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: 40.13,-103.11 Latitude: 40.13 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 1 950 485 2 900 974 SFC 861 1372 28.7 17.6 51 11.1 20.7 109 17 315.1 317.9 299.0 361.2 14.83 4 850 1485 27.7 16.9 52 10.8 20.0 112 23 315.2 318.0 298.7 360.0 14.41 5 800 2020 24.8 13.6 50 11.2 17.1 153 23 317.6 320.0 298.0 356.5 12.37 6 750 2582 19.5 12.3 63 7.2 14.6 171 23 317.7 320.0 297.8 355.7 12.08 7 700 3171 13.9 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 174 23 317.9 320.3 298.2 357.5 12.60 8 650 3792 9.4 0.2 53 9.2 4.2 199 19 319.6 320.7 294.0 338.8 5.98 9 600 4449 4.3 -12.9 27 17.2 -2.9 214 13 321.1 321.5 291.4 329.0 2.36 10 550 5148 -1.9 -13.5 41 11.6 -6.5 266 15 321.8 322.3 291.7 330.1 2.46 11 500 5897 -7.8 -17.8 45 10.0 -11.2 282 26 323.6 323.9 291.7 330.0 1.89 12 450 6708 -13.3 -24.1 40 10.8 -16.3 273 24 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.9 1.21 13 400 7592 -19.2 -40.4 14 21.2 -22.6 283 40 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.28 14 350 8571 -25.9 -48.5 10 22.6 -28.3 286 43 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 15 300 9670 -33.7 -48.7 21 15.0 -35.0 292 51 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.5 0.15 16 250 10921 -43.5 -50.1 48 6.6 -43.9 293 60 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.16 17 200 12385 -53.8 -63.4 30 9.6 -54.1 297 62 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14198 -59.8 -83.2 3 23.4 -60.0 251 34 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.00 19 100 16685 -65.5 -85.1 5 19.5 -65.7 224 18 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5860.75 m Freezing level: 565.46 mb = 4932.19 m = 16181.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.35 mb = 4175.22 m = 13698.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.22 mb = 2786.38 m = 9141.54 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 5.49 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.54 mb = 3444.02 m = 11299.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.12 C = 89.81 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -7.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -8.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 50.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 499.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2699.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.06 mb = 3230.06 m = 10597.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.06 mb = 3663.07 m = 12017.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.06 mb = 13407.18 m = 43986.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2687.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.9 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 257.9 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.8 neg: -9.9 tot: 230.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.91 Bulk Rich Number: 16.90 Bulk Shear: 159.71 m/s