MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.64,-102.93 Latitude: 40.64 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 1 950 494 2 900 982 SFC 866 1327 29.9 17.9 49 12.0 21.2 127 17 315.8 318.7 299.2 363.0 15.12 4 850 1493 27.2 17.1 54 10.1 19.9 128 21 314.6 317.4 298.7 359.8 14.55 5 800 2025 21.9 15.9 69 5.9 17.7 130 22 314.4 317.2 298.5 359.0 14.38 6 750 2582 18.4 11.5 64 6.9 13.8 178 19 316.6 318.8 297.2 352.5 11.47 7 700 3171 15.4 -3.9 26 19.4 5.4 222 12 319.6 320.4 292.5 332.9 4.08 8 650 3793 10.2 -11.7 20 22.0 0.5 296 8 320.6 321.0 291.3 328.6 2.40 9 600 4450 4.0 -12.9 28 16.9 -3.1 298 9 320.7 321.2 291.3 328.6 2.35 10 550 5148 -2.2 -17.0 31 14.9 -7.5 285 17 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.7 1.83 11 500 5896 -8.3 -26.8 21 18.5 -13.3 293 27 322.9 323.0 290.5 325.9 0.85 12 450 6703 -14.3 -37.6 12 23.2 -18.6 291 33 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.4 0.34 13 400 7585 -19.2 -47.9 6 28.7 -22.9 292 32 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.12 14 350 8563 -27.0 -48.6 11 21.7 -29.2 292 32 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.13 15 300 9656 -34.8 -55.1 11 20.3 -36.2 295 46 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.07 16 250 10903 -44.2 -53.2 36 9.1 -44.6 299 63 340.4 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.11 17 200 12365 -53.8 -63.1 31 9.3 -54.1 295 67 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14186 -59.3 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 266 34 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16689 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 214 8 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.54 m Freezing level: 567.61 mb = 4902.14 m = 16082.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.47 mb = 3888.24 m = 12756.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.78 % Est. max temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.79 mb = 2839.05 m = 9314.34 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 34.39 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.86 mb = 3453.12 m = 11329.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -8.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: -8.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 33.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3066.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.41 mb = 2855.16 m = 9367.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.41 mb = 3901.76 m = 12800.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.41 mb = 13721.52 m = 45017.58 ft B at Equ Level: 3022.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.5 neg: -11.9 tot: 180.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.69 Bulk Rich Number: 15.66 Bulk Shear: 195.85 m/s