MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.48,-100.44 Latitude: 36.48 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 584 SFC 921 847 15.7 15.0 96 0.6 15.3 13 2 295.7 297.8 291.6 329.5 11.75 3 900 1049 19.6 14.9 75 4.6 16.5 101 2 301.7 303.9 293.6 336.9 11.94 4 850 1543 19.5 12.7 65 6.8 15.0 305 1 306.6 308.6 294.2 339.5 10.91 5 800 2063 17.2 9.7 61 7.5 12.4 302 5 309.4 311.2 293.9 338.4 9.48 6 750 2611 13.5 6.5 63 7.0 9.3 328 10 311.3 312.8 293.4 336.4 8.14 7 700 3188 10.1 -2.3 42 12.3 3.7 326 15 313.6 314.5 291.2 328.3 4.62 8 650 3800 6.9 -9.3 30 16.2 -0.3 344 23 316.8 317.4 290.6 326.3 2.91 9 600 4451 2.2 -12.9 32 15.1 -4.0 353 34 318.6 319.1 290.7 326.4 2.36 10 550 5146 -3.3 -22.2 22 18.9 -9.2 338 38 320.1 320.3 290.0 324.1 1.17 11 500 5892 -7.9 -37.9 7 29.9 -14.0 335 37 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.29 12 450 6704 -11.8 -39.9 8 28.1 -17.0 331 40 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.4 0.26 13 400 7595 -17.4 -46.5 6 29.1 -21.5 323 39 332.4 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.15 14 350 8577 -26.1 -49.7 9 23.6 -28.5 332 44 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.12 15 300 9674 -34.2 -52.6 14 18.3 -35.6 324 56 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.10 16 250 10924 -43.3 -58.0 18 14.6 -44.0 317 64 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.06 17 200 12391 -52.8 -68.4 13 15.6 -53.2 312 51 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14217 -60.0 -81.6 4 21.6 -60.2 301 26 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16683 -68.5 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.5 103 3 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.19 m Freezing level: 580.45 mb = 4722.93 m = 15494.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.16 mb = 3747.48 m = 12294.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.06 mb = 924.85 m = 3034.25 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 13.16 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.73 mb = 3155.31 m = 10351.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.54 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.17 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 27.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 365.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.15 mb = 2040.05 m = 6692.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 527.15 mb = 5478.27 m = 17973.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 487.15 mb = 6092.75 m = 19989.11 ft B at Equ Level: 35.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 427.15 mb = 7098.29 m = 23288.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.5 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 7.5 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.9 neg: -6.0 tot: 79.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 68.30 m/s