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: 35.55,-102.43 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -102.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 541 SFC 901 1019 31.6 18.1 45 13.6 21.8 147 13 314.0 316.8 298.5 359.2 14.62 3 900 1030 31.7 17.9 44 13.8 21.8 147 13 314.2 317.0 298.5 359.0 14.47 4 850 1541 27.2 16.2 51 11.0 19.5 165 21 314.7 317.3 298.2 357.5 13.80 5 800 2074 22.2 15.5 66 6.7 17.5 180 21 314.8 317.5 298.4 358.2 13.97 6 750 2631 16.9 14.9 88 2.0 15.5 197 22 314.9 317.7 298.7 359.7 14.40 7 700 3217 12.7 11.0 89 1.7 11.6 222 18 316.5 318.8 297.4 353.6 11.86 8 650 3835 8.8 0.1 54 8.7 4.0 250 15 318.9 320.1 293.8 338.0 5.95 9 600 4492 3.5 -3.9 58 7.4 -0.3 264 16 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.6 4.76 10 550 5190 -2.6 -6.9 72 4.3 -4.6 270 15 321.0 321.8 292.9 334.6 4.14 11 500 5939 -7.0 -19.4 36 12.4 -11.1 285 22 324.5 324.9 291.7 330.2 1.65 12 450 6753 -11.6 -32.3 16 20.7 -16.3 284 29 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.7 0.56 13 400 7644 -17.4 -32.1 27 14.7 -20.5 300 44 332.3 332.5 293.0 334.7 0.64 14 350 8630 -24.5 -45.8 12 21.3 -27.1 295 47 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.18 15 300 9736 -31.7 -45.8 24 14.1 -33.1 302 44 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 16 250 11000 -40.8 -44.8 65 4.0 -41.2 309 34 345.4 345.5 295.8 346.5 0.28 17 200 12486 -50.9 -65.5 16 14.5 -51.3 293 43 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.03 18 150 14298 -63.9 -67.5 61 3.6 -64.0 298 42 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.2 0.03 19 100 16735 -68.6 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 227 8 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.63 m Freezing level: 571.40 mb = 4891.09 m = 16046.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.19 mb = 4448.01 m = 14593.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.66 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.71 mb = 2736.78 m = 8978.82 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 29.46 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.21 mb = 3069.80 m = 10071.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 48.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2236.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.55 mb = 2888.84 m = 9477.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.55 mb = 3305.83 m = 10845.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.55 mb = 13791.75 m = 45247.96 ft B at Equ Level: 2234.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 159.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 27.19 Bulk Shear: 82.24 m/s