MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.23,-102.19 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -102.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 524 2 900 1011 SFC 887 1144 30.3 17.1 45 13.2 20.9 122 5 314.0 316.7 298.1 357.2 13.95 4 850 1519 26.0 15.7 53 10.3 18.8 129 5 313.3 315.9 297.5 354.4 13.29 5 800 2049 20.8 14.5 67 6.3 16.4 137 5 313.3 315.8 297.4 353.7 13.08 6 750 2605 18.8 -3.4 22 22.2 7.1 12 7 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.96 7 700 3191 14.2 -0.5 36 14.7 6.1 294 8 318.2 319.2 293.1 335.0 5.26 8 650 3810 9.0 -5.2 36 14.1 1.9 320 11 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.1 4.01 9 600 4465 2.8 -11.6 34 14.4 -3.3 333 13 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.1 2.63 10 550 5160 -3.5 -21.7 23 18.1 -9.3 343 20 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.1 1.23 11 500 5903 -9.7 -23.7 31 14.1 -13.6 335 32 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.2 1.12 12 450 6709 -13.9 -22.8 47 8.9 -16.4 315 41 325.8 326.0 291.9 330.5 1.36 13 400 7594 -19.9 -37.9 19 18.0 -22.9 316 44 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.5 0.36 14 350 8572 -25.4 -44.9 14 19.5 -27.8 329 62 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.20 15 300 9674 -32.7 -52.2 12 19.5 -34.3 333 71 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.7 0.10 16 250 10932 -41.7 -49.6 42 7.9 -42.2 321 67 344.1 344.2 295.5 344.8 0.17 17 200 12413 -51.2 -61.1 30 9.9 -51.5 314 56 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.9 0.05 18 150 14236 -61.3 -79.3 7 18.0 -61.4 309 39 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16705 -68.5 -78.7 22 10.3 -68.5 269 6 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.27 m Freezing level: 577.92 mb = 4771.93 m = 15655.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.63 mb = 4044.80 m = 13270.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.92 % Est. max temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.47 mb = 2805.79 m = 9205.24 ft T: 17.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 27.50 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.71 mb = 3448.93 m = 11315.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.64 C = 94.35 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -8.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: -8.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 36.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1955.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.02 mb = 2869.13 m = 9413.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.02 mb = 3911.22 m = 12831.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.02 mb = 12670.57 m = 41569.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1954.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.8 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 357.8 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: -17.7 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 28.60 Bulk Shear: 68.36 m/s