MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.43,-103.41 Latitude: 40.43 Longitude: -103.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 484 2 900 964 SFC 872 1245 24.1 16.3 62 7.8 18.7 118 24 309.2 311.7 296.7 350.3 13.53 4 850 1465 22.1 16.3 70 5.8 18.1 124 44 309.3 311.9 296.9 351.3 13.83 5 800 1992 22.9 17.0 69 5.9 18.7 146 48 315.5 318.5 299.4 363.6 15.42 6 750 2553 19.0 12.4 66 6.5 14.6 158 36 317.2 319.5 297.8 355.4 12.20 7 700 3141 13.5 11.8 90 1.7 12.3 169 33 317.4 319.8 298.1 356.7 12.53 8 650 3763 9.9 4.1 67 5.8 6.5 179 32 320.2 321.7 295.7 345.6 7.95 9 600 4421 3.9 -7.7 42 11.7 -1.6 182 29 320.7 321.3 292.3 332.4 3.56 10 550 5119 -2.6 -13.9 41 11.3 -7.1 191 30 321.0 321.4 291.4 328.9 2.37 11 500 5866 -9.3 -9.3 100 0.0 -9.3 208 30 321.7 322.4 292.8 334.1 3.78 12 450 6674 -13.7 -13.7 100 0.0 -13.7 233 40 326.0 326.6 293.3 335.9 2.94 13 400 7558 -20.1 -20.1 100 0.0 -20.1 252 52 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.6 1.94 14 350 8533 -27.6 -28.1 96 0.4 -27.7 268 59 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.4 1.08 15 300 9625 -34.4 -36.7 80 2.3 -34.7 283 59 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.0 0.55 16 250 10880 -41.8 -45.2 70 3.4 -42.1 292 65 344.0 344.0 295.5 345.1 0.27 17 200 12362 -49.4 -53.2 64 3.8 -49.6 298 86 354.5 354.5 297.7 355.1 0.14 18 150 14219 -58.0 -65.8 36 7.8 -58.2 269 44 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.3 0.04 19 100 16708 -65.2 -85.4 5 20.2 -65.3 216 20 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.39 m Freezing level: 570.09 mb = 4838.99 m = 15875.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.73 mb = 4288.97 m = 14071.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.05 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.44 mb = 2240.77 m = 7351.52 ft T: 21.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.36 C/km ThetaE index: 8.19 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.30 mb = 3088.85 m = 10133.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: -8.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.40 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 45.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 472.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2518.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.85 mb = 2554.55 m = 8380.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.85 mb = 3828.63 m = 12560.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.85 mb = 12870.90 m = 42226.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2497.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.4 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 214.4 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.8 neg: -16.0 tot: 398.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.35 Bulk Rich Number: 14.43 Bulk Shear: 174.51 m/s