MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.32,-102.94 Latitude: 35.32 Longitude: -102.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 1 950 493 2 900 987 SFC 886 1133 36.1 14.1 27 22.0 20.7 230 6 320.2 322.4 298.0 356.6 11.47 4 850 1502 30.5 12.2 32 18.3 18.1 237 7 318.1 320.1 296.9 351.3 10.54 5 800 2039 25.3 10.3 39 15.0 15.4 249 7 318.1 320.0 296.5 349.3 9.88 6 750 2600 20.1 6.6 41 13.5 11.6 270 9 318.3 319.9 295.3 344.3 8.17 7 700 3189 14.8 -0.6 35 15.5 6.3 285 12 318.9 319.9 293.3 335.7 5.22 8 650 3810 9.1 -4.8 37 14.0 2.1 276 15 319.3 320.1 292.4 332.7 4.11 9 600 4465 2.8 -9.3 40 12.1 -2.6 285 17 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.8 3.15 10 550 5160 -3.7 -16.3 37 12.6 -8.2 298 19 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.2 1.95 11 500 5905 -7.9 -35.9 9 28.0 -13.9 303 31 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.36 12 450 6715 -13.0 -53.0 2 40.0 -18.2 310 41 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.06 13 400 7600 -19.4 -47.4 6 28.0 -23.0 309 46 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.13 14 350 8580 -25.5 -51.5 7 26.0 -28.1 323 61 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 15 300 9680 -33.2 -55.4 9 22.2 -34.7 326 72 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.07 16 250 10938 -41.7 -62.4 9 20.7 -42.6 334 79 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 17 200 12417 -51.2 -73.7 5 22.5 -51.6 325 68 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14243 -60.6 -79.9 6 19.3 -60.8 329 40 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16707 -67.7 -82.8 10 15.1 -67.8 327 4 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5871.06 m Freezing level: 578.25 mb = 4767.36 m = 15640.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.29 mb = 4100.78 m = 13453.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.76 % Est. max temperature: 34.49 C = 94.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 644.98 mb = 3873.11 m = 12706.91 ft T: 8.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 31.88 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.99 mb = 3962.32 m = 12999.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1482.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.90 mb = 3861.47 m = 12668.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.90 mb = 4053.84 m = 13299.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.90 mb = 12387.33 m = 40640.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1472.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.90 mb = 16078.67 m = 52750.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.4 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 324.4 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 38.20 Bulk Shear: 38.80 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.67,-101.71 Latitude: 34.67 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 513 2 900 1002 SFC 894 1060 32.7 20.2 48 12.5 23.5 157 7 315.8 319.1 300.3 368.7 16.94 4 850 1513 26.7 18.9 62 7.8 21.0 167 8 314.1 317.2 299.7 364.9 16.38 5 800 2045 21.4 17.9 80 3.5 18.8 175 9 313.9 317.1 299.5 364.5 16.31 6 750 2602 17.3 17.4 100 -0.0 17.4 187 10 315.4 318.6 300.2 367.9 16.86 7 700 3190 14.2 7.3 63 6.9 9.8 271 14 318.2 320.0 296.0 347.2 9.18 8 650 3810 9.2 -1.7 46 10.9 3.4 283 16 319.4 320.4 293.4 336.2 5.21 9 600 4466 3.0 -4.1 60 7.1 -0.6 281 19 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.9 4.71 10 550 5163 -3.3 -6.7 77 3.4 -4.8 284 23 320.2 321.0 292.8 333.9 4.22 11 500 5909 -8.7 -20.0 40 11.3 -12.3 292 27 322.4 322.7 291.1 327.8 1.57 12 450 6718 -12.8 -45.0 5 32.2 -17.9 308 35 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.15 13 400 7604 -19.5 -45.5 8 26.0 -23.0 302 36 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 14 350 8582 -25.9 -53.1 6 27.2 -28.5 317 45 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 15 300 9680 -33.5 -57.5 7 24.0 -35.1 319 58 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 16 250 10939 -41.0 -61.3 9 20.3 -41.9 327 62 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.04 17 200 12424 -50.3 -71.3 7 21.0 -50.8 314 57 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14252 -60.8 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 309 26 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16707 -68.0 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 232 2 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.15 m Freezing level: 576.14 mb = 4799.05 m = 15744.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.21 mb = 4368.44 m = 14331.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.14 mb = 2634.19 m = 8642.27 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 40.18 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.99 mb = 2693.17 m = 8835.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.75 C = 90.95 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -10.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -10.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.38 C Cross Totals Index: 27.60 C K Index: 47.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3808.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.87 mb = 2522.97 m = 8277.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.87 mb = 3046.76 m = 9995.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.87 mb = 14589.54 m = 47865.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3761.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.1 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 312.1 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.04 Bulk Rich Number: 50.71 Bulk Shear: 75.10 m/s