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: 39.95,-102.21 Latitude: 39.95 Longitude: -102.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 518 2 900 1003 SFC 886 1143 22.9 17.2 71 5.6 18.9 324 8 306.5 309.1 296.4 348.9 14.11 4 850 1511 26.6 15.3 50 11.3 18.7 168 12 314.0 316.5 297.5 354.2 12.98 5 800 2043 21.9 11.4 51 10.5 14.9 166 15 314.5 316.5 296.1 347.6 10.65 6 750 2598 16.8 6.6 51 10.2 10.5 166 15 314.8 316.4 294.4 340.5 8.20 7 700 3181 12.4 1.8 48 10.6 6.3 191 11 316.2 317.4 293.3 335.9 6.22 8 650 3797 7.6 -3.4 46 11.0 2.0 229 15 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.3 4.58 9 600 4451 2.8 -3.9 61 6.8 -0.6 247 18 319.4 320.3 293.0 334.9 4.77 10 550 5148 -3.0 -5.9 80 3.0 -4.4 267 22 320.5 321.4 293.1 335.1 4.47 11 500 5894 -9.1 -9.7 96 0.6 -9.4 284 28 321.9 322.7 292.8 334.1 3.67 12 450 6700 -15.6 -16.6 92 1.0 -16.0 293 38 323.6 324.0 292.1 331.4 2.32 13 400 7575 -22.7 -30.2 50 7.5 -24.1 302 43 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.3 0.78 14 350 8544 -27.8 -32.5 64 4.7 -28.6 311 43 331.3 331.5 292.8 334.0 0.72 15 300 9641 -33.4 -34.4 90 1.0 -33.6 321 46 338.3 338.4 294.6 340.9 0.69 16 250 10898 -42.3 -45.3 72 3.0 -42.5 320 57 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.2 0.27 17 200 12368 -53.2 -57.0 63 3.8 -53.3 324 62 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.9 0.09 18 150 14180 -59.9 -64.8 53 4.9 -60.0 315 41 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.1 0.04 19 100 16707 -63.4 -86.7 3 23.3 -63.6 194 14 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.01 m Freezing level: 575.62 mb = 4790.90 m = 15717.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4301.15 m = 14111.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.50 mb = 1874.50 m = 6149.87 ft T: 23.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 21.87 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.23 mb = 3346.17 m = 10978.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.63 C = 90.73 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -6.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: -7.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.41 C K Index: 40.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1816.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.57 mb = 2924.54 m = 9594.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.57 mb = 3713.37 m = 12182.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.57 mb = 12805.85 m = 42013.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1789.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.57 mb = 16310.00 m = 53509.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.3 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 288.3 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.9 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.6 neg: -26.1 tot: 65.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 30.72 Bulk Shear: 59.12 m/s