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: 40.45,-103.64 Latitude: 40.45 Longitude: -103.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 1 950 463 2 900 956 SFC 858 1390 32.8 10.2 25 22.5 17.8 152 16 319.6 321.4 296.4 348.7 9.15 4 850 1472 32.0 8.9 24 23.1 16.9 153 20 319.6 321.3 295.8 346.5 8.44 5 800 2011 26.7 7.7 30 19.0 14.5 158 23 319.6 321.2 295.7 345.8 8.25 6 750 2575 21.2 6.3 38 14.9 11.9 164 23 319.5 321.1 295.5 345.0 8.00 7 700 3166 15.5 5.1 50 10.3 9.1 168 23 319.6 321.1 295.5 344.8 7.91 8 650 3788 9.4 4.0 69 5.4 6.1 171 23 319.5 321.1 295.4 344.6 7.86 9 600 4445 3.3 -1.0 73 4.4 1.0 183 20 320.0 321.1 294.1 339.1 5.92 10 550 5144 -2.1 -11.2 49 9.2 -5.9 239 18 321.6 322.2 292.1 331.4 2.95 11 500 5892 -8.2 -18.5 43 10.3 -11.6 271 30 323.1 323.4 291.5 329.2 1.78 12 450 6701 -13.9 -37.3 12 23.5 -18.3 279 36 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.34 13 400 7584 -19.5 -50.9 4 31.5 -23.1 279 42 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.09 14 350 8563 -26.1 -50.7 8 24.7 -28.5 287 42 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 15 300 9661 -33.8 -51.6 15 17.8 -35.3 296 55 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.11 16 250 10911 -43.7 -49.8 51 6.1 -44.0 297 62 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.8 0.16 17 200 12374 -54.0 -63.0 32 9.0 -54.2 299 66 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14186 -60.3 -81.6 4 21.3 -60.4 278 38 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16688 -63.6 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 198 12 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5881.23 m Freezing level: 569.08 mb = 4877.12 m = 16000.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.87 mb = 4541.17 m = 14898.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 618.30 mb = 4198.44 m = 13774.23 ft T: 5.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km ThetaE index: 21.65 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.25 mb = 4414.46 m = 14482.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.55 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 40.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.05 C K Index: 38.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 894.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.48 mb = 4370.47 m = 14338.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.48 mb = 4573.51 m = 15004.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.48 mb = 12039.32 m = 39498.59 ft B at Equ Level: 888.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.48 mb = 14590.33 m = 47867.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 9.82 Bulk Shear: 91.07 m/s