MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.31,-103.24 Latitude: 36.31 Longitude: -103.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 507 2 900 998 3 850 1511 SFC 850 1514 30.5 17.7 47 12.7 21.2 174 15 318.1 321.0 299.8 365.9 15.19 5 800 2048 23.9 16.0 61 7.9 18.3 179 18 316.7 319.4 299.1 361.9 14.47 6 750 2608 18.4 14.8 79 3.7 15.9 184 19 316.6 319.4 299.0 361.2 14.26 7 700 3196 13.2 12.1 93 1.0 12.5 204 19 317.1 319.5 298.1 357.3 12.82 8 650 3818 11.1 -13.8 16 24.9 0.5 272 17 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.4 2.03 9 600 4477 5.5 -17.7 17 23.1 -3.4 287 14 322.4 322.7 291.1 327.9 1.59 10 550 5180 -0.3 -27.0 11 26.7 -8.2 302 16 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.4 0.76 11 500 5933 -6.3 -34.0 9 27.8 -12.7 301 23 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.43 12 450 6746 -12.2 -38.9 9 26.7 -17.3 303 29 327.8 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.29 13 400 7635 -18.5 -44.7 8 26.3 -22.2 301 37 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.18 14 350 8616 -26.0 -40.7 24 14.7 -28.0 300 41 333.8 333.8 293.0 335.0 0.31 15 300 9713 -34.1 -44.4 35 10.2 -35.1 307 42 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.25 16 250 10966 -42.5 -51.6 37 9.0 -43.1 302 41 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.13 17 200 12435 -53.7 -63.1 31 9.4 -53.9 303 46 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14238 -62.8 -82.1 6 19.2 -63.0 276 19 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16696 -66.0 -78.0 17 12.0 -66.1 256 12 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5883.04 m Freezing level: 553.02 mb = 5137.42 m = 16854.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.68 mb = 3898.30 m = 12789.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.36 mb = 3118.84 m = 10232.30 ft T: 13.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 39.52 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.55 mb = 3068.51 m = 10067.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.93 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3432.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.63 mb = 3067.55 m = 10064.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.63 mb = 3127.71 m = 10261.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.63 mb = 14417.38 m = 47300.53 ft B at Equ Level: 3408.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.1 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 305.1 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.5 neg: -3.1 tot: 135.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.61 Bulk Rich Number: 32.10 Bulk Shear: 106.92 m/s