MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.86,-102.13 Latitude: 35.86 Longitude: -102.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 554 2 900 1037 SFC 888 1154 28.9 19.1 56 9.8 21.8 129 8 312.4 315.4 299.0 361.2 15.85 4 850 1540 22.5 17.7 74 4.8 19.1 134 8 309.7 312.6 297.9 356.0 15.20 5 800 2066 20.7 5.9 38 14.8 11.7 172 8 313.3 314.7 293.3 336.1 7.31 6 750 2620 17.5 1.3 34 16.1 8.3 216 9 315.5 316.6 292.6 333.3 5.61 7 700 3204 13.3 -2.1 34 15.4 5.1 228 7 317.2 318.1 292.3 332.2 4.69 8 650 3822 8.2 -2.0 48 10.3 2.8 250 5 318.3 319.3 292.9 334.6 5.07 9 600 4477 3.4 -7.7 44 11.1 -1.7 295 8 320.1 320.8 292.2 331.8 3.58 10 550 5175 -2.0 -17.3 30 15.3 -7.6 327 13 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.79 11 500 5924 -7.1 -28.1 17 21.0 -12.7 328 16 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.1 0.76 12 450 6737 -11.8 -39.6 8 27.7 -17.0 310 28 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.27 13 400 7625 -18.9 -46.2 7 27.4 -22.6 311 36 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.15 14 350 8605 -25.9 -42.3 20 16.4 -28.1 317 38 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.26 15 300 9702 -34.0 -43.2 39 9.2 -35.0 319 45 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.5 0.28 16 250 10954 -42.8 -54.2 28 11.3 -43.5 313 49 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.8 0.10 17 200 12422 -53.1 -67.7 15 14.6 -53.4 306 49 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14230 -62.8 -79.9 8 17.1 -63.0 290 13 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16684 -66.9 -85.2 6 18.4 -67.0 213 6 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.63 m Freezing level: 568.64 mb = 4914.65 m = 16123.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.01 mb = 4221.44 m = 13849.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.25 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.79 mb = 2385.19 m = 7825.32 ft T: 18.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 28.95 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.34 mb = 3478.38 m = 11411.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.95 C = 93.10 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.83 C Showalter Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 32.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1238.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.25 mb = 2776.61 m = 9109.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.25 mb = 4191.88 m = 13752.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.25 mb = 12703.28 m = 41676.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1221.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.25 mb = 15517.63 m = 50910.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.6 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 329.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 58.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 22.35 Bulk Shear: 55.40 m/s