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: 40.34,-103.30 Latitude: 40.34 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 1 950 485 2 900 971 SFC 865 1328 27.7 16.7 51 11.0 19.9 119 20 313.6 316.3 298.1 356.8 13.96 4 850 1479 25.9 16.2 55 9.8 19.1 122 28 313.3 315.9 297.8 355.7 13.71 5 800 2012 25.4 12.1 44 13.3 16.4 162 27 318.2 320.4 297.4 353.5 11.18 6 750 2575 20.1 10.7 55 9.3 13.8 170 27 318.4 320.5 297.2 352.7 10.87 7 700 3165 14.4 10.7 78 3.8 11.9 176 27 318.5 320.7 297.7 355.1 11.61 8 650 3786 9.4 0.5 54 8.9 4.4 188 23 319.6 320.8 294.1 339.3 6.13 9 600 4444 4.5 -14.4 24 18.8 -3.2 195 15 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.3 2.09 10 550 5144 -1.6 -12.1 45 10.4 -6.0 239 15 322.1 322.7 292.1 331.4 2.76 11 500 5893 -7.9 -17.1 48 9.2 -11.1 275 29 323.4 323.8 291.7 330.2 2.00 12 450 6703 -13.7 -29.5 25 15.8 -17.4 273 27 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.7 0.74 13 400 7588 -19.2 -46.1 7 26.9 -22.8 279 43 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.15 14 350 8567 -26.0 -49.5 9 23.5 -28.5 283 45 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 15 300 9665 -33.8 -48.8 21 15.0 -35.1 290 56 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.15 16 250 10915 -43.7 -48.4 60 4.7 -44.0 291 64 341.0 341.1 294.7 341.8 0.19 17 200 12378 -54.0 -57.9 62 3.9 -54.1 294 66 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 18 150 14191 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.5 255 40 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16688 -64.6 -85.4 4 20.8 -64.7 216 16 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.36 m Freezing level: 563.42 mb = 4955.75 m = 16258.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.91 mb = 4162.37 m = 13655.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.70 mb = 2727.92 m = 8949.77 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 4.10 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.16 mb = 3656.21 m = 11995.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.85 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 46.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2186.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.29 mb = 3318.55 m = 10887.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.29 mb = 4013.12 m = 13166.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.29 mb = 13317.58 m = 43692.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2148.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.7 neg: -18.9 tot: 227.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.35 Bulk Rich Number: 13.50 Bulk Shear: 162.04 m/s