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: 37.49,-101.99 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -101.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 516 2 900 1004 SFC 891 1095 31.9 17.3 42 14.6 21.5 158 18 315.3 318.0 298.5 359.2 14.10 4 850 1514 26.5 15.9 52 10.6 19.1 160 23 313.9 316.5 297.8 355.7 13.48 5 800 2045 21.3 14.7 66 6.6 16.8 162 24 313.9 316.4 297.7 355.0 13.29 6 750 2600 16.9 9.2 60 7.7 11.9 177 22 314.9 316.8 295.6 345.4 9.78 7 700 3185 13.3 4.4 55 8.9 8.0 211 19 317.2 318.6 294.6 341.0 7.52 8 650 3805 9.6 -5.8 33 15.4 2.0 242 12 319.9 320.6 292.3 332.4 3.82 9 600 4463 4.6 -12.0 29 16.5 -2.5 264 15 321.4 321.9 291.7 329.9 2.55 10 550 5163 -1.6 -15.0 35 13.4 -6.8 282 16 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.4 2.16 11 500 5912 -7.6 -29.0 16 21.4 -13.0 294 25 323.8 324.0 290.6 326.3 0.70 12 450 6722 -13.3 -39.6 9 26.2 -18.0 299 33 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.27 13 400 7607 -18.8 -46.2 7 27.4 -22.6 301 37 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.15 14 350 8587 -25.8 -44.9 15 19.1 -28.2 302 43 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.7 0.20 15 300 9687 -33.3 -44.6 31 11.3 -34.4 310 50 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.4 0.24 16 250 10943 -42.1 -54.0 26 12.0 -42.7 310 58 343.5 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.10 17 200 12416 -53.1 -67.2 16 14.1 -53.4 315 56 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14226 -62.6 -78.6 10 16.0 -62.8 281 29 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16702 -65.7 -85.2 5 19.5 -65.9 309 3 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.11 m Freezing level: 563.23 mb = 4977.80 m = 16331.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.70 mb = 4091.61 m = 13423.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.90 C = 89.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.67 mb = 2926.65 m = 9601.75 ft T: 14.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 32.85 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.68 mb = 3273.16 m = 10738.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 41.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2256.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.53 mb = 2881.41 m = 9453.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.53 mb = 3925.30 m = 12878.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.53 mb = 13418.49 m = 44023.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2251.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.3 neg: -7.2 tot: 112.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 19.22 Bulk Shear: 117.39 m/s 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: 37.42,-102.63 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -102.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 498 2 900 988 SFC 866 1339 31.9 16.8 40 15.1 21.1 168 20 317.9 320.6 299.1 361.9 14.02 4 850 1501 28.6 16.3 47 12.3 19.8 170 24 316.1 318.8 298.5 359.3 13.83 5 800 2036 23.3 15.2 60 8.1 17.6 174 26 316.0 318.6 298.4 358.6 13.67 6 750 2595 17.9 14.1 78 3.8 15.3 180 26 316.0 318.6 298.4 358.4 13.60 7 700 3181 12.6 11.8 95 0.8 12.1 203 26 316.5 318.9 297.8 355.7 12.54 8 650 3800 10.5 -5.9 31 16.3 2.3 254 20 320.8 321.6 292.6 333.3 3.80 9 600 4460 5.4 -16.9 18 22.3 -3.3 283 20 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.1 1.69 10 550 5162 -0.6 -23.2 16 22.6 -7.9 290 23 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.1 1.07 11 500 5914 -6.2 -35.9 7 29.7 -12.8 297 28 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.36 12 450 6728 -11.9 -42.3 6 30.5 -17.1 303 32 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.20 13 400 7618 -18.0 -41.4 11 23.4 -21.8 307 35 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.25 14 350 8601 -25.3 -41.8 20 16.5 -27.6 309 39 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.28 15 300 9702 -33.5 -45.4 29 12.0 -34.6 314 45 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.1 0.22 16 250 10957 -42.5 -51.7 36 9.2 -43.0 310 52 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.5 0.13 17 200 12425 -53.9 -64.6 26 10.8 -54.1 309 54 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14228 -63.4 -77.8 12 14.4 -63.6 288 26 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16700 -66.0 -85.3 5 19.3 -66.2 250 6 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5874.83 m Freezing level: 555.40 mb = 5086.20 m = 16686.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.30 mb = 4067.23 m = 13343.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.73 mb = 3232.39 m = 10604.82 ft T: 12.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 35.06 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.54 mb = 3102.20 m = 10177.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -6.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 50.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2711.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.07 mb = 3071.87 m = 10078.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.07 mb = 3132.03 m = 10275.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 664.07 mb = 3621.59 m = 11881.71 ft B at Equ Level: 7.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 216.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.15 Bulk Rich Number: 16.54 Bulk Shear: 163.96 m/s