MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 2Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 36.15,-103.3 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 521 2 900 1008 SFC 854 1475 25.8 17.1 59 8.6 19.6 131 9 312.7 315.5 298.2 357.6 14.56 4 850 1517 26.5 16.8 55 9.7 19.6 137 13 313.9 316.6 298.3 358.0 14.28 5 800 2050 22.7 14.9 61 7.8 17.3 157 27 315.4 318.0 298.2 357.3 13.46 6 750 2609 17.9 13.4 75 4.6 14.8 176 26 316.0 318.5 298.0 356.6 12.98 7 700 3196 13.2 10.3 83 2.9 11.3 198 25 317.1 319.3 297.2 352.6 11.32 8 650 3816 10.1 -5.6 33 15.6 2.2 235 24 320.4 321.1 292.6 333.1 3.89 9 600 4475 4.1 2.6 90 1.6 3.2 259 23 320.9 322.4 295.7 345.6 7.71 10 550 5176 -1.8 -7.1 67 5.2 -4.3 286 31 321.9 322.7 293.2 335.4 4.09 11 500 5928 -5.8 -26.4 18 20.6 -11.6 309 38 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.2 0.89 12 450 6745 -10.6 -36.2 10 25.6 -16.0 311 42 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.39 13 400 7638 -17.4 -46.5 6 29.0 -21.5 304 45 332.3 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.15 14 350 8622 -25.4 -37.5 31 12.1 -27.3 309 46 334.5 334.6 293.3 336.1 0.43 15 300 9721 -33.5 -48.4 21 14.9 -34.8 311 41 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.16 16 250 10978 -42.0 -52.8 30 10.7 -42.6 316 35 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.11 17 200 12448 -53.8 -60.6 43 6.9 -53.9 325 43 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.05 18 150 14245 -65.9 -72.7 38 6.8 -65.9 300 34 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16701 -65.9 -87.1 4 21.2 -66.1 103 12 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.58 m Freezing level: 565.26 mb = 4961.65 m = 16278.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.38 mb = 4770.21 m = 15650.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.88 mb = 2575.68 m = 8450.28 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 24.98 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.90 mb = 3244.81 m = 10645.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.33 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 46.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2439.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.69 mb = 2983.30 m = 9787.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.69 mb = 3909.30 m = 12825.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.69 mb = 14547.22 m = 47726.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2387.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 420.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 420.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.43 Bulk Rich Number: 9.84 Bulk Shear: 247.97 m/s