MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.35,-103.06 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -103.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 560 2 900 1036 SFC 869 1342 23.2 9.9 43 13.3 14.7 125 11 308.5 310.1 293.2 335.4 8.85 4 850 1534 20.8 8.8 46 12.0 13.3 126 14 308.0 309.5 292.7 333.5 8.39 5 800 2054 15.7 7.6 58 8.1 10.8 129 14 307.9 309.5 292.5 333.0 8.23 6 750 2599 14.0 -8.9 20 22.9 3.6 81 5 311.8 312.3 288.8 320.2 2.60 7 700 3176 9.7 6.3 79 3.5 7.6 357 4 313.3 314.9 294.3 339.9 8.57 8 650 3788 5.8 1.4 73 4.4 3.4 315 11 315.5 316.8 293.3 336.1 6.51 9 600 4438 1.5 -3.1 71 4.6 -0.8 313 14 317.9 318.8 292.9 334.2 5.08 10 550 5134 -3.0 -8.2 68 5.1 -5.4 306 17 320.5 321.2 292.4 332.8 3.76 11 500 5881 -7.7 -17.4 46 9.7 -11.1 301 22 323.6 324.0 291.8 330.3 1.95 12 450 6693 -12.4 -25.1 34 12.8 -15.9 293 24 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.6 1.10 13 400 7582 -18.6 -31.1 32 12.5 -21.2 289 35 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.5 0.72 14 350 8565 -24.5 -33.5 43 9.0 -26.2 294 52 335.7 335.9 293.9 338.2 0.65 15 300 9671 -32.2 -35.7 71 3.5 -32.7 292 66 340.1 340.2 294.9 342.4 0.61 16 250 10931 -42.5 -45.5 72 3.0 -42.8 297 68 342.9 342.9 295.3 343.9 0.26 17 200 12396 -52.9 -66.0 19 13.1 -53.2 289 50 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14218 -58.5 -80.5 4 22.0 -58.7 294 34 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16707 -66.0 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.2 302 22 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.85 m Freezing level: 583.51 mb = 4667.60 m = 15313.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.62 mb = 4309.01 m = 14136.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.22 mb = 3007.92 m = 9868.39 ft T: 10.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 15.29 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.43 mb = 4231.95 m = 13884.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.50 C = 88.69 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: 2.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 16.53 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6403.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.45 mb = 3253.85 m = 10675.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.9 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 332.9 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -24.6 tot: -9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 109.06 m/s