 50 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.13 16 250 10926 -43.5 -52.1 38 8.7 -43.9 308 60 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.12 17 200 12390 -54.0 -64.1 28 10.1 -54.3 300 57 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14198 -62.7 -78.7 10 16.0 -62.8 279 27 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16689 -64.1 -85.0 4 20.9 -64.3 171 7 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.10 m Freezing level: 566.58 mb = 4934.91 m = 16190.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.08 mb = 4224.21 m = 13858.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.19 mb = 3189.91 m = 10465.45 ft T: 12.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 32.78 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.66 mb = 3220.23 m = 10564.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -7.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -7.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 51.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 590.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2793.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.33 mb = 3212.18 m = 10538.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.33 mb = 3272.15 m = 10735.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.33 mb = 13663.09 m = 44825.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2783.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 33.57 Bulk Shear: 83.19 m/s