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: 37.78,-102.5 Latitude: 37.78 Longitude: -102.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 1 950 494 2 900 983 SFC 872 1267 31.7 16.6 40 15.1 20.9 167 23 317.0 319.7 298.8 360.3 13.79 4 850 1495 28.0 16.0 48 12.0 19.5 169 29 315.5 318.1 298.2 357.7 13.55 5 800 2028 22.6 14.7 61 7.9 17.1 172 30 315.3 317.8 298.0 356.7 13.30 6 750 2586 17.2 13.9 81 3.3 14.9 178 30 315.2 317.8 298.1 357.0 13.43 7 700 3172 12.9 10.6 86 2.3 11.3 210 28 316.7 318.9 297.3 352.9 11.54 8 650 3792 10.4 -5.9 31 16.3 2.3 254 21 320.7 321.5 292.6 333.2 3.80 9 600 4452 5.5 -16.0 20 21.5 -3.0 273 20 322.4 322.8 291.3 328.6 1.82 10 550 5153 -0.6 -25.1 14 24.5 -8.1 289 25 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.5 0.90 11 500 5906 -6.2 -36.8 7 30.7 -12.8 299 32 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.7 0.32 12 450 6720 -12.0 -44.1 5 32.1 -17.3 303 36 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.8 0.17 13 400 7610 -17.9 -44.5 8 26.5 -21.8 307 40 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.18 14 350 8592 -25.1 -43.5 16 18.4 -27.5 309 47 334.9 334.9 293.3 335.8 0.23 15 300 9695 -33.0 -45.1 29 12.0 -34.3 316 52 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.8 0.23 16 250 10952 -42.2 -53.1 29 10.9 -42.8 313 58 343.4 343.4 295.3 343.9 0.11 17 200 12422 -53.5 -65.9 21 12.4 -53.7 316 57 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14228 -63.7 -78.4 12 14.8 -63.8 310 32 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16695 -66.7 -85.1 6 18.4 -66.8 233 9 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5872.10 m Freezing level: 555.33 mb = 5078.65 m = 16662.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.39 mb = 4070.75 m = 13355.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.07 mb = 3158.92 m = 10363.78 ft T: 12.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 30.54 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.10 mb = 3170.68 m = 10402.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.53 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 47.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2343.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.82 mb = 3029.71 m = 9939.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.82 mb = 4091.34 m = 13422.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.82 mb = 13949.02 m = 45763.96 ft B at Equ Level: 2329.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.2 neg: -0.7 tot: 244.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.29 Bulk Rich Number: 11.36 Bulk Shear: 206.25 m/s