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: 37.90,-102.93 Latitude: 37.90 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 1 950 478 2 900 971 SFC 874 1235 34.4 15.4 32 19.0 20.9 180 21 319.6 322.1 298.7 359.8 12.69 4 850 1487 30.5 14.3 37 16.2 19.2 181 27 318.1 320.5 298.0 356.3 12.13 5 800 2025 25.2 13.5 48 11.7 17.1 183 28 318.0 320.4 298.0 356.5 12.24 6 750 2587 19.7 12.4 63 7.3 14.7 186 28 318.0 320.3 298.0 356.3 12.18 7 700 3176 13.9 11.3 84 2.7 12.1 188 28 317.9 320.3 297.9 356.0 12.10 8 650 3797 9.5 3.9 68 5.6 6.2 215 23 319.7 321.3 295.4 344.7 7.83 9 600 4456 4.8 -7.7 40 12.5 -1.1 254 12 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.5 3.57 10 550 5158 -1.2 -12.3 43 11.1 -5.8 290 15 322.7 323.2 292.2 331.8 2.71 11 500 5908 -7.2 -15.8 50 8.6 -10.4 298 21 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.8 2.23 12 450 6720 -13.1 -19.7 57 6.6 -15.2 308 27 326.8 327.1 292.5 332.9 1.78 13 400 7606 -19.0 -24.1 64 5.1 -20.3 316 33 330.3 330.6 293.1 335.2 1.37 14 350 8587 -25.5 -28.0 80 2.5 -26.1 318 40 334.3 334.6 293.9 338.3 1.09 15 300 9690 -32.6 -34.2 85 1.6 -32.9 316 45 339.4 339.6 294.8 342.1 0.70 16 250 10951 -41.0 -44.2 72 3.1 -41.3 308 51 345.1 345.1 295.8 346.3 0.30 17 200 12432 -51.6 -55.4 64 3.8 -51.8 302 57 351.0 351.1 297.0 351.5 0.10 18 150 14244 -62.9 -67.0 57 4.1 -62.9 302 40 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.03 19 100 16717 -65.5 -85.1 5 19.5 -65.7 208 6 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5889.20 m Freezing level: 559.82 mb = 5019.85 m = 16469.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.53 mb = 4353.63 m = 14283.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 664.31 mb = 3614.82 m = 11859.49 ft T: 10.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 24.72 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.11 mb = 3642.68 m = 11950.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.09 C = 93.36 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -6.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 49.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 585.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2169.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.84 mb = 3520.44 m = 11549.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.84 mb = 3837.54 m = 12590.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.84 mb = 13574.26 m = 44534.44 ft B at Equ Level: 2155.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.8 neg: -7.1 tot: 89.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 31.90 Bulk Shear: 68.01 m/s