MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.4,-101.47 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -101.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 522 2 900 1008 SFC 895 1062 30.0 20.5 57 9.4 23.0 111 12 312.9 316.2 299.9 366.2 17.24 4 850 1516 24.8 19.2 71 5.6 20.8 113 15 312.1 315.3 299.4 363.6 16.72 5 800 2045 21.4 16.1 72 5.3 17.7 152 12 314.0 316.8 298.5 359.2 14.59 6 750 2603 18.2 10.2 59 8.0 13.0 226 8 316.4 318.4 296.5 349.2 10.49 7 700 3190 14.2 -1.3 34 15.4 5.8 299 5 318.2 319.2 292.9 334.2 4.99 8 650 3809 9.4 -10.6 23 20.0 0.5 290 10 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.3 2.63 9 600 4465 3.3 -10.2 36 13.5 -2.6 297 14 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.7 2.94 10 550 5162 -3.3 -15.0 40 11.7 -7.7 309 16 320.2 320.7 291.0 327.5 2.17 11 500 5906 -9.0 -18.6 46 9.6 -12.2 318 26 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.0 1.76 12 450 6713 -14.0 -24.0 42 10.0 -16.7 307 32 325.6 325.8 291.7 329.9 1.22 13 400 7597 -19.3 -33.8 26 14.5 -22.1 314 47 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.9 0.55 14 350 8578 -25.7 -45.9 13 20.2 -28.0 325 52 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.18 15 300 9680 -32.3 -49.5 16 17.2 -33.8 334 69 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.14 16 250 10942 -40.9 -52.5 28 11.6 -41.6 326 64 345.2 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.12 17 200 12425 -51.3 -64.1 21 12.7 -51.7 319 62 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.03 18 150 14249 -61.2 -81.9 5 20.6 -61.4 321 42 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16726 -67.0 -84.0 7 17.0 -67.1 56 1 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.02 m Freezing level: 574.62 mb = 4818.45 m = 15808.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.13 mb = 3908.73 m = 12823.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.49 C = 92.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.25 mb = 2261.25 m = 7418.70 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 37.82 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2905.12 m = 9531.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.22 C = 93.59 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -10.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: -10.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.87 C Cross Totals Index: 28.27 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3337.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.26 mb = 2383.86 m = 7820.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.26 mb = 3379.71 m = 11088.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.26 mb = 14071.34 m = 46165.25 ft B at Equ Level: 3326.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.5 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 333.5 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.0 neg: -7.0 tot: 138.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.73 Bulk Rich Number: 28.32 Bulk Shear: 117.83 m/s