MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.23,-103.01 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -103.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 523 2 900 1010 SFC 863 1389 28.5 17.6 52 10.8 20.7 136 5 314.6 317.5 298.9 360.8 14.88 4 850 1519 26.8 16.2 52 10.6 19.3 114 6 314.2 316.9 298.1 356.8 13.74 5 800 2051 21.6 15.0 66 6.6 17.0 104 7 314.1 316.7 297.9 355.9 13.50 6 750 2606 16.5 12.3 76 4.3 13.7 96 6 314.5 316.8 297.0 351.9 12.04 7 700 3192 14.2 1.1 41 13.1 6.8 351 9 318.2 319.3 293.6 337.1 5.92 8 650 3811 9.3 -4.1 39 13.4 2.4 318 8 319.4 320.3 292.7 333.5 4.33 9 600 4468 3.5 -7.7 44 11.2 -1.7 289 9 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.9 3.58 10 550 5165 -3.2 -8.5 67 5.3 -5.5 286 18 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.3 3.67 11 500 5911 -8.8 -12.8 72 4.0 -10.4 300 23 322.3 322.9 292.2 331.8 2.85 12 450 6719 -13.8 -18.9 66 5.1 -15.4 324 39 325.8 326.2 292.4 332.4 1.91 13 400 7606 -18.8 -34.4 24 15.5 -21.8 331 45 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.4 0.52 14 350 8588 -25.0 -45.2 13 20.2 -27.5 333 63 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.19 15 300 9689 -32.6 -54.1 10 21.5 -34.3 327 68 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.8 0.08 16 250 10952 -41.2 -51.9 30 10.8 -41.8 320 62 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.4 0.13 17 200 12433 -50.9 -56.5 52 5.5 -51.1 306 51 352.1 352.2 297.2 352.5 0.09 18 150 14254 -61.5 -73.6 19 12.0 -61.7 324 40 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16714 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 286 4 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.34 m Freezing level: 573.94 mb = 4830.88 m = 15849.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.89 mb = 4187.01 m = 13736.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.95 mb = 2755.24 m = 9039.39 ft T: 15.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.44 C/km ThetaE index: 28.95 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.32 mb = 3405.64 m = 11173.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.08 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -7.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: -8.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2104.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.25 mb = 2902.76 m = 9523.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.25 mb = 3820.77 m = 12535.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.25 mb = 13126.52 m = 43065.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2092.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.6 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 346.6 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.7 neg: -31.1 tot: -19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 29.44 Bulk Shear: 71.48 m/s