MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.27,-103.42 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -103.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 536 2 900 1027 SFC 883 1202 31.6 21.0 53 10.6 23.6 173 15 315.8 319.3 300.9 371.9 17.97 4 850 1539 27.5 19.7 63 7.8 21.8 179 19 314.9 318.3 300.3 368.6 17.25 5 800 2073 22.7 17.3 72 5.3 18.8 203 20 315.3 318.3 299.5 364.4 15.77 6 750 2632 18.1 14.2 78 3.9 15.4 224 18 316.2 318.8 298.5 358.9 13.69 7 700 3219 14.9 -0.3 35 15.2 6.5 267 13 319.0 320.1 293.4 336.3 5.37 8 650 3840 9.6 -5.1 35 14.6 2.2 276 14 319.8 320.6 292.5 332.9 4.03 9 600 4498 4.7 -10.0 34 14.7 -1.9 286 18 321.5 322.1 292.1 331.4 2.98 10 550 5200 -0.2 -14.2 34 14.1 -5.8 300 17 323.9 324.4 292.2 331.7 2.31 11 500 5954 -5.4 -22.4 25 17.0 -10.8 304 18 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.8 1.27 12 450 6772 -10.5 -32.9 14 22.4 -15.7 311 24 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.0 0.53 13 400 7666 -17.2 -30.2 31 13.1 -20.1 305 33 332.7 332.8 293.2 335.5 0.77 14 350 8653 -24.4 -42.9 16 18.5 -26.9 295 36 335.9 336.0 293.6 336.9 0.25 15 300 9756 -33.3 -51.0 15 17.6 -34.8 306 41 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.12 16 250 11010 -42.2 -62.7 9 20.6 -43.0 305 42 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 17 200 12488 -51.3 -66.4 15 15.1 -51.6 290 39 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.03 18 150 14305 -63.1 -82.1 6 19.0 -63.2 292 33 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16740 -69.9 -83.5 12 13.6 -69.9 220 7 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5873.24 m Freezing level: 551.56 mb = 5177.88 m = 16987.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.33 mb = 4184.26 m = 13727.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.87 C = 91.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.33 mb = 2547.36 m = 8357.38 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 40.55 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.12 mb = 2883.81 m = 9461.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.12 C = 91.61 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -8.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.94 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 37.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 601.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3900.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.94 mb = 2632.28 m = 8635.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.94 mb = 3280.27 m = 10761.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 134.94 mb = 14940.80 m = 49017.77 ft B at Equ Level: 3872.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.8 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 304.8 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 126.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.92 Bulk Rich Number: 41.74 Bulk Shear: 93.44 m/s