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: 40.7,-103.62 Latitude: 40.70 Longitude: -103.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 1 950 468 2 900 954 SFC 861 1353 26.7 16.4 53 10.3 19.4 116 23 313.1 315.7 297.8 355.5 13.76 4 850 1462 26.1 15.8 53 10.3 18.9 117 34 313.4 316.0 297.7 354.9 13.41 5 800 1993 23.6 11.8 47 11.9 15.7 132 42 316.3 318.4 296.7 350.5 10.90 6 750 2555 20.7 8.2 45 12.5 12.6 154 39 319.0 320.8 296.2 348.0 9.14 7 700 3146 15.2 5.7 53 9.5 9.3 160 38 319.3 320.9 295.6 345.5 8.23 8 650 3767 9.2 4.5 73 4.7 6.3 163 38 319.3 320.9 295.6 345.2 8.14 9 600 4424 3.1 1.6 90 1.5 2.2 163 33 319.7 321.1 295.0 342.8 7.21 10 550 5123 -2.0 -7.1 68 5.1 -4.4 191 25 321.7 322.5 293.1 335.1 4.09 11 500 5872 -8.4 -11.5 78 3.2 -9.6 241 41 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.4 3.16 12 450 6678 -14.8 -19.6 66 4.9 -16.3 255 51 324.7 325.0 291.9 330.8 1.79 13 400 7559 -20.9 -22.8 84 1.9 -21.4 267 58 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.2 1.52 14 350 8534 -26.4 -27.8 88 1.3 -26.7 272 62 333.1 333.3 293.6 337.2 1.12 15 300 9631 -33.9 -36.4 78 2.5 -34.3 282 56 337.6 337.7 294.3 339.7 0.57 16 250 10884 -43.0 -46.3 70 3.3 -43.3 282 45 342.1 342.1 295.0 343.1 0.24 17 200 12354 -51.5 -55.2 64 3.8 -51.6 296 33 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.7 0.11 18 150 14188 -58.8 -66.4 37 7.6 -58.9 279 51 368.8 368.8 300.4 369.0 0.03 19 100 16699 -64.1 -85.2 4 21.1 -64.3 222 16 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.06 m Freezing level: 569.82 mb = 4845.80 m = 15898.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.04 mb = 4654.35 m = 15269.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.68 C = 90.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.92 mb = 2670.66 m = 8761.91 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.65 C/km ThetaE index: 24.67 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.64 mb = 3733.10 m = 12247.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Showalter Index: -7.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 40.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 490.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1782.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.94 mb = 3327.89 m = 10918.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.94 mb = 4024.28 m = 13202.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.94 mb = 12355.61 m = 40536.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1777.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.94 mb = 16112.05 m = 52860.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.1 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 223.1 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.2 neg: -27.2 tot: 385.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.54 Bulk Rich Number: 7.18 Bulk Shear: 248.19 m/s