MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F001.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F001.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 1 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.11,-102.01 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -102.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 558 2 900 1046 SFC 891 1136 29.7 17.1 47 12.6 20.7 148 9 313.0 315.7 297.8 355.8 13.88 4 850 1555 26.7 14.8 48 11.9 18.5 158 16 314.1 316.5 297.3 353.1 12.57 5 800 2086 21.7 13.7 60 8.0 16.3 172 15 314.3 316.7 297.3 352.8 12.42 6 750 2642 16.5 12.6 78 3.9 13.8 189 15 314.5 316.8 297.2 352.6 12.30 7 700 3226 11.4 10.0 91 1.5 10.5 225 14 315.1 317.3 296.5 349.6 11.07 8 650 3844 9.6 -8.0 28 17.6 1.3 304 14 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.5 3.22 9 600 4500 4.0 -9.8 36 13.7 -2.2 319 15 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.7 3.03 10 550 5200 -1.3 -12.9 41 11.6 -6.1 316 19 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.1 2.57 11 500 5952 -6.2 -28.0 16 21.8 -12.1 303 19 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.2 0.76 12 450 6766 -11.8 -34.4 14 22.5 -16.7 296 22 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.1 0.46 13 400 7657 -17.4 -26.6 45 9.1 -19.8 291 33 332.3 332.5 293.4 336.3 1.09 14 350 8643 -24.5 -33.1 45 8.5 -26.1 293 37 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.2 0.67 15 300 9746 -33.0 -47.8 21 14.8 -34.4 301 42 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.5 0.17 16 250 11004 -41.5 -53.8 25 12.2 -42.2 298 41 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.10 17 200 12486 -51.2 -69.6 9 18.5 -51.5 278 39 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14296 -63.5 -79.4 10 15.9 -63.6 282 28 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16731 -68.4 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.5 81 3 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.50 m Freezing level: 562.74 mb = 5022.02 m = 16476.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.65 mb = 4078.59 m = 13381.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.83 mb = 2734.90 m = 8972.68 ft T: 15.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 25.38 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.11 mb = 3128.37 m = 10263.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 46.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1519.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.57 mb = 3004.32 m = 9856.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.57 mb = 4184.22 m = 13727.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.57 mb = 13025.15 m = 42732.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1505.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 141.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 16.59 Bulk Shear: 91.60 m/s