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: 40.73,-103.56 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 1 950 471 2 900 963 SFC 864 1335 31.3 17.2 43 14.1 21.2 116 19 317.5 320.3 299.3 363.0 14.49 4 850 1477 29.4 16.6 46 12.8 20.2 118 25 316.9 319.6 298.9 361.1 14.10 5 800 2013 24.2 15.1 57 9.1 17.8 125 27 316.9 319.5 298.6 359.5 13.59 6 750 2574 20.2 9.6 50 10.6 13.2 154 25 318.5 320.4 296.7 350.2 10.03 7 700 3165 15.0 5.9 54 9.1 9.3 173 24 319.1 320.7 295.7 345.6 8.34 8 650 3786 9.0 4.5 73 4.5 6.3 178 23 319.2 320.7 295.6 345.2 8.17 9 600 4443 3.4 -1.4 71 4.7 0.8 210 17 320.0 321.1 294.0 338.6 5.78 10 550 5142 -1.8 -13.4 41 11.6 -6.5 255 18 321.9 322.4 291.7 330.2 2.46 11 500 5890 -8.3 -16.1 53 7.8 -11.1 261 24 322.9 323.3 291.7 330.2 2.17 12 450 6698 -14.3 -27.2 33 12.9 -17.5 279 27 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.4 0.91 13 400 7580 -20.0 -53.5 3 33.5 -23.6 280 39 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 14 350 8557 -26.6 -50.2 9 23.5 -29.0 277 36 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.11 15 300 9652 -34.3 -50.4 18 16.1 -35.5 288 53 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.13 16 250 10901 -43.8 -50.6 47 6.8 -44.2 292 65 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.6 0.15 17 200 12364 -54.0 -59.1 53 5.1 -54.2 296 71 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.07 18 150 14178 -59.5 -82.6 3 23.1 -59.7 272 37 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16684 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 191 12 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5873.95 m Freezing level: 567.53 mb = 4896.54 m = 16064.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.27 mb = 4519.75 m = 14828.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.33 mb = 3112.01 m = 10209.89 ft T: 15.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 32.81 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.78 mb = 3459.91 m = 11351.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -8.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: -9.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.72 C Cross Totals Index: 24.93 C K Index: 45.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 545.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3092.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.25 mb = 3233.97 m = 10610.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.25 mb = 3667.50 m = 12032.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.25 mb = 13416.56 m = 44017.06 ft B at Equ Level: 3087.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.0 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 244.0 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 216.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.93 Bulk Rich Number: 18.60 Bulk Shear: 166.27 m/s