MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 5Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.99,-102.29 Latitude: 36.99 Longitude: -102.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 1 950 617 2 900 1083 SFC 894 1144 17.0 16.6 97 0.4 16.7 353 19 299.6 302.1 294.0 338.8 13.40 4 850 1571 16.6 16.0 96 0.6 16.2 15 33 303.5 306.0 295.2 343.8 13.56 5 800 2088 15.7 14.6 93 1.1 15.0 10 25 307.9 310.4 296.1 347.8 13.18 6 750 2636 13.8 12.5 92 1.3 13.0 340 20 311.6 313.9 296.4 349.2 12.25 7 700 3216 10.6 9.0 90 1.6 9.6 305 22 314.2 316.2 295.8 346.3 10.34 8 650 3831 6.9 5.2 89 1.7 5.9 286 27 316.8 318.4 295.2 343.8 8.59 9 600 4485 3.0 1.1 87 1.9 2.0 276 31 319.6 321.0 294.8 341.8 6.94 10 550 5185 -1.7 -3.8 85 2.1 -2.7 276 35 322.1 323.1 294.1 339.2 5.25 11 500 5937 -6.7 -9.1 83 2.3 -7.8 280 38 324.8 325.6 293.7 337.6 3.85 12 450 6752 -11.6 -14.6 78 3.1 -12.7 282 39 328.7 329.3 293.9 338.1 2.73 13 400 7646 -17.2 -20.6 75 3.4 -18.2 283 38 332.7 333.1 294.1 339.3 1.86 14 350 8633 -23.9 -26.4 80 2.5 -24.5 286 35 336.6 336.8 294.6 341.2 1.27 15 300 9744 -30.6 -32.4 84 1.8 -31.0 298 28 342.2 342.4 295.6 345.4 0.84 16 250 11017 -39.1 -41.8 75 2.7 -39.4 324 22 347.9 348.0 296.5 349.5 0.39 17 200 12508 -50.1 -53.6 66 3.5 -50.3 335 16 353.4 353.5 297.5 354.0 0.13 18 150 14321 -64.2 -68.5 55 4.4 -64.2 355 16 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.03 19 100 16792 -66.3 -85.3 5 19.0 -66.5 283 16 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.18 m Freezing level: 567.67 mb = 4937.68 m = 16199.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.16 mb = 4769.35 m = 15647.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.23 mb = 1195.09 m = 3920.84 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 11.53 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.12 mb = 2600.96 m = 8533.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.13 mb = 1742.08 m = 5715.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.13 mb = 4783.76 m = 15694.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.13 mb = 9321.58 m = 30582.26 ft B at Equ Level: 221.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.13 mb = 11628.44 m = 38150.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.5 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 327.5 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 7.6 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.3 neg: -30.5 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.50 Bulk Shear: 149.43 m/s