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: 41.80,-104.23 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -104.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 476 2 900 968 SFC 864 1333 33.9 12.8 28 21.0 19.4 147 14 320.1 322.2 297.6 354.5 10.84 4 850 1482 30.3 11.9 32 18.5 17.8 149 16 317.9 319.9 296.7 350.5 10.32 5 800 2019 24.8 10.8 41 14.1 15.5 152 17 317.6 319.6 296.6 349.8 10.20 6 750 2580 19.3 9.4 53 9.9 12.9 156 17 317.6 319.5 296.4 348.8 9.93 7 700 3168 14.0 5.3 56 8.7 8.7 168 16 318.0 319.5 295.1 343.3 7.99 8 650 3787 9.2 -8.6 27 17.8 0.9 212 11 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.5 3.07 9 600 4443 3.5 -11.6 32 15.2 -2.9 284 12 320.2 320.7 291.4 328.9 2.62 10 550 5140 -2.9 -14.9 39 12.0 -7.4 291 18 320.7 321.1 291.2 328.1 2.19 11 500 5885 -9.5 -21.2 38 11.7 -13.0 284 24 321.5 321.7 290.6 326.3 1.41 12 450 6688 -16.5 -27.0 40 10.5 -19.0 285 32 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.7 0.93 13 400 7564 -20.8 -47.8 7 27.0 -24.1 287 35 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.13 14 350 8537 -27.8 -44.1 20 16.3 -29.7 292 37 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.22 15 300 9625 -36.4 -49.9 23 13.6 -37.4 294 42 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 16 250 10863 -45.4 -59.2 20 13.8 -45.9 293 61 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.05 17 200 12320 -54.0 -65.1 24 11.1 -54.2 290 75 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14150 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 261 39 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16671 -61.4 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 237 10 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.84 m Freezing level: 572.29 mb = 4829.24 m = 15843.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.20 mb = 3937.16 m = 12917.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 637.74 mb = 3943.10 m = 12936.51 ft T: 7.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 28.81 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.40 mb = 3999.05 m = 13120.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.46 C = 92.22 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 39.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.35 C K Index: 42.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 554.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2035.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.83 mb = 3801.86 m = 12473.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.83 mb = 4256.11 m = 13963.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.83 mb = 12519.55 m = 41074.14 ft B at Equ Level: 2032.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.83 mb = 15865.46 m = 52051.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.0 neg: -1.2 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 18.71 Bulk Shear: 108.75 m/s