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: 36.88,-102.37 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 542 2 900 1030 SFC 883 1203 30.9 18.2 47 12.6 21.7 169 16 315.1 318.0 299.1 362.0 15.11 4 850 1540 26.6 17.4 57 9.2 20.0 173 20 314.0 316.8 298.7 359.9 14.83 5 800 2071 21.4 16.3 73 5.1 17.8 178 19 313.9 316.8 298.6 359.5 14.73 6 750 2627 16.1 15.2 95 0.9 15.5 185 18 314.0 316.8 298.5 359.3 14.64 7 700 3212 13.8 0.3 40 13.5 6.3 252 5 317.8 318.9 293.2 335.7 5.60 8 650 3830 8.7 -5.3 37 13.9 1.7 290 9 318.8 319.5 292.2 331.7 3.97 9 600 4486 3.5 -8.3 42 11.9 -1.9 303 14 320.2 320.9 292.1 331.4 3.40 10 550 5185 -1.4 -10.4 50 9.0 -5.3 299 17 322.4 323.0 292.5 332.8 3.14 11 500 5936 -7.0 -18.6 39 11.6 -11.0 297 27 324.5 324.8 291.9 330.5 1.76 12 450 6748 -12.6 -23.2 41 10.6 -15.7 306 32 327.4 327.6 292.3 332.0 1.31 13 400 7635 -18.6 -56.0 2 37.4 -22.7 301 41 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.05 14 350 8615 -25.9 -45.4 14 19.6 -28.2 291 53 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.6 0.19 15 300 9713 -34.0 -42.6 42 8.5 -35.0 286 57 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.6 0.30 16 250 10968 -41.7 -53.2 28 11.5 -42.4 287 47 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.11 17 200 12453 -50.2 -73.0 5 22.7 -50.7 280 50 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14276 -61.3 -83.2 4 22.0 -61.4 286 43 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.00 19 100 16738 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 244 11 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.71 m Freezing level: 564.42 mb = 4983.34 m = 16349.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.34 mb = 4133.98 m = 13562.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.26 mb = 2795.28 m = 9170.74 ft T: 15.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 30.68 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.88 mb = 2950.99 m = 9681.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -7.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 583.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2774.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.68 mb = 2721.63 m = 8929.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.68 mb = 3494.68 m = 11465.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.68 mb = 13608.14 m = 44645.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2766.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.7 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 307.7 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.6 neg: -16.6 tot: 53.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 23.57 Bulk Shear: 117.73 m/s