MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.24,-102.37 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 558 2 900 1041 SFC 882 1221 25.8 19.0 66 6.8 20.9 141 14 309.9 312.9 298.4 358.3 15.88 4 850 1546 25.5 16.8 59 8.7 19.4 156 32 312.8 315.6 298.1 357.0 14.32 5 800 2077 22.2 13.9 60 8.2 16.5 179 26 314.8 317.2 297.5 353.9 12.60 6 750 2634 17.1 12.5 74 4.6 14.0 199 24 315.1 317.4 297.3 353.1 12.21 7 700 3220 12.8 9.5 80 3.3 10.6 221 21 316.6 318.7 296.7 350.1 10.68 8 650 3838 8.2 3.4 72 4.8 5.4 235 18 318.3 319.7 294.8 342.3 7.55 9 600 4494 2.9 -2.3 69 5.1 0.2 243 18 319.4 320.5 293.5 336.9 5.41 10 550 5191 -2.5 -8.1 65 5.6 -5.0 261 20 321.1 321.9 292.7 333.5 3.78 11 500 5941 -6.7 -19.8 34 13.1 -11.1 262 29 324.9 325.2 291.8 330.4 1.59 12 450 6753 -13.0 -23.4 42 10.3 -16.0 273 38 326.9 327.1 292.1 331.4 1.29 13 400 7641 -18.2 -37.1 18 18.8 -21.6 287 51 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.8 0.40 14 350 8624 -24.9 -48.4 9 23.5 -27.5 287 56 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.14 15 300 9728 -32.4 -53.0 11 20.6 -34.0 292 56 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.1 0.09 16 250 10992 -39.8 -46.8 47 7.1 -40.4 297 47 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.9 0.23 17 200 12481 -51.0 -54.7 65 3.7 -51.1 288 42 352.1 352.1 297.2 352.5 0.11 18 150 14293 -63.4 -67.5 58 4.1 -63.5 318 47 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.03 19 100 16757 -67.8 -86.0 6 18.2 -67.9 84 1 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.79 m Freezing level: 573.35 mb = 4865.12 m = 15961.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.13 mb = 4518.67 m = 14824.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.69 mb = 2091.42 m = 6861.52 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 27.84 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.23 mb = 3132.44 m = 10276.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 45.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1932.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.30 mb = 2767.68 m = 9080.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.30 mb = 3544.17 m = 11627.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.30 mb = 13383.29 m = 43907.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1922.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.1 neg: -4.4 tot: 256.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.15 Bulk Rich Number: 12.56 Bulk Shear: 153.84 m/s