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: 40.57,-103.72 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -103.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 1 950 462 2 900 955 SFC 855 1417 32.4 9.8 25 22.6 17.5 148 15 319.6 321.3 296.2 348.1 8.95 4 850 1470 32.0 8.4 23 23.5 16.7 149 17 319.6 321.2 295.7 345.7 8.18 5 800 2010 26.7 6.8 28 19.8 14.1 154 22 319.6 321.1 295.4 344.3 7.77 6 750 2573 21.2 6.0 37 15.3 11.7 158 23 319.6 321.2 295.4 344.6 7.83 7 700 3164 15.5 4.8 49 10.7 9.0 162 23 319.6 321.1 295.3 344.2 7.72 8 650 3786 9.5 3.5 66 6.0 5.9 165 23 319.7 321.1 295.3 343.9 7.58 9 600 4443 3.4 0.2 80 3.2 1.6 180 20 320.0 321.3 294.5 340.8 6.49 10 550 5142 -2.2 -10.1 54 8.0 -5.6 239 18 321.5 322.2 292.3 332.2 3.22 11 500 5890 -8.3 -17.5 47 9.2 -11.5 267 30 322.9 323.2 291.6 329.4 1.93 12 450 6698 -14.1 -38.2 11 24.0 -18.5 279 38 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.32 13 400 7582 -19.3 -47.0 7 27.7 -22.9 279 41 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 14 350 8561 -26.0 -48.7 10 22.7 -28.4 283 41 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 15 300 9659 -33.7 -50.6 17 16.9 -35.1 293 56 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.12 16 250 10910 -43.6 -49.9 50 6.3 -44.0 296 63 341.3 341.3 294.8 341.9 0.16 17 200 12373 -54.1 -63.5 31 9.4 -54.4 299 68 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14181 -60.6 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.8 276 41 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16686 -62.5 -86.4 3 23.9 -62.7 186 11 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5882.54 m Freezing level: 569.55 mb = 4868.94 m = 15974.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.89 mb = 4593.49 m = 15070.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.46 C = 90.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 615.69 mb = 4231.46 m = 13882.57 ft T: 5.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.97 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.12 mb = 4508.99 m = 14793.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 40.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.79 C K Index: 38.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 464.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 737.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 599.49 mb = 4450.23 m = 14600.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.49 mb = 4653.70 m = 15267.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.49 mb = 11615.87 m = 38109.34 ft B at Equ Level: 736.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.49 mb = 14412.15 m = 47283.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 252.8 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): 22.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 7.81 Bulk Shear: 94.46 m/s