MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 4Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.34,-103.35 Latitude: 40.34 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 561 2 900 1033 SFC 869 1331 19.0 17.5 91 1.5 18.0 125 13 304.1 306.8 296.1 347.8 14.67 4 850 1526 18.0 16.6 91 1.4 17.1 147 25 305.1 307.7 296.0 347.3 14.13 5 800 2047 18.6 8.2 51 10.3 12.1 141 30 311.0 312.6 293.7 337.4 8.59 6 750 2598 15.5 3.3 44 12.2 8.5 129 33 313.4 314.6 292.7 333.7 6.49 7 700 3179 12.2 3.6 56 8.5 7.2 143 29 315.9 317.3 293.9 338.4 7.12 8 650 3796 8.4 1.2 60 7.2 4.4 173 18 318.5 319.7 294.1 339.0 6.43 9 600 4453 4.0 3.4 96 0.5 3.7 213 17 320.7 322.3 296.0 346.9 8.20 10 550 5154 -1.7 -5.5 75 3.8 -3.6 262 23 322.1 323.0 293.6 337.2 4.63 11 500 5904 -7.7 -18.8 41 11.1 -11.4 274 32 323.6 324.0 291.6 329.6 1.73 12 450 6713 -12.9 -31.5 19 18.6 -17.1 282 34 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.2 0.61 13 400 7601 -18.2 -43.5 9 25.3 -22.0 288 35 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.20 14 350 8584 -25.0 -48.3 10 23.3 -27.6 291 31 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 15 300 9685 -33.5 -42.8 39 9.3 -34.6 293 33 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.2 0.29 16 250 10940 -43.0 -46.2 71 3.2 -43.2 296 38 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.1 0.24 17 200 12403 -54.9 -58.6 63 3.7 -55.0 298 40 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.07 18 150 14185 -66.2 -70.8 52 4.6 -66.2 251 31 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16671 -61.5 -80.9 6 19.4 -61.7 181 13 408.9 408.9 306.4 409.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.35 m Freezing level: 564.98 mb = 4944.09 m = 16220.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.66 mb = 4800.73 m = 15750.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.64 mb = 1519.90 m = 4986.50 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 14.09 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.15 mb = 3768.60 m = 12364.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.75 C = 90.95 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.05 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 33.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 318.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.16 mb = 2640.95 m = 8664.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 541.16 mb = 5281.61 m = 17327.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.16 mb = 10131.70 m = 33240.07 ft B at Equ Level: 209.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.16 mb = 12682.74 m = 41609.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.0 neg: -53.9 tot: 152.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 126.41 m/s