MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.08,-100.63 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -100.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 540 SFC 923 797 29.7 19.9 56 9.7 22.6 150 10 309.8 312.9 298.5 358.8 16.08 3 900 1022 26.3 18.7 63 7.6 20.9 154 11 308.6 311.5 297.7 354.9 15.26 4 850 1523 21.4 17.8 80 3.6 18.9 160 11 308.6 311.4 297.7 354.9 15.28 5 800 2046 17.4 14.6 84 2.8 15.5 208 7 309.7 312.2 296.6 349.9 13.20 6 750 2597 17.2 -2.8 25 20.0 6.7 343 15 315.3 316.1 291.3 328.5 4.15 7 700 3181 12.9 -8.4 22 21.3 2.9 327 20 316.8 317.4 290.6 326.3 2.90 8 650 3796 7.8 -8.7 30 16.5 0.3 299 21 317.8 318.4 291.1 327.8 3.06 9 600 4449 2.1 -9.6 41 11.8 -3.0 301 27 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.7 3.07 10 550 5142 -4.5 -14.6 45 10.1 -8.2 304 28 318.8 319.2 290.6 326.3 2.24 11 500 5884 -10.3 -24.3 31 14.1 -14.1 305 33 320.5 320.8 290.0 324.3 1.07 12 450 6687 -15.0 -29.9 27 14.8 -18.4 312 38 324.3 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.71 13 400 7567 -21.0 -42.7 12 21.7 -24.0 315 43 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.22 14 350 8537 -28.7 -55.2 6 26.6 -30.7 316 48 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.06 15 300 9623 -35.6 -59.4 7 23.8 -36.9 320 68 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 16 250 10873 -42.4 -67.4 5 25.0 -43.2 322 82 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 17 200 12352 -51.0 -72.6 6 21.5 -51.5 313 75 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14203 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.8 299 37 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16704 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 252 5 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.92 m Freezing level: 583.74 mb = 4674.44 m = 15335.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.13 mb = 3845.07 m = 12614.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.40 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.85 mb = 2025.71 m = 6645.96 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 32.52 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.15 mb = 2858.87 m = 9379.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -8.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: -8.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.64 C Cross Totals Index: 28.07 C K Index: 28.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2567.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.16 mb = 2011.60 m = 6599.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.16 mb = 3567.35 m = 11703.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.16 mb = 12744.94 m = 41813.59 ft B at Equ Level: 2553.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.2 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 335.2 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.7 neg: -17.1 tot: 80.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 19.16 Bulk Shear: 134.05 m/s