MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 36.15,-103.3 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 539 2 900 1028 SFC 856 1475 30.8 16.8 43 14.0 20.7 188 13 317.7 320.5 299.1 362.3 14.18 4 850 1540 28.6 16.0 46 12.6 19.6 188 14 316.1 318.7 298.4 358.5 13.57 5 800 2075 23.0 14.8 60 8.3 17.2 190 15 315.7 318.3 298.1 357.2 13.32 6 750 2633 19.2 5.7 41 13.5 10.9 209 9 317.5 318.9 294.7 341.8 7.69 7 700 3222 15.0 -1.9 31 16.9 5.9 257 9 319.1 320.0 292.9 334.5 4.77 8 650 3842 9.2 -4.1 39 13.2 2.4 274 9 319.3 320.2 292.6 333.5 4.35 9 600 4498 3.8 -10.8 34 14.6 -2.6 298 14 320.5 321.0 291.6 329.8 2.80 10 550 5197 -1.5 -15.5 34 14.0 -6.8 289 21 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.3 2.08 11 500 5949 -6.3 -33.1 10 26.8 -12.6 294 21 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.47 12 450 6763 -11.3 -37.6 9 26.2 -16.6 303 26 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.2 0.33 13 400 7653 -18.2 -33.2 26 15.0 -21.2 301 36 331.3 331.5 292.7 333.5 0.58 14 350 8637 -25.1 -44.2 15 19.0 -27.6 290 43 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.22 15 300 9737 -33.7 -48.5 21 14.8 -35.0 295 49 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.16 16 250 10990 -42.2 -64.7 7 22.4 -43.1 294 48 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 17 200 12471 -50.5 -66.8 13 16.2 -51.0 278 42 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 18 150 14296 -61.6 -81.8 5 20.1 -61.8 283 35 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.00 19 100 16746 -69.8 -83.9 11 14.1 -69.9 205 8 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.94 m Freezing level: 564.39 mb = 4995.72 m = 16389.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.68 mb = 4154.30 m = 13629.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.88 mb = 3235.01 m = 10613.42 ft T: 14.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 35.13 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.30 mb = 3684.87 m = 12089.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1774.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.56 mb = 3335.33 m = 10942.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.56 mb = 3898.03 m = 12788.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.56 mb = 12946.75 m = 42475.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1758.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.6 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 312.6 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -1.9 tot: 29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 25.20 Bulk Shear: 70.40 m/s