MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.31,-101.82 Latitude: 39.31 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 115 1 950 568 2 900 1041 SFC 890 1138 20.3 19.4 95 0.9 19.7 20 20 303.4 306.4 296.9 351.3 16.15 4 850 1536 20.0 15.9 77 4.1 17.2 2 14 307.1 309.6 296.1 347.7 13.50 5 800 2058 17.8 13.6 76 4.3 15.0 321 1 310.2 312.5 296.1 347.7 12.30 6 750 2609 14.8 10.3 74 4.6 11.9 169 9 312.7 314.7 295.6 345.2 10.52 7 700 3189 10.6 7.3 80 3.3 8.6 171 16 314.2 316.0 295.0 342.9 9.21 8 650 3803 6.4 5.2 93 1.1 5.7 180 19 316.2 317.8 295.1 343.1 8.59 9 600 4456 2.4 1.7 95 0.8 2.0 191 20 318.9 320.3 294.8 341.9 7.21 10 550 5154 -2.9 -3.6 95 0.7 -3.3 203 20 320.6 321.7 293.8 338.0 5.35 11 500 5901 -8.5 -12.0 76 3.5 -9.9 217 17 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.8 3.04 12 450 6710 -13.6 -18.7 65 5.1 -15.2 244 14 326.2 326.6 292.5 332.9 1.94 13 400 7597 -18.4 -23.1 67 4.7 -19.7 283 14 331.1 331.4 293.4 336.4 1.49 14 350 8584 -23.6 -26.0 80 2.4 -24.2 314 16 337.0 337.3 294.7 341.8 1.31 15 300 9695 -31.4 -33.5 82 2.1 -31.7 332 20 341.2 341.3 295.3 344.1 0.76 16 250 10959 -41.0 -43.4 77 2.4 -41.2 341 25 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.5 0.33 17 200 12435 -53.2 -56.8 65 3.6 -53.3 343 31 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.9 0.09 18 150 14227 -65.3 -69.9 52 4.7 -65.3 357 38 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16726 -63.0 -86.6 3 23.6 -63.2 255 6 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.10 m Freezing level: 577.12 mb = 4775.56 m = 15667.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.92 mb = 4715.36 m = 15470.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.83 mb = 1247.03 m = 4091.24 ft T: 20.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 8.44 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.30 mb = 2752.28 m = 9029.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 41.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 932.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.73 mb = 2093.18 m = 6867.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.73 mb = 3408.11 m = 11181.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.73 mb = 12057.90 m = 39559.55 ft B at Equ Level: 932.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.73 mb = 15514.17 m = 50898.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.6 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 232.6 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.0 neg: -31.8 tot: 43.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 7.14 Bulk Shear: 130.63 m/s