MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.28,-102.86 Latitude: 36.28 Longitude: -102.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 578 2 900 1049 SFC 870 1340 18.5 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 48 19 303.5 306.4 296.4 349.1 15.34 4 850 1543 18.7 17.2 91 1.4 17.7 69 19 305.7 308.4 296.6 349.8 14.72 5 800 2065 17.9 14.5 81 3.3 15.6 351 4 310.2 312.7 296.7 350.2 13.12 6 750 2616 15.1 11.5 79 3.6 12.7 245 10 313.0 315.2 296.3 348.4 11.47 7 700 3198 11.7 9.9 88 1.9 10.5 242 21 315.5 317.6 296.6 349.8 10.99 8 650 3815 8.2 7.3 94 0.9 7.6 256 23 318.2 320.2 296.5 349.6 9.92 9 600 4472 2.8 1.8 93 1.0 2.2 286 25 319.3 320.7 294.9 342.5 7.27 10 550 5169 -2.4 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 308 34 321.2 322.3 294.1 339.4 5.60 11 500 5920 -6.9 -7.5 96 0.5 -7.2 318 43 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.0 4.37 12 450 6735 -11.4 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.6 320 49 328.9 329.6 294.4 340.5 3.41 13 400 7630 -16.0 -16.5 96 0.4 -16.2 319 54 334.2 334.7 295.1 343.4 2.64 14 350 8622 -23.3 -23.3 100 0.0 -23.4 317 54 337.3 337.6 295.1 343.3 1.67 15 300 9731 -32.1 -32.8 94 0.6 -32.3 316 48 340.1 340.2 295.1 343.1 0.81 16 250 10993 -40.5 -43.7 72 3.2 -40.8 328 32 345.8 345.8 296.0 347.1 0.32 17 200 12479 -50.8 -54.5 65 3.7 -51.0 346 15 352.3 352.3 297.3 352.8 0.12 18 150 14298 -63.1 -67.5 55 4.4 -63.1 284 16 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.03 19 100 16756 -66.9 -85.8 5 18.8 -67.1 16 8 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.13 m Freezing level: 573.34 mb = 4843.58 m = 15890.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.51 mb = 4777.97 m = 15675.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.80 mb = 1373.84 m = 4507.30 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 1.79 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2838.48 m = 9312.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 40.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 866.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.71 mb = 2164.50 m = 7101.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.71 mb = 3997.48 m = 13114.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.71 mb = 11673.70 m = 38299.06 ft B at Equ Level: 865.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.71 mb = 15368.48 m = 50420.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.2 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 335.2 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 5.6 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.5 neg: -3.9 tot: 258.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 4.49 Bulk Shear: 192.86 m/s