MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.46,-102.61 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -102.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 508 2 900 999 SFC 874 1261 32.5 18.4 43 14.1 22.2 147 17 317.6 320.6 299.8 365.9 15.37 4 850 1511 28.2 17.3 52 10.9 20.4 149 20 315.6 318.5 299.0 361.7 14.77 5 800 2046 22.8 16.3 67 6.5 18.1 154 20 315.5 318.3 299.0 361.2 14.69 6 750 2604 17.4 15.1 87 2.3 15.8 163 19 315.4 318.2 298.8 360.8 14.57 7 700 3190 13.9 5.1 55 8.8 8.5 221 15 317.8 319.4 295.0 342.8 7.88 8 650 3811 10.2 -7.0 29 17.2 1.8 261 11 320.5 321.1 292.2 331.9 3.47 9 600 4469 4.0 -8.0 41 12.0 -1.6 280 10 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.1 3.48 10 550 5168 -1.0 -23.7 16 22.7 -8.1 300 18 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.5 1.03 11 500 5921 -5.8 -33.7 9 27.9 -12.4 308 27 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.44 12 450 6736 -12.0 -31.2 19 19.2 -16.5 307 33 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.62 13 400 7625 -18.0 -33.7 24 15.7 -21.2 304 37 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.6 0.55 14 350 8609 -25.4 -36.7 34 11.3 -27.2 310 39 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.2 0.47 15 300 9708 -33.6 -46.5 26 12.9 -34.8 315 47 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.19 16 250 10963 -42.2 -53.9 27 11.7 -42.9 317 48 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.7 0.10 17 200 12435 -52.7 -65.0 21 12.3 -53.0 311 48 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14242 -63.3 -79.4 10 16.0 -63.4 288 25 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16704 -66.7 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.8 230 7 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5869.67 m Freezing level: 560.13 mb = 5026.50 m = 16490.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.44 mb = 4153.97 m = 13628.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.77 mb = 3036.79 m = 9963.09 ft T: 14.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 34.04 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.40 mb = 3089.07 m = 10134.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.30 C = 90.14 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -6.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -6.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 42.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 508.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3200.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.78 mb = 2894.80 m = 9497.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.78 mb = 3435.92 m = 11272.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.78 mb = 14250.31 m = 46752.40 ft B at Equ Level: 3198.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.2 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 306.2 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.8 neg: -4.9 tot: 143.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.92 Bulk Rich Number: 19.27 Bulk Shear: 166.07 m/s