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: 40.45,-103.46 Latitude: 40.45 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 492 2 900 972 SFC 868 1291 24.2 15.8 59 8.4 18.4 97 12 309.6 312.1 296.5 349.5 13.10 4 850 1473 22.3 15.6 66 6.7 17.7 114 26 309.5 312.0 296.5 349.6 13.21 5 800 1997 18.0 15.6 86 2.4 16.3 134 41 310.3 313.0 297.3 353.2 14.05 6 750 2551 16.7 14.9 89 1.8 15.4 151 41 314.7 317.4 298.5 359.2 14.33 7 700 3138 13.5 11.9 90 1.6 12.4 165 38 317.4 319.8 298.1 357.0 12.62 8 650 3758 8.6 8.6 100 0.0 8.6 173 35 318.7 320.8 297.3 353.1 10.88 9 600 4418 5.5 4.9 96 0.6 5.2 177 35 322.5 324.3 297.0 351.8 9.13 10 550 5126 1.0 0.1 94 0.8 0.5 185 33 325.2 326.6 296.3 348.3 7.05 11 500 5883 -6.1 -6.4 97 0.3 -6.2 199 31 325.6 326.6 294.6 341.3 4.74 12 450 6697 -13.4 -13.4 100 0.0 -13.4 218 31 326.4 327.0 293.4 336.6 3.02 13 400 7582 -19.3 -19.3 100 0.0 -19.3 237 35 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.1 2.07 14 350 8562 -25.8 -25.8 100 0.0 -25.8 252 43 333.9 334.2 294.0 338.8 1.33 15 300 9665 -32.6 -32.6 100 0.0 -32.6 267 52 339.5 339.6 294.9 342.6 0.82 16 250 10924 -41.8 -43.4 84 1.6 -41.9 283 66 343.9 344.0 295.6 345.3 0.33 17 200 12401 -51.7 -55.6 63 3.9 -51.8 294 93 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.3 0.10 18 150 14233 -59.1 -63.9 53 4.9 -59.2 285 70 368.3 368.3 300.3 368.6 0.05 19 100 16732 -63.6 -85.6 3 22.0 -63.8 211 22 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.06 m Freezing level: 543.11 mb = 5230.36 m = 17159.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 546.38 mb = 5178.53 m = 16989.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.16 mb = 2356.92 m = 7732.58 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 22.58 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.90 mb = 3187.40 m = 10457.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 42.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1437.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.64 mb = 2362.66 m = 7751.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.64 mb = 4670.97 m = 15324.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.64 mb = 12672.67 m = 41576.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1422.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.64 mb = 15524.03 m = 50931.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.4 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 206.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 471.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 471.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.10 Bulk Rich Number: 11.84 Bulk Shear: 121.43 m/s