MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 4Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34,-102.52 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -102.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 537 2 900 1021 SFC 888 1138 27.4 17.9 56 9.5 20.6 86 15 310.9 313.7 297.8 355.7 14.64 4 850 1528 26.8 14.8 48 12.0 18.5 120 25 314.2 316.6 297.3 353.2 12.57 5 800 2060 22.5 11.9 51 10.6 15.4 143 19 315.1 317.2 296.5 349.5 11.02 6 750 2617 17.3 11.4 68 5.9 13.4 144 20 315.4 317.6 296.8 350.9 11.40 7 700 3203 13.9 1.5 43 12.4 6.8 94 16 317.8 319.0 293.6 337.3 6.10 8 650 3821 8.6 -4.3 40 12.9 2.1 70 14 318.7 319.5 292.4 332.6 4.29 9 600 4477 3.0 -1.3 73 4.3 0.7 263 4 319.6 320.7 293.9 338.3 5.80 10 550 5174 -2.6 -8.2 65 5.6 -5.1 285 13 321.0 321.8 292.6 333.3 3.74 11 500 5923 -7.7 -14.4 59 6.7 -10.2 354 11 323.6 324.1 292.3 332.1 2.51 12 450 6733 -13.0 -19.0 60 6.1 -14.9 340 17 326.9 327.3 292.6 333.5 1.89 13 400 7623 -17.5 -19.9 81 2.4 -18.3 344 25 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.1 1.97 14 350 8612 -23.7 -24.2 96 0.5 -23.8 350 29 336.8 337.1 294.9 342.4 1.54 15 300 9723 -30.9 -32.0 90 1.1 -31.1 346 27 341.8 342.0 295.6 345.1 0.87 16 250 10989 -40.7 -43.9 71 3.2 -41.0 316 38 345.5 345.6 295.9 346.7 0.31 17 200 12472 -51.4 -55.2 64 3.7 -51.6 309 59 351.3 351.4 297.0 351.8 0.11 18 150 14283 -63.1 -68.6 48 5.4 -63.2 296 28 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.02 19 100 16727 -68.8 -84.8 8 16.0 -68.9 39 11 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.57 m Freezing level: 573.05 mb = 4852.92 m = 15921.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.83 mb = 4559.75 m = 14959.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.25 C = 90.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.99 mb = 2356.66 m = 7731.75 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.56 mb = 3536.54 m = 11602.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.54 C = 94.17 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Showalter Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1309.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.56 mb = 3039.93 m = 9973.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.56 mb = 3966.71 m = 13013.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.56 mb = 12517.20 m = 41066.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1308.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.56 mb = 16231.85 m = 53253.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.4 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 106.4 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.8 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.9 neg: -91.4 tot: -25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 68.07 Bulk Shear: 19.23 m/s