MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.18,-102.31 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -102.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 508 2 900 1000 SFC 889 1116 32.7 19.1 45 13.6 22.7 115 10 316.4 319.4 299.8 365.9 15.84 4 850 1513 28.3 17.8 53 10.5 20.7 117 12 315.8 318.7 299.4 363.4 15.26 5 800 2047 23.1 16.8 68 6.2 18.6 119 12 315.7 318.7 299.4 363.3 15.26 6 750 2607 18.0 14.8 82 3.2 15.8 135 7 316.1 318.9 298.8 360.7 14.27 7 700 3195 14.9 0.7 38 14.2 6.9 325 7 319.0 320.1 293.7 337.5 5.76 8 650 3815 9.5 -5.5 34 15.0 2.0 325 10 319.7 320.4 292.3 332.4 3.90 9 600 4471 3.2 -4.9 55 8.1 -0.8 316 16 319.9 320.7 292.9 334.3 4.43 10 550 5169 -2.0 -20.9 22 18.8 -8.3 314 21 321.7 321.9 290.6 326.2 1.32 11 500 5920 -6.0 -43.6 3 37.6 -13.0 323 28 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.3 0.16 12 450 6734 -11.9 -34.9 13 23.0 -16.8 317 32 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.8 0.44 13 400 7624 -17.1 -40.3 11 23.2 -21.1 321 43 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.8 0.28 14 350 8611 -23.5 -50.8 6 27.3 -26.5 327 55 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.10 15 300 9721 -31.0 -50.2 13 19.2 -32.8 331 53 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.13 16 250 10987 -40.8 -48.8 42 7.9 -41.4 324 49 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.1 0.18 17 200 12473 -49.8 -53.5 65 3.7 -50.0 298 42 353.8 353.9 297.5 354.4 0.13 18 150 14286 -65.0 -69.4 54 4.5 -65.0 296 39 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.02 19 100 16717 -69.5 -82.7 13 13.2 -69.5 326 6 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.30 m Freezing level: 569.29 mb = 4900.02 m = 16075.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.23 mb = 4279.17 m = 14039.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.07 C = 91.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.97 mb = 2837.31 m = 9308.65 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 33.52 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.41 mb = 3201.53 m = 10503.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.25 C = 95.45 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -7.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3169.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.01 mb = 2836.77 m = 9306.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.01 mb = 3498.98 m = 11479.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 135.01 mb = 14916.74 m = 48938.85 ft B at Equ Level: 3129.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.0 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 353.0 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.4 neg: -26.2 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 30.24 Bulk Shear: 104.81 m/s