MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 36.03,-103.27 Latitude: 36.03 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 1 950 490 2 900 982 SFC 853 1464 30.4 17.3 46 13.1 20.9 154 19 317.6 320.5 299.4 363.9 14.73 4 850 1496 29.9 16.8 45 13.1 20.5 155 21 317.4 320.2 299.1 362.3 14.31 5 800 2033 24.5 15.5 57 8.9 18.1 161 26 317.2 319.9 298.9 361.1 14.00 6 750 2595 19.2 14.2 73 5.0 15.7 171 27 317.4 320.0 298.8 360.3 13.67 7 700 3184 13.7 12.5 93 1.2 12.9 191 27 317.7 320.2 298.5 359.1 13.17 8 650 3805 9.7 -0.8 48 10.6 3.9 226 25 320.0 321.0 293.8 337.8 5.54 9 600 4463 4.9 -5.5 47 10.5 -0.3 270 27 321.8 322.7 293.2 335.7 4.22 10 550 5165 -0.4 -19.3 22 18.9 -7.1 291 35 323.6 323.9 291.4 328.8 1.51 11 500 5920 -5.1 -35.7 7 30.6 -12.1 302 36 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.1 0.36 12 450 6739 -10.2 -38.6 8 28.4 -15.9 302 39 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.30 13 400 7632 -17.1 -40.3 11 23.2 -21.0 306 42 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.9 0.29 14 350 8618 -24.7 -45.1 13 20.4 -27.2 311 45 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.20 15 300 9721 -32.6 -52.0 13 19.5 -34.1 316 45 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.10 16 250 10982 -41.2 -55.5 20 14.3 -41.9 317 38 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.08 17 200 12460 -52.4 -69.7 11 17.3 -52.7 324 36 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14271 -64.2 -76.0 18 11.8 -64.3 303 18 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16706 -69.0 -85.0 8 16.0 -69.1 263 13 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5887.29 m Freezing level: 553.94 mb = 5110.09 m = 16765.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.24 mb = 4419.09 m = 14498.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.86 mb = 3112.57 m = 10211.73 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 35.73 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.61 mb = 3236.49 m = 10618.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 50.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 531.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2795.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.07 mb = 3170.63 m = 10402.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.07 mb = 3352.09 m = 10997.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.07 mb = 14429.96 m = 47341.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2786.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.3 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 296.3 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 359.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 359.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.47 Bulk Rich Number: 10.73 Bulk Shear: 260.48 m/s