MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.88,-102.45 Latitude: 37.88 Longitude: -102.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 511 2 900 1002 SFC 882 1187 33.8 17.5 38 16.3 22.0 164 16 318.2 321.0 299.4 363.7 14.44 4 850 1514 28.3 16.4 48 11.9 19.8 168 18 315.8 318.4 298.5 359.1 13.91 5 800 2049 23.0 15.3 62 7.7 17.6 173 18 315.6 318.3 298.4 358.6 13.78 6 750 2607 17.5 14.2 81 3.3 15.2 178 18 315.5 318.2 298.3 358.1 13.67 7 700 3193 12.4 10.6 89 1.8 11.2 211 16 316.2 318.4 297.1 352.4 11.56 8 650 3811 9.4 -4.8 36 14.2 2.2 254 16 319.6 320.4 292.6 333.0 4.12 9 600 4469 4.5 -14.6 23 19.1 -3.2 272 16 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.3 2.05 10 550 5169 -1.6 -19.1 25 17.5 -7.7 290 16 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.4 1.53 11 500 5917 -7.9 -27.6 19 19.6 -13.1 295 25 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.2 0.79 12 450 6726 -13.5 -38.7 10 25.2 -18.1 303 31 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.30 13 400 7610 -19.5 -46.7 7 27.3 -23.0 306 35 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.14 14 350 8587 -26.5 -48.3 11 21.7 -28.8 306 40 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.14 15 300 9684 -34.2 -45.9 30 11.7 -35.3 308 47 337.2 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.21 16 250 10934 -43.5 -50.8 44 7.4 -43.9 309 56 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.14 17 200 12399 -54.1 -65.2 24 11.1 -54.3 302 57 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14204 -62.7 -78.1 11 15.4 -62.9 277 28 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16689 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 180 7 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.96 m Freezing level: 563.40 mb = 4981.25 m = 16342.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.39 mb = 4076.14 m = 13373.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.95 mb = 3229.21 m = 10594.40 ft T: 12.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 37.52 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.11 mb = 3047.17 m = 9997.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -8.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -8.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.53 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 50.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 612.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3184.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.07 mb = 3047.68 m = 9998.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.07 mb = 3107.49 m = 10195.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.07 mb = 13915.03 m = 45652.43 ft B at Equ Level: 3181.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 31.37 Bulk Shear: 101.53 m/s