MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 23Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.2,-101.68 Latitude: 38.20 Longitude: -101.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 521 2 900 1000 SFC 892 1077 23.8 20.7 83 3.1 21.5 335 3 306.8 310.0 298.6 359.5 17.49 4 850 1501 21.8 18.6 82 3.2 19.5 111 6 309.0 312.0 298.3 358.0 16.12 5 800 2026 18.2 17.2 94 1.0 17.5 144 10 310.5 313.5 298.3 358.1 15.58 6 750 2577 15.0 15.0 100 -0.0 15.0 173 14 312.9 315.6 298.2 357.5 14.49 7 700 3161 12.2 11.3 94 0.9 11.6 207 17 316.0 318.3 297.4 353.8 12.12 8 650 3779 8.0 -0.2 56 8.2 3.5 253 25 318.0 319.1 293.4 336.5 5.79 9 600 4434 4.0 -4.1 56 8.0 -0.1 271 33 320.7 321.6 293.3 336.1 4.72 10 550 5136 -0.6 -7.9 58 7.3 -4.0 272 33 323.4 324.2 293.3 336.1 3.84 11 500 5891 -4.6 -12.7 53 8.1 -7.9 280 33 327.4 328.0 293.6 337.3 2.89 12 450 6714 -8.9 -17.7 49 8.7 -12.1 280 31 332.0 332.4 294.2 339.4 2.12 13 400 7615 -14.8 -30.6 25 15.8 -18.6 277 34 335.7 335.9 294.0 338.5 0.75 14 350 8609 -22.7 -46.0 10 23.3 -25.8 278 35 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.18 15 300 9723 -29.9 -51.9 10 21.9 -32.0 287 33 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.11 16 250 10997 -39.3 -60.5 9 21.2 -40.4 298 39 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.04 17 200 12483 -51.7 -63.1 24 11.4 -52.0 298 35 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.1 0.04 18 150 14291 -64.8 -75.6 21 10.8 -64.9 302 30 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16716 -69.9 -85.0 9 15.2 -69.9 311 25 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.54 m Freezing level: 556.27 mb = 5047.68 m = 16560.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.36 mb = 4415.21 m = 14485.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.51 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.28 mb = 1466.77 m = 4812.18 ft T: 21.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 22.07 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.43 mb = 2128.41 m = 6982.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.83 C = 82.10 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 44.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1856.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.77 mb = 1899.00 m = 6230.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.77 mb = 2500.38 m = 8203.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.77 mb = 14421.35 m = 47313.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1830.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.4 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 292.4 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.4 neg: -5.4 tot: 281.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.91 Bulk Rich Number: 17.45 Bulk Shear: 106.42 m/s