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: 39.72,-103.06 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -103.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 487 2 900 977 SFC 855 1431 28.5 18.9 56 9.6 21.5 137 18 315.4 318.5 299.8 366.0 16.23 4 850 1488 27.9 18.5 57 9.4 21.1 139 23 315.4 318.5 299.7 365.3 16.02 5 800 2022 22.6 17.6 73 5.0 19.0 147 27 315.3 318.4 299.7 365.2 16.03 6 750 2582 18.8 14.3 75 4.4 15.7 171 17 317.0 319.6 298.8 360.3 13.83 7 700 3171 13.7 13.0 95 0.8 13.2 197 15 317.7 320.3 298.7 360.2 13.54 8 650 3792 10.8 -11.2 20 22.0 0.9 241 15 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.5 2.50 9 600 4451 4.9 -16.7 19 21.7 -3.4 265 13 321.8 322.2 291.0 327.7 1.72 10 550 5152 -1.2 -14.3 36 13.1 -6.4 285 18 322.6 323.1 291.8 330.4 2.29 11 500 5903 -6.9 -16.9 45 10.0 -10.5 280 31 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.5 2.04 12 450 6715 -12.7 -32.5 17 19.8 -17.0 293 31 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.55 13 400 7603 -18.4 -44.3 8 25.9 -22.1 292 40 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.19 14 350 8586 -24.8 -45.2 13 20.5 -27.3 295 37 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.19 15 300 9689 -33.1 -49.2 19 16.0 -34.6 298 42 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.14 16 250 10943 -42.8 -51.1 40 8.2 -43.3 295 50 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.14 17 200 12411 -53.4 -65.0 23 11.6 -53.7 298 49 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14222 -62.1 -81.9 5 19.8 -62.3 258 26 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16684 -66.9 -85.9 5 19.0 -67.0 235 20 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5864.44 m Freezing level: 559.87 mb = 5013.59 m = 16448.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.37 mb = 3927.99 m = 12886.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.80 mb = 2652.76 m = 8703.17 ft T: 18.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 38.26 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.70 mb = 2969.41 m = 9742.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -8.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -8.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.49 C K Index: 52.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 628.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3649.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.52 mb = 2759.85 m = 9054.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.52 mb = 3176.26 m = 10420.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.52 mb = 14661.50 m = 48101.45 ft B at Equ Level: 3590.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.5 neg: -2.9 tot: 161.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.53 Bulk Rich Number: 17.74 Bulk Shear: 205.68 m/s