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: 34.96,-102.55 Latitude: 34.96 Longitude: -102.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 528 2 900 1014 SFC 876 1253 27.1 18.3 58 8.8 20.8 280 5 311.9 314.8 298.5 358.8 15.28 4 850 1521 26.0 15.2 52 10.7 18.5 259 1 313.4 315.8 297.3 353.2 12.91 5 800 2051 21.2 12.2 56 9.0 15.2 119 2 313.8 315.9 296.3 348.6 11.24 6 750 2606 17.0 9.9 63 7.1 12.4 126 2 315.1 317.1 296.0 347.1 10.28 7 700 3191 13.7 -2.9 32 16.6 5.0 0 1 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.9 4.42 8 650 3809 8.1 -6.9 34 14.9 1.0 22 7 318.1 318.8 291.6 329.6 3.52 9 600 4461 2.1 -6.0 55 8.1 -1.8 12 10 318.5 319.3 292.2 331.7 4.06 10 550 5157 -2.8 -8.5 65 5.6 -5.4 349 13 320.7 321.5 292.4 332.8 3.67 11 500 5906 -6.8 -12.0 66 5.2 -8.9 333 22 324.8 325.4 293.0 335.0 3.05 12 450 6723 -10.7 -22.2 38 11.5 -14.3 320 32 329.8 330.1 293.0 334.8 1.43 13 400 7618 -16.2 -24.4 49 8.2 -18.5 323 40 333.9 334.2 294.0 338.7 1.33 14 350 8608 -23.4 -39.3 22 15.9 -25.9 322 55 337.3 337.3 294.0 338.7 0.36 15 300 9718 -31.1 -46.9 20 15.8 -32.7 324 57 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.3 0.19 16 250 10983 -40.7 -44.4 68 3.6 -41.1 313 51 345.5 345.6 295.9 346.7 0.30 17 200 12474 -49.0 -52.7 65 3.8 -49.1 287 44 355.3 355.3 297.9 355.9 0.14 18 150 14306 -61.5 -65.5 59 4.0 -61.6 281 30 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.04 19 100 16748 -70.2 -81.2 18 11.0 -70.2 98 3 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.79 m Freezing level: 578.84 mb = 4755.90 m = 15603.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.62 mb = 4029.60 m = 13220.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.40 C = 88.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.10 mb = 2378.84 m = 7804.50 ft T: 18.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 29.22 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.49 mb = 3488.05 m = 11443.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 31.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1030.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.63 mb = 2980.31 m = 9777.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.63 mb = 3901.61 m = 12800.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.63 mb = 11757.75 m = 38574.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1028.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.63 mb = 15519.60 m = 50916.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.2 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 6.2 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -104.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -24.2 tot: -20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 52.31 Bulk Shear: 19.71 m/s