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: 39.59,-101.92 Latitude: 39.59 Longitude: -101.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 552 2 900 1023 SFC 889 1130 19.6 19.1 97 0.5 19.2 91 17 302.7 305.6 296.5 349.5 15.81 4 850 1517 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 17.9 102 21 306.5 309.3 296.8 351.0 14.78 5 800 2040 18.6 16.5 88 2.1 17.2 120 10 311.0 313.9 298.1 356.8 14.95 6 750 2593 16.2 14.0 86 2.3 14.7 205 7 314.2 316.8 297.9 356.1 13.52 7 700 3178 12.5 7.7 73 4.8 9.5 237 17 316.3 318.2 295.8 346.1 9.50 8 650 3796 8.3 3.6 72 4.7 5.5 244 27 318.4 319.9 295.0 342.7 7.66 9 600 4451 3.5 -1.1 72 4.6 1.0 252 28 320.2 321.3 294.1 339.2 5.90 10 550 5153 -1.1 -6.4 67 5.4 -3.7 258 26 322.8 323.6 293.6 336.9 4.30 11 500 5905 -6.4 -13.2 58 6.8 -9.1 268 24 325.3 325.8 293.0 334.6 2.77 12 450 6721 -11.2 -17.5 59 6.4 -13.4 273 20 329.2 329.6 293.4 336.6 2.14 13 400 7616 -16.4 -22.7 59 6.2 -18.3 275 14 333.6 333.9 294.1 339.2 1.55 14 350 8608 -22.7 -28.7 58 6.1 -24.1 279 10 338.2 338.4 294.8 342.0 1.02 15 300 9720 -31.3 -35.1 69 3.8 -31.9 300 11 341.2 341.4 295.2 343.7 0.65 16 250 10986 -41.0 -43.9 73 2.9 -41.2 290 12 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.4 0.31 17 200 12458 -53.6 -57.5 62 3.9 -53.8 265 13 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.2 0.08 18 150 14258 -64.3 -69.7 47 5.5 -64.3 191 13 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.02 19 100 16714 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.5 -66.4 260 23 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.13 m Freezing level: 561.90 mb = 4985.80 m = 16357.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.16 mb = 4598.24 m = 15085.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.72 mb = 1190.23 m = 3904.90 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 22.19 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.50 mb = 2735.78 m = 8975.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.16 C = 88.09 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 38.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1341.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.22 mb = 1877.06 m = 6158.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.22 mb = 3792.75 m = 12443.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.22 mb = 13466.63 m = 44181.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1323.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.22 mb = 16124.07 m = 52899.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 193.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 6.83 Bulk Shear: 196.31 m/s