MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 40.11,-102.93 Latitude: 40.11 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 596 2 900 1070 SFC 874 1330 23.6 14.7 58 8.8 17.5 171 11 308.4 310.7 295.6 345.3 12.16 4 850 1566 19.0 13.6 71 5.4 15.4 173 12 306.1 308.2 294.6 340.9 11.61 5 800 2083 13.8 12.5 92 1.3 13.0 174 12 305.9 308.0 294.4 340.4 11.48 6 750 2624 9.6 8.2 91 1.5 8.8 163 8 307.0 308.7 293.0 334.6 9.12 7 700 3196 8.0 1.6 64 6.4 4.5 170 6 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.6 6.17 8 650 3804 4.6 -1.3 66 5.8 1.5 247 4 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.1 5.37 9 600 4452 1.2 -22.9 15 24.1 -6.4 289 5 317.6 317.8 289.0 321.0 1.01 10 550 5146 -2.3 -35.1 6 32.8 -9.9 312 8 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.35 11 500 5896 -7.2 -25.3 22 18.2 -12.3 292 13 324.3 324.5 291.1 327.8 0.98 12 450 6708 -12.0 -20.7 48 8.8 -14.7 284 18 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.9 1.63 13 400 7599 -18.0 -28.8 38 10.9 -20.5 294 21 331.7 331.8 293.0 334.9 0.88 14 350 8583 -24.8 -34.6 40 9.8 -26.6 298 28 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.4 0.58 15 300 9683 -33.7 -37.4 69 3.7 -34.1 290 40 337.9 338.1 294.3 339.9 0.51 16 250 10936 -44.0 -47.1 71 3.1 -44.2 299 54 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.22 17 200 12392 -54.2 -58.8 57 4.5 -54.4 307 61 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14213 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.4 306 47 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16675 -67.1 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.2 324 25 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.52 m Freezing level: 582.14 mb = 4699.81 m = 15419.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.62 mb = 3921.99 m = 12867.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.46 % Est. max temperature: 24.40 C = 75.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.10 mb = 2435.28 m = 7989.68 ft T: 11.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.69 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.32 mb = 2313.67 m = 7590.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.61 C = 70.89 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 33.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.03 mb = 2306.02 m = 7565.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.03 mb = 2359.98 m = 7742.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 704.03 mb = 3148.61 m = 10329.96 ft B at Equ Level: 20.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.03 mb = 11949.57 m = 39204.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -18.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -17.0 tot: -7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.83 Bulk Shear: 33.51 m/s