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: 39.84,-102.53 Latitude: 39.84 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 37 1 950 495 2 900 986 SFC 873 1255 33.2 13.8 31 19.3 19.8 179 13 318.4 320.6 297.6 354.5 11.45 4 850 1499 29.4 12.3 35 17.1 17.8 182 16 316.9 319.0 296.7 350.2 10.60 5 800 2034 24.1 11.4 45 12.7 15.5 186 17 316.8 318.9 296.7 350.1 10.61 6 750 2594 18.6 10.3 59 8.3 13.1 189 18 316.7 318.8 296.6 349.8 10.55 7 700 3181 12.8 9.2 79 3.6 10.4 192 18 316.7 318.7 296.5 349.6 10.49 8 650 3798 8.0 -0.0 57 8.0 3.6 224 22 318.0 319.1 293.5 336.8 5.89 9 600 4453 3.3 -10.7 35 14.0 -2.8 252 24 319.9 320.5 291.5 329.3 2.82 10 550 5150 -2.7 -14.5 40 11.8 -7.2 279 25 320.9 321.4 291.3 328.5 2.26 11 500 5896 -9.1 -19.8 42 10.7 -12.5 291 29 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.4 1.59 12 450 6701 -14.9 -33.6 19 18.7 -18.7 294 37 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.50 13 400 7581 -20.3 -42.0 12 21.8 -23.4 302 44 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.24 14 350 8558 -26.3 -49.5 9 23.2 -28.6 310 50 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 15 300 9656 -33.7 -59.8 5 26.1 -35.3 316 60 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.04 16 250 10908 -43.2 -56.9 21 13.7 -43.8 318 69 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.07 17 200 12375 -53.6 -64.5 25 11.0 -53.8 320 63 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14187 -61.8 -78.3 9 16.5 -61.9 301 41 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16681 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 202 11 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.26 m Freezing level: 572.34 mb = 4838.52 m = 15874.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.86 mb = 4159.97 m = 13648.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 660.29 mb = 3667.22 m = 12031.43 ft T: 8.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 28.18 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.27 mb = 3730.73 m = 12239.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.72 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 47.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1703.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.64 mb = 3637.59 m = 11934.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.64 mb = 3827.83 m = 12558.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.64 mb = 12776.92 m = 41918.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1692.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.64 mb = 16228.38 m = 53242.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 19.35 Bulk Shear: 88.03 m/s