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: 35.37,-101.26 Latitude: 35.37 Longitude: -101.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 535 2 900 1016 SFC 899 1029 27.7 22.2 72 5.6 23.6 140 12 310.2 313.8 300.3 368.5 19.06 4 850 1517 21.0 20.4 96 0.6 20.6 151 15 308.1 311.5 299.2 362.7 18.02 5 800 2042 19.0 17.6 92 1.4 18.0 207 17 311.4 314.4 298.8 360.5 16.01 6 750 2597 18.2 8.4 52 9.9 11.9 280 18 316.4 318.2 295.6 345.4 9.24 7 700 3184 14.3 1.7 42 12.6 7.1 290 19 318.3 319.5 293.9 338.1 6.19 8 650 3803 8.7 -2.0 47 10.6 3.0 284 21 318.7 319.7 293.1 335.2 5.10 9 600 4458 2.7 -6.5 51 9.1 -1.7 280 18 319.2 319.9 292.3 332.0 3.92 10 550 5154 -3.6 -12.0 52 8.4 -7.0 282 18 319.8 320.3 291.4 329.0 2.77 11 500 5898 -8.5 -27.9 19 19.3 -13.5 295 27 322.6 322.8 290.4 325.4 0.77 12 450 6707 -13.6 -39.0 10 25.4 -18.2 304 38 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.29 13 400 7589 -20.6 -33.8 30 13.2 -23.0 301 36 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.55 14 350 8564 -27.5 -50.3 10 22.8 -29.6 314 44 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.11 15 300 9658 -33.9 -66.5 2 32.6 -35.5 319 64 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.6 0.02 16 250 10913 -41.5 -70.7 3 29.1 -42.5 320 69 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.01 17 200 12396 -50.5 -68.3 10 17.8 -51.0 312 68 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 18 150 14232 -59.8 -76.1 10 16.2 -60.0 303 35 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16707 -67.3 -85.4 6 18.2 -67.4 338 4 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.84 m Freezing level: 578.90 mb = 4751.39 m = 15588.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.91 mb = 4217.18 m = 13835.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.04 % Est. max temperature: 33.76 C = 92.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.11 mb = 1732.51 m = 5684.02 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 43.18 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.59 mb = 1949.79 m = 6396.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -9.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -9.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.53 C Cross Totals Index: 28.94 C K Index: 37.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 590.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3635.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.82 mb = 1788.06 m = 5866.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.82 mb = 3318.68 m = 10887.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.82 mb = 13867.21 m = 45495.55 ft B at Equ Level: 3624.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.8 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 312.8 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 217.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.95 Bulk Rich Number: 25.08 Bulk Shear: 144.97 m/s