MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F049.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F049.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 49 hour NAM valid 1Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.24,-100.90 Latitude: 37.24 Longitude: -100.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 538 SFC 918 842 26.2 21.6 76 4.5 22.9 125 8 306.7 310.1 298.9 361.0 18.02 3 900 1017 24.6 21.1 81 3.5 22.1 131 12 306.8 310.1 298.8 360.4 17.78 4 850 1516 20.9 20.2 96 0.7 20.4 171 14 308.0 311.3 299.1 361.8 17.78 5 800 2041 18.2 17.8 98 0.4 17.9 236 14 310.6 313.6 298.7 360.2 16.24 6 750 2592 15.4 4.6 49 10.8 9.0 315 15 313.3 314.7 293.2 335.6 7.13 7 700 3173 11.3 2.1 53 9.2 6.1 335 20 315.0 316.3 293.1 335.2 6.39 8 650 3786 6.6 -5.0 43 11.6 1.0 325 24 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.07 9 600 4436 1.0 -9.4 46 10.4 -3.5 324 25 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.5 3.13 10 550 5128 -4.4 -16.1 39 11.8 -8.6 323 26 318.9 319.3 290.4 325.5 1.97 11 500 5871 -9.8 -25.5 26 15.8 -14.0 322 31 321.1 321.3 290.1 324.5 0.96 12 450 6674 -15.8 -33.4 20 17.7 -19.3 323 31 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.51 13 400 7550 -22.0 -37.6 23 15.6 -24.4 315 35 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.8 0.38 14 350 8517 -29.3 -40.2 34 10.9 -30.6 308 41 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.5 0.33 15 300 9600 -35.6 -39.7 66 4.0 -36.1 316 52 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.41 16 250 10851 -42.2 -51.5 36 9.3 -42.8 324 66 343.4 343.4 295.3 343.9 0.13 17 200 12336 -49.2 -66.9 11 17.7 -49.6 325 70 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 18 150 14198 -55.0 -80.9 3 25.9 -55.4 311 39 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16717 -64.9 -83.6 6 18.6 -65.1 355 7 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.97 m Freezing level: 590.58 mb = 4566.57 m = 14982.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.32 mb = 3920.76 m = 12863.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.04 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.52 mb = 1418.84 m = 4654.92 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 37.34 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1762.19 m = 5781.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -10.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -10.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.62 C Cross Totals Index: 29.94 C K Index: 41.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 531.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3626.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.28 mb = 1584.86 m = 5199.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.28 mb = 2166.75 m = 7108.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.28 mb = 13080.33 m = 42913.94 ft B at Equ Level: 3602.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.0 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 349.0 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.9 neg: -3.4 tot: 236.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.26 Bulk Rich Number: 23.78 Bulk Shear: 152.45 m/s