MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F052.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F052.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 52 hour NAM valid 16Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.58,-102.43 Latitude: 35.58 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 125 1 950 573 SFC 901 1041 23.4 18.4 74 5.0 19.8 102 3 305.5 308.3 296.7 350.3 14.93 3 900 1046 22.0 18.2 79 3.7 19.4 106 2 304.2 306.9 296.3 348.2 14.81 4 850 1540 19.2 14.1 72 5.2 15.8 158 4 306.3 308.5 294.8 342.2 11.96 5 800 2063 19.9 3.9 35 16.1 10.5 178 6 312.4 313.6 292.3 332.1 6.31 6 750 2616 17.2 -3.7 24 20.9 6.4 136 5 315.3 316.0 291.1 327.8 3.89 7 700 3200 13.5 -5.9 25 19.4 3.9 33 8 317.5 318.1 291.4 328.9 3.51 8 650 3817 8.2 -1.5 51 9.7 3.0 329 11 318.2 319.3 293.1 335.2 5.30 9 600 4472 2.4 -4.1 62 6.4 -0.9 322 11 318.9 319.8 292.8 334.1 4.72 10 550 5167 -3.3 -13.1 47 9.8 -7.2 335 22 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.6 2.54 11 500 5916 -6.0 -34.5 8 28.5 -12.6 351 28 325.7 325.7 290.9 327.2 0.41 12 450 6733 -10.5 -47.4 3 36.9 -16.4 331 36 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.12 13 400 7627 -17.1 -48.0 5 30.8 -21.4 325 31 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.12 14 350 8612 -25.2 -49.6 8 24.3 -27.9 332 41 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.12 15 300 9710 -33.7 -53.0 13 19.3 -35.1 329 42 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.09 16 250 10964 -42.8 -61.7 11 18.9 -43.6 322 39 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.04 17 200 12433 -52.4 -72.0 8 19.7 -52.7 309 37 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14242 -63.5 -78.3 12 14.8 -63.6 290 29 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16694 -67.5 -84.7 7 17.1 -67.7 98 10 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.48 m Freezing level: 579.13 mb = 4761.90 m = 15622.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.02 mb = 4322.71 m = 14181.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.99 mb = 1673.13 m = 5489.19 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 22.50 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.25 mb = 3686.85 m = 12095.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.54 C = 95.97 F Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.47 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.12 C K Index: 19.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 104.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 397.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.78 mb = 2437.17 m = 7995.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.78 mb = 4731.87 m = 15524.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 500.78 mb = 5904.00 m = 19369.85 ft B at Equ Level: 59.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.78 mb = 11490.69 m = 37698.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.5 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 9.5 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -31.5 tot: -18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 44.21 m/s