MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F002.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F002.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 2 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.50,-102.37 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 543 SFC 902 1015 29.5 16.9 46 12.7 20.6 136 9 311.8 314.4 297.4 353.4 13.53 3 900 1031 30.0 16.6 45 13.4 20.5 136 9 312.4 314.9 297.4 353.4 13.32 4 850 1540 27.3 14.8 46 12.5 18.6 158 19 314.7 317.2 297.4 353.8 12.56 5 800 2073 22.6 12.8 54 9.7 16.0 181 17 315.2 317.4 297.0 351.7 11.73 6 750 2630 17.2 11.6 70 5.5 13.5 188 17 315.2 317.4 296.9 351.2 11.55 7 700 3215 12.6 6.3 65 6.3 8.8 219 13 316.5 318.1 295.2 343.6 8.61 8 650 3833 9.0 -1.9 47 10.8 3.2 266 13 319.1 320.1 293.2 335.6 5.14 9 600 4489 3.7 -5.9 50 9.5 -1.0 272 17 320.3 321.1 292.7 333.8 4.12 10 550 5189 -1.9 -8.5 61 6.6 -4.9 279 20 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.8 3.65 11 500 5939 -7.2 -17.4 44 10.2 -10.8 281 25 324.3 324.7 292.0 331.0 1.96 12 450 6750 -12.7 -30.5 21 17.7 -16.9 287 29 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.7 0.67 13 400 7640 -17.5 -48.6 5 31.1 -21.7 292 44 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.12 14 350 8625 -24.8 -47.8 10 22.9 -27.5 293 50 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.15 15 300 9727 -33.0 -53.5 11 20.5 -34.5 297 46 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.09 16 250 10989 -41.0 -47.1 52 6.1 -41.5 309 33 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.9 0.22 17 200 12468 -51.2 -72.9 6 21.7 -51.5 280 45 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14285 -61.7 -82.6 5 20.8 -61.9 290 34 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16729 -69.4 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.5 339 4 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.98 m Freezing level: 567.41 mb = 4945.17 m = 16224.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.73 mb = 4330.61 m = 14207.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.83 mb = 2632.00 m = 8635.07 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 19.98 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.98 mb = 3408.06 m = 11181.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.77 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 42.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 519.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1535.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.16 mb = 3057.19 m = 10030.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.16 mb = 3983.88 m = 13070.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.16 mb = 12853.58 m = 42170.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1519.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.16 mb = 16256.07 m = 53332.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 16.65 Bulk Shear: 92.19 m/s