MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.86,-102.45 Latitude: 39.86 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 53 1 950 516 2 900 997 SFC 877 1223 26.9 16.6 53 10.2 19.6 89 11 311.5 314.1 297.4 353.5 13.70 4 850 1501 27.1 14.9 47 12.1 18.7 128 18 314.5 316.9 297.4 353.8 12.67 5 800 2035 23.5 12.4 49 11.2 16.0 168 18 316.2 318.4 297.0 351.7 11.35 6 750 2594 18.5 11.0 61 7.5 13.5 185 20 316.7 318.8 296.9 351.4 11.06 7 700 3181 13.0 11.5 91 1.5 12.0 196 23 316.9 319.3 297.8 355.5 12.31 8 650 3800 8.2 1.4 62 6.8 4.4 219 25 318.2 319.5 294.1 339.1 6.54 9 600 4455 3.4 -10.1 36 13.6 -2.6 273 17 320.1 320.7 291.7 329.8 2.95 10 550 5153 -2.5 -14.2 40 11.7 -7.1 303 23 321.1 321.6 291.4 328.9 2.31 11 500 5900 -8.5 -25.6 24 17.1 -13.2 300 29 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.0 0.95 12 450 6707 -14.2 -36.4 13 22.2 -18.4 297 37 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.38 13 400 7590 -19.0 -49.1 5 30.1 -22.8 307 37 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.11 14 350 8570 -26.1 -48.8 10 22.6 -28.5 319 37 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 15 300 9666 -34.3 -54.9 11 20.6 -35.7 317 44 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.3 0.07 16 250 10915 -43.9 -53.0 36 9.0 -44.4 314 58 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.2 0.11 17 200 12377 -54.1 -63.5 31 9.4 -54.3 309 60 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14187 -61.8 -78.7 9 16.8 -62.0 296 31 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16687 -64.6 -81.7 8 17.1 -64.7 203 8 402.9 402.9 305.6 403.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.61 m Freezing level: 571.02 mb = 4859.58 m = 15943.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.50 mb = 4206.53 m = 13800.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.19 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.53 mb = 2530.45 m = 8301.89 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 2.48 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.95 mb = 3460.76 m = 11354.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 49.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2066.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.74 mb = 3172.17 m = 10407.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.74 mb = 3726.66 m = 12226.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.74 mb = 13190.76 m = 43276.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2046.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 374.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.69 Bulk Rich Number: 10.98 Bulk Shear: 188.19 m/s