MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 39.87,-122.74 Latitude: 39.87 Longitude: -122.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 530 2 900 1013 SFC 897 1041 30.5 13.9 36 16.6 19.2 148 6 313.2 315.4 296.1 347.9 11.20 4 850 1517 23.6 12.6 50 11.0 16.3 154 6 310.9 313.0 295.3 344.2 10.86 5 800 2043 19.0 10.6 58 8.3 13.6 247 6 311.4 313.3 294.9 342.4 10.11 6 750 2593 14.2 7.1 62 7.2 9.8 279 8 312.0 313.6 293.9 338.1 8.45 7 700 3170 9.3 2.5 62 6.8 5.5 293 7 312.8 314.1 292.6 333.3 6.56 8 650 3780 4.7 -2.1 61 6.8 1.3 336 2 314.3 315.3 291.8 330.4 5.06 9 600 4426 -0.2 -9.3 50 9.2 -4.1 21 5 315.9 316.5 290.6 326.1 3.14 10 550 5116 -5.3 -17.6 37 12.3 -9.5 28 9 317.8 318.2 289.9 323.7 1.74 11 500 5855 -11.5 -21.1 45 9.6 -14.3 36 9 319.0 319.3 289.9 323.9 1.42 12 450 6652 -17.3 -25.3 50 7.9 -19.3 17 2 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.2 1.09 13 400 7525 -23.0 -35.7 30 12.7 -25.0 204 9 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.8 0.46 14 350 8491 -29.8 -48.4 15 18.6 -31.6 209 7 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.14 15 300 9566 -39.2 -54.3 19 15.1 -40.0 197 4 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.08 16 250 10794 -46.2 -63.7 12 17.5 -46.7 197 11 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12266 -48.3 -75.7 3 27.3 -48.9 214 19 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 18 150 14137 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 204 15 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16685 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 152 11 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.31 m Freezing level: 601.78 mb = 4403.19 m = 14445.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.40 mb = 3925.27 m = 12878.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.69 mb = 3114.39 m = 10217.68 ft T: 9.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 24.18 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.95 mb = 3146.97 m = 10324.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -6.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 40.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1726.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.99 mb = 3004.68 m = 9857.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.99 mb = 3300.75 m = 10829.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.99 mb = 11372.77 m = 37311.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1717.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.99 mb = 14616.63 m = 47954.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.7 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 25.7 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -2.6 tot: 41.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 86.98 Bulk Shear: 19.85 m/s