MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.66,-103.39 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -103.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 546 2 900 1027 SFC 863 1401 23.8 18.9 74 4.9 20.3 168 12 309.8 312.8 298.5 358.9 16.13 4 850 1530 23.5 17.6 70 5.9 19.3 171 20 310.7 313.6 298.1 356.8 15.08 5 800 2061 22.2 16.7 71 5.5 18.3 201 29 314.9 317.8 299.1 362.0 15.17 6 750 2620 18.7 13.5 71 5.3 15.1 227 27 316.9 319.4 298.2 357.8 13.06 7 700 3208 13.4 12.0 91 1.5 12.4 236 27 317.3 319.8 298.1 357.1 12.67 8 650 3829 10.3 -1.2 45 11.5 4.0 270 26 320.6 321.7 293.9 338.0 5.38 9 600 4488 4.2 2.5 89 1.7 3.2 274 26 321.0 322.5 295.7 345.7 7.69 10 550 5190 -0.6 -12.7 39 12.1 -5.6 288 26 323.4 323.9 292.3 332.2 2.62 11 500 5943 -6.0 -20.3 31 14.3 -10.8 296 27 325.7 326.0 292.0 331.0 1.52 12 450 6761 -10.9 -31.8 16 20.9 -15.8 297 28 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.8 0.59 13 400 7654 -17.1 -36.0 18 18.9 -20.7 306 42 332.8 332.8 292.9 334.4 0.44 14 350 8639 -24.7 -44.3 14 19.6 -27.2 303 46 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.21 15 300 9741 -33.3 -50.4 16 17.2 -34.7 312 48 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.13 16 250 10998 -41.2 -61.0 10 19.7 -42.1 320 42 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 17 200 12483 -50.3 -79.5 2 29.2 -50.8 300 36 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.00 18 150 14299 -63.1 -80.2 8 17.1 -63.3 309 37 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16738 -71.3 -84.4 13 13.1 -71.4 284 10 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.79 m Freezing level: 556.27 mb = 5101.56 m = 16737.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.68 mb = 4738.01 m = 15544.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.08 mb = 2026.92 m = 6649.92 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 23.95 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.13 mb = 3073.68 m = 10084.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -6.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 45.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2426.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.95 mb = 2643.09 m = 8671.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.95 mb = 3790.73 m = 12436.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.95 mb = 14175.42 m = 46506.72 ft B at Equ Level: 2407.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.6 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 297.6 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 334.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.59 Bulk Rich Number: 16.11 Bulk Shear: 150.59 m/s