MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.27,-102.4 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 543 2 900 1029 SFC 881 1221 26.9 18.7 61 8.1 21.0 146 13 311.1 314.1 298.5 359.0 15.64 4 850 1536 26.4 16.9 56 9.5 19.6 160 27 313.8 316.5 298.4 358.2 14.38 5 800 2068 22.3 14.4 61 7.9 16.8 186 24 314.9 317.4 297.7 355.2 12.97 6 750 2625 17.0 13.5 80 3.5 14.6 202 25 315.0 317.5 297.8 355.6 13.07 7 700 3211 13.2 8.6 73 4.6 10.2 231 16 317.1 319.1 296.4 348.7 10.06 8 650 3831 9.2 -2.1 45 11.3 3.2 257 24 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.7 5.06 9 600 4487 3.5 -5.7 51 9.2 -1.0 265 29 320.2 321.0 292.7 333.9 4.18 10 550 5187 -1.1 -10.9 47 9.8 -5.3 284 18 322.8 323.3 292.4 332.8 3.02 11 500 5940 -5.9 -25.8 19 20.0 -11.6 283 27 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.2 0.93 12 450 6756 -11.7 -24.1 35 12.4 -15.3 292 29 328.5 328.8 292.5 332.8 1.21 13 400 7647 -17.1 -45.1 7 27.9 -21.3 297 41 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.17 14 350 8632 -24.6 -44.7 14 20.1 -27.2 292 47 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.20 15 300 9738 -31.8 -53.5 10 21.7 -33.6 295 44 340.5 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.09 16 250 11002 -40.3 -50.2 34 9.9 -41.0 299 33 346.1 346.1 295.9 346.8 0.15 17 200 12490 -50.6 -58.2 40 7.6 -50.8 296 46 352.7 352.7 297.3 353.0 0.07 18 150 14305 -64.2 -69.8 46 5.6 -64.3 312 48 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.02 19 100 16742 -68.8 -85.4 7 16.6 -68.9 273 2 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.64 m Freezing level: 562.04 mb = 5018.63 m = 16465.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.57 mb = 4330.71 m = 14208.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.46 mb = 2259.69 m = 7413.58 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 26.40 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.32 mb = 3170.85 m = 10402.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.51 C = 90.51 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 44.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1929.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.70 mb = 2811.96 m = 9225.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.70 mb = 3719.77 m = 12203.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.70 mb = 13563.59 m = 44499.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1927.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.9 neg: -6.0 tot: 276.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.81 Bulk Rich Number: 12.11 Bulk Shear: 159.27 m/s