MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.56,-102.72 Latitude: 38.56 Longitude: -102.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 543 2 900 1031 SFC 876 1274 28.9 19.3 56 9.5 21.9 152 14 313.7 316.8 299.5 364.2 16.33 4 850 1540 26.3 18.7 63 7.6 20.8 155 21 313.7 316.8 299.4 363.6 16.14 5 800 2072 21.1 18.3 84 2.8 19.1 159 21 313.7 316.9 299.8 365.6 16.80 6 750 2628 16.8 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 173 16 314.8 317.7 299.1 362.0 15.20 7 700 3214 12.6 7.6 71 5.0 9.5 211 9 316.5 318.3 295.7 346.0 9.41 8 650 3830 6.8 6.0 95 0.7 6.3 227 10 316.6 318.4 295.6 345.2 9.09 9 600 4482 1.0 -6.4 58 7.3 -2.5 291 8 317.2 318.0 291.7 330.0 3.96 10 550 5173 -5.1 -9.0 74 3.8 -6.8 281 15 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.5 3.53 11 500 5916 -9.3 -11.1 87 1.7 -10.1 295 24 321.6 322.3 292.4 332.5 3.28 12 450 6723 -13.8 -14.7 92 1.0 -14.2 307 27 325.9 326.4 293.1 335.1 2.71 13 400 7608 -20.2 -23.0 78 2.8 -21.0 286 47 328.7 329.0 292.8 334.0 1.50 14 350 8580 -27.1 -29.8 78 2.6 -27.6 280 64 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.5 0.92 15 300 9673 -35.2 -38.2 74 3.0 -35.5 265 56 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.6 0.47 16 250 10920 -44.1 -47.7 68 3.6 -44.4 269 65 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 17 200 12386 -51.4 -63.0 24 11.6 -51.7 276 68 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.04 18 150 14244 -54.8 -80.7 3 25.9 -55.1 297 32 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16741 -65.7 -84.6 6 18.9 -65.8 280 12 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.33 m Freezing level: 592.18 mb = 4589.74 m = 15058.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.13 mb = 4292.31 m = 14082.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.51 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.71 mb = 2483.59 m = 8148.17 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 36.15 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.64 mb = 2598.20 m = 8524.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.74 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -11.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -10.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 63.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.62 C Cross Totals Index: 28.01 C K Index: 49.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 688.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4138.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.15 mb = 2478.64 m = 8131.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.15 mb = 2763.67 m = 9067.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.15 mb = 13506.38 m = 44311.73 ft B at Equ Level: 4118.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.3 neg: -4.6 tot: 64.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 34.15 Bulk Shear: 121.18 m/s