MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.01,-102.64 Latitude: 40.01 Longitude: -102.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 1 950 601 2 900 1070 SFC 882 1242 19.7 15.3 76 4.4 16.8 97 7 303.6 305.9 294.5 340.7 12.49 4 850 1559 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.6 99 8 301.7 304.0 293.7 337.6 12.17 5 800 2071 13.6 7.9 68 5.7 10.2 81 9 305.7 307.2 292.0 330.9 8.37 6 750 2613 12.2 -5.5 28 17.8 3.7 59 8 309.8 310.5 288.9 320.5 3.37 7 700 3188 10.2 -7.1 29 17.3 2.1 6 10 313.7 314.4 290.0 324.0 3.20 8 650 3799 5.2 2.1 80 3.1 3.5 351 9 314.9 316.2 293.4 336.5 6.87 9 600 4449 0.8 -2.6 78 3.3 -0.9 329 10 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.9 5.29 10 550 5142 -3.8 -8.7 68 5.0 -6.0 323 10 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.4 3.59 11 500 5887 -8.9 -14.0 66 5.1 -10.8 283 13 322.2 322.7 292.0 330.9 2.59 12 450 6695 -13.3 -30.0 23 16.7 -17.2 269 14 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.1 0.71 13 400 7582 -18.6 -29.6 37 11.1 -21.0 290 23 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.9 0.82 14 350 8564 -25.4 -46.6 12 21.2 -27.8 296 27 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.17 15 300 9663 -33.6 -56.0 9 22.4 -35.1 292 37 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.06 16 250 10918 -43.0 -51.0 41 8.0 -43.4 300 66 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.14 17 200 12384 -51.8 -70.5 9 18.7 -52.2 290 46 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14212 -58.9 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.1 297 37 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16690 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 322 19 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.30 m Freezing level: 591.50 mb = 4566.46 m = 14981.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.44 mb = 4308.59 m = 14135.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.05 mb = 1800.12 m = 5905.83 ft T: 14.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.19 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.18 mb = 3376.63 m = 11078.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.89 C = 85.81 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.20 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 20.84 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4877.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.56 mb = 2191.52 m = 7189.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.4 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 353.4 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -23.8 tot: -23.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 39.82 m/s