MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.5,-102.55 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -102.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 537 2 900 1027 SFC 897 1054 31.7 18.3 45 13.4 22.1 159 12 314.5 317.3 298.8 360.8 14.95 4 850 1538 27.7 16.9 52 10.8 19.9 176 21 315.1 317.9 298.7 359.8 14.36 5 800 2072 22.7 15.7 65 7.0 17.8 189 21 315.3 318.0 298.6 359.4 14.17 6 750 2630 17.4 15.0 86 2.4 15.7 203 22 315.5 318.3 298.8 360.5 14.46 7 700 3217 13.3 8.7 73 4.7 10.3 232 18 317.3 319.2 296.4 349.1 10.12 8 650 3836 9.0 1.0 57 8.1 4.5 247 17 319.2 320.4 294.2 339.5 6.34 9 600 4493 3.2 -3.9 59 7.2 -0.4 264 18 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.3 4.76 10 550 5191 -2.4 -8.2 65 5.8 -5.0 289 21 321.2 322.0 292.7 333.6 3.75 11 500 5941 -6.7 -26.3 19 19.6 -12.2 292 24 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.1 0.90 12 450 6756 -11.1 -29.5 20 18.4 -15.7 293 31 329.3 329.4 292.3 332.0 0.74 13 400 7648 -17.0 -42.3 9 25.4 -21.0 302 42 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.23 14 350 8634 -24.5 -46.3 11 21.8 -27.2 297 45 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.17 15 300 9740 -31.9 -47.4 20 15.6 -33.4 305 41 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.18 16 250 11003 -40.9 -46.6 54 5.6 -41.4 311 31 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.1 0.23 17 200 12488 -50.9 -65.9 15 14.9 -51.3 298 39 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.3 0.03 18 150 14301 -63.7 -67.3 61 3.7 -63.7 298 36 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.6 0.03 19 100 16737 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 241 9 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.46 m Freezing level: 571.31 mb = 4893.44 m = 16054.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.99 mb = 4438.36 m = 14561.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.80 C = 91.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.64 mb = 2748.40 m = 9016.95 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 32.44 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.47 mb = 3102.41 m = 10178.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 46.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 584.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2542.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.13 mb = 2881.67 m = 9454.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.13 mb = 3299.08 m = 10823.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.13 mb = 14170.74 m = 46491.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2537.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 160.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.38 Bulk Rich Number: 28.47 Bulk Shear: 89.31 m/s