MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.6,-102.35 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -102.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 503 2 900 991 SFC 876 1233 29.7 16.6 45 13.1 20.4 161 22 314.5 317.1 298.1 356.9 13.67 4 850 1501 26.9 15.6 50 11.3 19.0 162 32 314.3 316.9 297.8 355.4 13.25 5 800 2033 21.7 14.6 64 7.1 16.8 164 33 314.2 316.8 297.7 355.0 13.16 6 750 2589 16.3 13.4 83 2.9 14.3 166 34 314.2 316.7 297.6 354.5 12.99 7 700 3172 12.1 11.9 99 0.2 12.0 204 34 315.8 318.3 297.7 355.2 12.61 8 650 3792 10.6 -6.8 29 17.4 2.1 232 23 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.6 3.54 9 600 4452 5.2 -16.6 19 21.8 -3.3 249 19 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.1 1.74 10 550 5153 -1.1 -20.6 21 19.6 -7.7 260 20 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.5 1.34 11 500 5903 -7.7 -25.1 23 17.5 -12.6 273 24 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.2 0.99 12 450 6711 -14.2 -19.8 62 5.6 -16.0 281 29 325.4 325.7 292.1 331.5 1.76 13 400 7596 -18.9 -20.5 87 1.6 -19.4 284 33 330.4 330.8 293.6 337.0 1.87 14 350 8578 -24.9 -27.2 81 2.3 -25.5 294 44 335.1 335.4 294.2 339.4 1.18 15 300 9684 -31.7 -34.2 78 2.5 -32.1 303 55 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.4 0.71 16 250 10951 -40.5 -43.5 73 2.9 -40.8 311 66 345.8 345.9 296.0 347.1 0.33 17 200 12432 -51.3 -55.0 64 3.7 -51.4 325 70 351.6 351.6 297.1 352.0 0.11 18 150 14248 -63.1 -67.3 56 4.2 -63.1 334 54 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.03 19 100 16702 -66.3 -84.8 6 18.4 -66.4 212 8 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.69 m Freezing level: 558.46 mb = 5034.40 m = 16516.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.58 mb = 4042.00 m = 13261.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.07 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.04 mb = 2886.69 m = 9470.67 ft T: 14.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 2.44 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.79 mb = 3066.87 m = 10061.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 50.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 593.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1840.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.14 mb = 2920.63 m = 9582.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.14 mb = 4232.90 m = 13887.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.14 mb = 13233.66 m = 43417.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1831.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.1 neg: -4.0 tot: 262.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.95 Bulk Rich Number: 15.35 Bulk Shear: 119.89 m/s