MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.81,-100.66 Latitude: 37.81 Longitude: -100.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 536 SFC 917 853 27.2 20.4 66 6.8 22.2 155 13 307.9 311.0 298.4 358.2 16.63 3 900 1016 25.4 19.9 72 5.5 21.5 157 16 307.7 310.8 298.2 357.6 16.50 4 850 1516 20.8 18.5 87 2.3 19.2 172 15 308.0 311.0 298.0 356.4 15.99 5 800 2039 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 226 11 309.5 312.2 297.1 352.4 14.08 6 750 2589 14.6 8.4 66 6.2 10.7 310 14 312.5 314.2 294.6 341.1 9.27 7 700 3169 11.4 -2.1 39 13.4 4.4 326 23 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.0 4.70 8 650 3783 7.3 -11.3 25 18.6 -0.7 324 23 317.3 317.8 290.4 325.5 2.49 9 600 4434 1.8 -13.6 31 15.3 -4.3 317 23 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.6 2.24 10 550 5127 -4.0 -16.5 37 12.5 -8.5 311 26 319.4 319.7 290.5 325.8 1.92 11 500 5872 -8.9 -23.4 30 14.6 -13.1 307 33 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.2 1.16 12 450 6678 -15.3 -28.2 32 12.9 -18.3 312 40 324.0 324.2 290.9 326.9 0.83 13 400 7554 -22.0 -45.2 10 23.2 -24.9 315 47 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.17 14 350 8523 -28.1 -58.1 4 30.0 -30.3 322 57 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.04 15 300 9615 -34.2 -58.7 7 24.4 -35.7 329 78 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.05 16 250 10870 -42.2 -61.6 10 19.4 -43.0 334 97 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 17 200 12347 -51.2 -71.1 8 20.0 -51.5 322 83 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14192 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.6 293 53 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16702 -64.2 -88.2 2 24.0 -64.4 302 4 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.18 m Freezing level: 584.58 mb = 4647.78 m = 15248.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.78 mb = 3697.07 m = 12129.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.48 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.87 mb = 1723.04 m = 5652.94 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 32.73 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 1974.41 m = 6477.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -8.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -8.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.72 C Cross Totals Index: 27.40 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2761.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.83 mb = 1817.64 m = 5963.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.83 mb = 2300.75 m = 7548.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.83 mb = 12818.59 m = 42055.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2749.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.0 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 338.0 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 167.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.75 Bulk Rich Number: 14.83 Bulk Shear: 186.14 m/s