MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 2Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.84,-102.03 Latitude: 40.84 Longitude: -102.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 516 2 900 1004 SFC 890 1107 25.9 20.3 72 5.5 21.8 120 7 309.2 312.4 299.0 361.3 17.14 4 850 1513 27.2 17.7 56 9.5 20.4 158 23 314.7 317.6 299.1 361.9 15.20 5 800 2048 23.6 14.1 55 9.6 17.0 188 22 316.3 318.8 298.0 356.2 12.74 6 750 2608 20.9 3.2 31 17.7 10.4 231 15 319.3 320.6 294.3 339.9 6.44 7 700 3199 16.1 -6.3 21 22.4 4.9 258 15 320.4 321.0 292.2 331.6 3.42 8 650 3821 10.1 -6.7 30 16.8 1.8 263 17 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.0 3.55 9 600 4478 3.7 -8.0 42 11.8 -1.7 273 20 320.5 321.1 292.2 331.9 3.48 10 550 5176 -2.1 -16.6 32 14.4 -7.5 281 25 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.90 11 500 5926 -7.2 -27.2 19 19.9 -12.6 288 36 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.1 0.83 12 450 6735 -13.8 -41.8 7 28.0 -18.4 280 32 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.22 13 400 7619 -19.5 -52.1 4 32.5 -23.2 282 30 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.08 14 350 8595 -27.1 -47.2 13 20.0 -29.3 292 33 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 15 300 9684 -36.0 -53.4 15 17.5 -37.1 292 40 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.09 16 250 10926 -45.0 -59.8 18 14.8 -45.6 291 51 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 17 200 12382 -55.1 -68.2 18 13.1 -55.3 290 50 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14187 -61.5 -78.2 9 16.7 -61.6 272 34 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16695 -61.4 -81.3 5 20.0 -61.6 279 6 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.93 m Freezing level: 568.21 mb = 4922.16 m = 16148.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.31 mb = 4152.12 m = 13622.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.87 % Est. max temperature: 35.87 C = 96.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.68 mb = 1822.63 m = 5979.69 ft T: 25.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 30.28 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.81 mb = 3457.02 m = 11341.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.67 C = 98.01 F Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lifted Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: -8.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 29.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 623.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3416.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 194.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.52 mb = 2752.05 m = 9028.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.52 mb = 3788.53 m = 12429.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.52 mb = 14082.79 m = 46202.81 ft B at Equ Level: 3370.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 260.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.36 Bulk Rich Number: 23.63 Bulk Shear: 144.58 m/s