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: 39.88,-102.24 Latitude: 39.88 Longitude: -102.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 521 2 900 1007 SFC 887 1135 29.0 15.9 45 13.2 19.8 171 7 312.7 315.1 297.1 352.4 12.88 4 850 1514 25.6 14.3 50 11.3 17.8 168 19 312.9 315.3 296.7 350.4 12.16 5 800 2044 20.9 11.7 55 9.2 14.8 166 19 313.4 315.5 296.0 347.0 10.84 6 750 2598 16.5 6.1 50 10.5 10.2 166 18 314.5 316.0 294.1 339.2 7.88 7 700 3180 12.0 2.5 52 9.5 6.5 168 16 315.8 317.0 293.4 336.5 6.57 8 650 3796 7.4 0.3 61 7.1 3.5 203 15 317.4 318.5 293.4 336.6 6.04 9 600 4450 2.9 -4.0 60 6.9 -0.6 247 20 319.5 320.5 293.0 334.9 4.75 10 550 5148 -2.6 -9.3 60 6.7 -5.6 280 26 321.0 321.6 292.3 332.3 3.43 11 500 5894 -9.2 -16.1 57 6.9 -11.6 297 32 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.1 2.17 12 450 6698 -15.5 -32.1 23 16.6 -18.9 298 38 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.9 0.58 13 400 7574 -21.7 -45.7 10 24.0 -24.6 304 45 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.16 14 350 8547 -27.0 -51.6 8 24.6 -29.3 310 54 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 15 300 9644 -33.8 -55.8 9 22.0 -35.3 317 66 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.07 16 250 10895 -43.1 -53.5 31 10.3 -43.7 320 75 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.4 0.11 17 200 12363 -53.8 -62.3 34 8.5 -54.0 322 70 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14171 -61.4 -70.3 30 8.9 -61.6 302 47 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.02 19 100 16693 -63.8 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 190 13 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.34 m Freezing level: 573.56 mb = 4819.28 m = 15811.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.90 mb = 4356.73 m = 14293.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.75 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.58 mb = 2796.30 m = 9174.12 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.42 mb = 3391.64 m = 11127.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: -6.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 39.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1606.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.25 mb = 3022.02 m = 9914.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.25 mb = 3817.91 m = 12525.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.25 mb = 12742.97 m = 41807.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1586.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.25 mb = 15649.89 m = 51344.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.3 neg: -12.4 tot: 101.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 16.59 Bulk Shear: 96.85 m/s