MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.81,-103.21 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -103.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 516 2 900 1006 SFC 861 1400 29.6 16.3 45 13.3 20.1 150 14 316.0 318.6 298.4 358.5 13.64 4 850 1518 28.6 15.7 46 12.9 19.5 153 20 316.1 318.7 298.2 357.7 13.32 5 800 2052 23.5 14.6 57 8.9 17.2 159 22 316.2 318.7 298.1 357.2 13.14 6 750 2612 18.1 13.3 74 4.8 14.8 170 22 316.2 318.7 298.0 356.6 12.93 7 700 3199 14.1 6.0 58 8.1 9.1 214 18 318.1 319.7 295.4 344.8 8.43 8 650 3821 10.7 -10.8 21 21.5 1.0 267 16 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.7 2.57 9 600 4480 4.8 -1.6 63 6.4 1.3 297 14 321.7 322.8 294.3 340.1 5.67 10 550 5182 -0.4 -15.3 31 14.9 -6.2 310 24 323.6 324.0 291.9 330.8 2.11 11 500 5938 -5.2 -30.6 12 25.4 -11.8 319 24 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.9 0.60 12 450 6755 -11.0 -38.0 9 27.0 -16.4 310 30 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.32 13 400 7646 -18.1 -41.7 11 23.5 -21.8 307 39 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.4 0.25 14 350 8628 -25.9 -38.4 30 12.5 -27.8 309 42 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.3 0.40 15 300 9724 -34.0 -45.7 30 11.6 -35.1 310 41 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.21 16 250 10979 -42.3 -51.1 38 8.8 -42.8 311 37 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.8 0.14 17 200 12449 -53.3 -62.4 32 9.0 -53.5 320 44 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.04 18 150 14249 -65.5 -74.0 30 8.5 -65.6 288 29 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16699 -66.7 -84.9 6 18.3 -66.8 98 0 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5879.89 m Freezing level: 553.73 mb = 5129.79 m = 16829.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.11 mb = 4600.43 m = 15093.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.44 mb = 3084.84 m = 10120.73 ft T: 14.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 28.87 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.43 mb = 3623.88 m = 11889.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.61 C = 92.49 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 41.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2406.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.53 mb = 3168.14 m = 10394.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.53 mb = 4110.48 m = 13485.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.53 mb = 14349.67 m = 47078.41 ft B at Equ Level: 2381.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.0 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 313.0 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 224.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.06 Bulk Rich Number: 12.67 Bulk Shear: 189.93 m/s