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: 39.91,-102.45 Latitude: 39.91 Longitude: -102.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 520 2 900 1006 SFC 879 1213 28.4 18.0 53 10.5 20.9 184 10 312.9 315.7 298.5 358.8 14.89 4 850 1514 25.9 15.7 53 10.2 18.8 183 13 313.3 315.8 297.5 354.3 13.29 5 800 2044 21.5 12.7 57 8.8 15.5 173 16 314.0 316.2 296.6 349.9 11.59 6 750 2599 16.6 10.2 66 6.3 12.4 171 17 314.5 316.6 296.0 347.2 10.49 7 700 3182 11.8 5.2 64 6.6 7.8 193 18 315.6 317.1 294.4 340.5 7.95 8 650 3799 8.0 -0.1 57 8.0 3.5 219 27 318.0 319.1 293.5 336.7 5.87 9 600 4453 2.5 -4.8 59 7.3 -1.1 207 22 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.5 4.48 10 550 5150 -2.6 -9.6 59 7.0 -5.6 215 21 321.0 321.7 292.3 332.1 3.36 11 500 5897 -8.9 -13.4 70 4.5 -10.6 226 20 322.2 322.7 292.0 331.2 2.71 12 450 6702 -15.2 -18.6 75 3.4 -16.3 241 21 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.8 1.96 13 400 7581 -21.5 -23.6 83 2.1 -22.0 256 20 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.0 1.43 14 350 8555 -26.7 -26.9 98 0.2 -26.8 269 17 332.7 333.0 293.6 337.1 1.20 15 300 9655 -32.8 -32.8 100 0.0 -32.8 285 20 339.1 339.3 294.8 342.2 0.81 16 250 10915 -41.3 -43.4 80 2.1 -41.5 297 30 344.6 344.7 295.7 346.0 0.33 17 200 12394 -52.0 -55.6 65 3.6 -52.1 309 52 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.9 0.10 18 150 14208 -60.4 -64.6 58 4.1 -60.5 318 62 366.0 366.0 299.9 366.2 0.04 19 100 16729 -61.7 -84.3 3 22.6 -61.9 175 15 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.20 m Freezing level: 575.32 mb = 4796.96 m = 15737.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.81 mb = 4293.47 m = 14086.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.92 mb = 2543.00 m = 8343.08 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 28.05 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3156.31 m = 10355.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.97 C = 87.74 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -6.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 43.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1918.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.94 mb = 2933.16 m = 9623.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.94 mb = 3473.23 m = 11394.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.94 mb = 12853.71 m = 42170.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1899.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.94 mb = 16369.85 m = 53706.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.7 neg: -14.7 tot: 74.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 122.81 Bulk Shear: 15.62 m/s