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: 36.85,-102.10 Latitude: 36.85 Longitude: -102.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 554 2 900 1036 SFC 888 1157 28.1 19.7 60 8.4 22.0 164 10 311.7 314.8 299.2 362.4 16.52 4 850 1539 22.0 18.3 80 3.7 19.4 171 10 309.2 312.1 298.1 357.0 15.74 5 800 2064 20.2 11.1 56 9.1 14.3 207 14 312.7 314.7 295.5 345.0 10.46 6 750 2618 16.9 4.9 45 12.1 9.7 223 12 314.9 316.3 293.7 337.7 7.24 7 700 3202 13.1 -0.5 39 13.6 5.6 237 8 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.8 5.26 8 650 3819 8.0 -3.4 44 11.4 2.1 235 7 318.0 318.8 292.4 332.7 4.57 9 600 4473 3.3 -9.1 40 12.3 -2.3 281 9 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.5 3.21 10 550 5172 -2.1 -17.4 30 15.4 -7.6 312 15 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.77 11 500 5919 -8.0 -25.1 24 17.1 -12.8 313 20 323.3 323.5 290.8 326.8 0.99 12 450 6730 -12.6 -39.0 9 26.4 -17.6 305 30 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.4 0.29 13 400 7616 -19.4 -45.4 8 26.1 -22.9 306 38 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 14 350 8594 -26.2 -44.7 16 18.4 -28.5 312 42 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.20 15 300 9691 -34.5 -45.8 31 11.3 -35.6 315 45 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.21 16 250 10939 -43.5 -52.6 36 9.1 -43.9 311 54 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.12 17 200 12406 -53.2 -66.0 20 12.8 -53.5 311 54 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14216 -62.5 -78.8 9 16.3 -62.6 293 17 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16682 -66.2 -84.6 6 18.5 -66.3 220 8 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.83 m Freezing level: 569.28 mb = 4902.45 m = 16083.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.78 mb = 4129.65 m = 13548.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.14 mb = 2214.20 m = 7264.35 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 35.60 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3173.82 m = 10412.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.17 C = 91.70 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -6.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -7.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.97 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2037.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.68 mb = 2485.61 m = 8154.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.68 mb = 3734.09 m = 12250.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.68 mb = 13186.08 m = 43260.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2022.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.7 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 311.7 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.8 neg: -9.8 tot: 54.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 34.90 Bulk Shear: 58.39 m/s