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: 37.94,-102.43 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -102.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 537 2 900 1026 SFC 887 1155 31.8 16.3 39 15.5 20.8 162 18 315.6 318.1 298.1 357.0 13.30 4 850 1536 27.1 15.4 49 11.7 18.9 162 23 314.5 317.0 297.7 355.1 13.08 5 800 2068 22.0 14.5 62 7.6 16.8 159 22 314.6 317.1 297.7 355.2 13.06 6 750 2625 16.6 13.4 81 3.2 14.4 159 22 314.6 317.1 297.7 355.0 13.00 7 700 3209 12.1 9.4 84 2.7 10.4 187 9 315.9 318.0 296.5 349.2 10.67 8 650 3826 7.9 0.3 58 7.6 3.7 287 10 317.9 319.1 293.6 337.1 6.01 9 600 4481 3.3 -13.8 27 17.1 -3.6 302 15 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.3 2.19 10 550 5178 -2.4 -12.1 47 9.7 -6.4 305 25 321.3 321.8 291.8 330.4 2.75 11 500 5926 -8.3 -22.3 31 14.0 -12.5 301 30 323.0 323.2 291.0 327.4 1.28 12 450 6734 -14.1 -30.7 23 16.6 -17.8 293 30 325.5 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.66 13 400 7616 -19.8 -37.8 19 18.0 -22.8 287 37 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.37 14 350 8595 -25.9 -30.8 63 4.9 -26.8 281 53 333.9 334.0 293.6 337.0 0.84 15 300 9693 -34.1 -40.6 52 6.6 -34.8 282 54 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.8 0.37 16 250 10945 -43.1 -53.8 30 10.7 -43.7 278 63 341.9 342.0 294.9 342.4 0.10 17 200 12423 -49.4 -74.5 4 25.0 -49.9 272 58 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14256 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 281 45 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16741 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 235 12 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.34 m Freezing level: 570.83 mb = 4887.71 m = 16035.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.67 mb = 4151.33 m = 13619.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.14 mb = 3099.08 m = 10167.48 ft T: 12.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 27.90 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.08 mb = 3147.77 m = 10327.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -7.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 48.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 569.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2240.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.05 mb = 3028.85 m = 9937.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.05 mb = 3328.19 m = 10919.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.05 mb = 12747.95 m = 41823.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2225.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.6 neg: -23.6 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 14.11 Bulk Shear: 158.75 m/s