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: 36.23,-103.3 Latitude: 36.23 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 34 1 950 489 2 900 980 3 850 1493 SFC 849 1505 29.4 17.7 50 11.6 20.9 155 20 317.0 320.0 299.6 364.8 15.23 5 800 2030 24.1 15.8 60 8.3 18.2 160 29 316.8 319.6 299.0 361.5 14.25 6 750 2591 18.8 14.5 76 4.3 15.8 169 30 317.0 319.7 298.8 360.8 13.98 7 700 3179 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 187 30 317.1 319.8 298.6 359.4 13.49 8 650 3801 9.4 4.1 69 5.3 6.2 219 30 319.6 321.2 295.5 344.9 7.92 9 600 4459 4.5 -4.4 52 8.9 -0.0 259 30 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.3 4.59 10 550 5161 -0.8 -12.2 42 11.3 -5.5 284 38 323.1 323.6 292.3 332.3 2.74 11 500 5915 -5.5 -34.5 8 29.0 -12.3 296 41 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.9 0.41 12 450 6732 -10.7 -40.4 7 29.7 -16.3 298 44 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.7 0.25 13 400 7624 -17.5 -37.0 17 19.5 -21.1 301 46 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.8 0.40 14 350 8609 -24.7 -45.9 12 21.2 -27.3 305 49 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.18 15 300 9712 -32.3 -49.1 17 16.9 -33.8 311 47 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.15 16 250 10976 -40.7 -57.6 15 16.9 -41.5 316 40 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.06 17 200 12456 -52.0 -57.6 51 5.6 -52.2 336 42 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.8 0.08 18 150 14273 -63.2 -70.1 39 6.9 -63.3 358 31 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.02 19 100 16706 -68.6 -85.8 7 17.2 -68.7 251 14 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5881.13 m Freezing level: 557.81 mb = 5051.14 m = 16571.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.31 mb = 4455.08 m = 14616.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.16 mb = 2972.51 m = 9752.22 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 36.89 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.13 mb = 3092.65 m = 10146.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2913.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.25 mb = 3067.09 m = 10062.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.25 mb = 3127.44 m = 10260.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.25 mb = 14507.86 m = 47597.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2885.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 430.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 430.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.46 Bulk Rich Number: 10.00 Bulk Shear: 291.44 m/s