MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.75,-102.31 Latitude: 36.75 Longitude: -102.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 517 2 900 1004 SFC 879 1216 29.3 17.7 50 11.6 21.0 145 15 313.9 316.7 298.5 359.3 14.69 4 850 1512 26.0 16.5 56 9.4 19.3 147 19 313.4 316.1 298.1 356.8 14.07 5 800 2042 20.8 15.6 72 5.2 17.1 152 18 313.3 316.0 298.0 356.7 14.05 6 750 2597 16.4 11.2 71 5.2 13.0 181 13 314.4 316.6 296.5 349.3 11.24 7 700 3182 13.4 -1.7 35 15.1 5.3 221 5 317.3 318.2 292.4 332.7 4.82 8 650 3799 7.8 -1.1 53 9.0 3.0 288 13 317.8 318.9 293.1 335.2 5.42 9 600 4453 2.5 -11.3 36 13.7 -3.4 311 27 319.0 319.5 291.1 327.8 2.69 10 550 5148 -4.0 -5.1 92 1.1 -4.5 291 30 319.4 320.3 293.0 334.8 4.76 11 500 5892 -9.7 -11.9 84 2.1 -10.6 290 38 321.2 321.8 292.1 331.4 3.09 12 450 6695 -15.8 -30.3 28 14.5 -19.0 302 49 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.8 0.68 13 400 7573 -20.9 -47.6 7 26.7 -24.2 308 55 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.13 14 350 8549 -25.4 -54.2 5 28.7 -28.1 321 76 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.07 15 300 9652 -32.3 -54.6 9 22.4 -34.0 324 87 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.08 16 250 10914 -41.3 -59.8 12 18.5 -42.2 328 84 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.05 17 200 12394 -50.9 -59.8 34 8.9 -51.2 334 81 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.5 0.06 18 150 14224 -60.0 -83.5 3 23.5 -60.2 317 59 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16706 -66.0 -86.6 4 20.6 -66.2 268 7 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.19 m Freezing level: 580.94 mb = 4717.51 m = 15477.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.45 mb = 4100.27 m = 13452.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.79 mb = 2679.00 m = 8789.26 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 26.61 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.93 mb = 3146.29 m = 10322.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.44 C = 90.40 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -9.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -9.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.27 C K Index: 37.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 632.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2483.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.99 mb = 2722.39 m = 8931.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.99 mb = 3497.02 m = 11473.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.99 mb = 12924.51 m = 42402.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2481.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.7 neg: -7.2 tot: 125.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.35 Bulk Rich Number: 11.13 Bulk Shear: 223.14 m/s