MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.88,-101.8 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -101.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 1 950 604 SFC 902 1057 19.1 18.4 96 0.7 18.7 10 27 301.1 303.8 295.5 345.0 14.95 3 900 1072 18.9 18.3 96 0.6 18.5 5 25 300.9 303.7 295.4 344.5 14.84 4 850 1562 16.7 16.5 99 0.1 16.6 29 40 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.4 14.06 5 800 2079 15.0 14.8 98 0.3 14.8 58 29 307.2 309.7 296.0 347.3 13.32 6 750 2626 13.3 12.8 96 0.5 13.0 73 20 311.0 313.4 296.4 349.2 12.46 7 700 3204 8.9 7.9 93 1.0 8.3 41 17 312.4 314.2 294.8 342.0 9.58 8 650 3814 5.0 4.2 95 0.8 4.5 7 27 314.6 316.2 294.2 339.6 7.99 9 600 4466 2.7 2.1 95 0.7 2.4 2 33 319.3 320.7 295.0 342.9 7.43 10 550 5167 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.3 341 17 323.9 325.2 295.7 345.8 6.74 11 500 5927 -3.5 -3.6 99 0.1 -3.6 244 9 328.8 329.9 296.3 348.3 5.87 12 450 6755 -7.6 -7.7 100 0.0 -7.7 209 20 333.6 334.6 296.6 349.9 4.78 13 400 7661 -13.8 -13.8 100 0.0 -13.8 211 25 337.1 337.8 296.3 348.6 3.30 14 350 8664 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 217 27 341.4 341.9 296.5 349.3 2.18 15 300 9790 -28.5 -28.5 100 -0.0 -28.5 229 28 345.3 345.5 296.6 349.8 1.22 16 250 11065 -38.9 -39.5 94 0.6 -38.9 233 30 348.3 348.4 296.7 350.3 0.50 17 200 12564 -48.9 -52.0 70 3.1 -49.0 231 33 355.4 355.4 297.9 356.1 0.16 18 150 14381 -66.0 -69.6 61 3.6 -66.1 255 53 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16808 -66.2 -78.2 17 12.0 -66.3 29 13 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.79 m Freezing level: 552.87 mb = 5127.23 m = 16821.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 556.16 mb = 5077.73 m = 16659.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.24 mb = 1146.42 m = 3761.17 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.57 C/km ThetaE index: 9.53 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1632.94 m = 5357.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.07 C = 71.72 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 35.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.02 mb = 1592.03 m = 5223.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.02 mb = 3061.14 m = 10043.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 562.02 mb = 4993.11 m = 16381.39 ft B at Equ Level: 74.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 432.02 mb = 7068.66 m = 23190.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.2 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 47.2 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 4.9 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.3 neg: -11.3 tot: 184.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 6.00 Bulk Shear: 12.38 m/s