MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.56,-101.82 Latitude: 39.56 Longitude: -101.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 569 2 900 1037 SFC 893 1106 19.3 17.6 90 1.7 18.1 123 5 302.1 304.7 295.4 344.4 14.34 4 850 1527 17.8 11.3 66 6.5 13.6 129 17 304.8 306.7 292.9 334.5 9.93 5 800 2046 16.5 8.3 58 8.2 11.4 118 18 308.8 310.4 293.0 335.0 8.60 6 750 2593 13.8 6.3 61 7.5 9.3 100 14 311.5 313.0 293.4 336.3 8.01 7 700 3171 10.5 4.4 66 6.1 6.9 68 11 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.6 7.51 8 650 3785 6.8 2.8 75 4.1 4.5 37 11 316.7 318.1 294.2 339.5 7.21 9 600 4439 3.2 0.9 85 2.3 1.9 2 12 319.8 321.1 294.7 341.6 6.82 10 550 5140 -0.7 -2.2 89 1.5 -1.5 338 14 323.3 324.5 295.0 342.6 5.93 11 500 5897 -4.8 -5.5 95 0.7 -5.1 315 12 327.2 328.2 295.3 344.1 5.09 12 450 6719 -9.3 -9.3 99 0.1 -9.3 285 15 331.6 332.4 295.7 345.9 4.19 13 400 7622 -13.9 -14.0 100 0.0 -14.0 268 20 336.9 337.5 296.3 348.2 3.25 14 350 8625 -19.9 -19.9 100 0.0 -19.9 264 27 342.0 342.5 296.7 350.2 2.26 15 300 9754 -27.1 -27.1 100 -0.0 -27.1 264 35 347.2 347.5 297.1 352.4 1.38 16 250 11042 -37.0 -37.2 99 0.1 -37.1 264 44 351.0 351.1 297.4 353.5 0.63 17 200 12540 -50.4 -53.3 71 3.0 -50.5 261 52 353.0 353.0 297.4 353.6 0.13 18 150 14344 -67.0 -70.8 59 3.8 -67.0 255 54 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16798 -63.4 -85.5 3 22.2 -63.6 259 21 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.93 m Freezing level: 558.69 mb = 5018.40 m = 16464.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 572.12 mb = 4822.50 m = 15821.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.11 mb = 1317.14 m = 4321.28 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 9.91 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.48 mb = 3515.70 m = 11534.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.35 C = 90.23 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.85 C Showalter Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.63 C Cross Totals Index: 16.09 C K Index: 27.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5943.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.00 mb = 2358.58 m = 7738.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 20.5 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 50.5 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -54.6 tot: -54.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 56.01 m/s