MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.97,-102.91 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -102.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 520 2 900 1007 SFC 868 1330 27.2 16.7 53 10.5 19.8 147 15 312.8 315.4 297.8 355.5 13.87 4 850 1514 26.2 16.1 54 10.1 19.1 149 25 313.6 316.2 297.9 355.9 13.69 5 800 2046 21.8 14.6 64 7.1 16.8 161 26 314.4 316.9 297.8 355.4 13.22 6 750 2603 17.4 13.8 80 3.6 14.9 197 24 315.4 318.0 298.1 357.1 13.37 7 700 3190 13.8 9.6 76 4.2 11.1 224 26 317.8 319.9 297.0 351.8 10.81 8 650 3812 11.0 -14.1 16 25.2 0.4 262 25 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.1 1.97 9 600 4472 5.9 -17.4 17 23.3 -3.1 286 19 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.5 1.62 10 550 5177 1.0 -39.6 3 40.6 -8.3 299 22 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.2 0.22 11 500 5932 -5.4 -37.5 6 32.0 -12.5 302 27 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.30 12 450 6749 -11.0 -43.4 5 32.4 -16.7 306 38 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.18 13 400 7641 -17.5 -45.2 7 27.7 -21.5 306 45 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.17 14 350 8626 -24.8 -43.8 15 19.0 -27.3 309 45 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.22 15 300 9728 -32.8 -44.9 29 12.1 -34.0 315 39 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.1 0.23 16 250 10989 -41.7 -52.4 30 10.7 -42.3 309 32 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.12 17 200 12459 -53.5 -62.4 33 9.0 -53.7 314 36 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14263 -63.8 -81.0 8 17.2 -64.0 287 24 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16697 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.1 -67.9 288 11 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.38 m Freezing level: 542.07 mb = 5296.44 m = 17376.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.63 mb = 3880.53 m = 12731.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.25 mb = 2668.12 m = 8753.55 ft T: 16.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 28.97 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.31 mb = 3553.67 m = 11658.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.07 C = 93.32 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 43.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1871.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.79 mb = 2881.90 m = 9454.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.79 mb = 4461.20 m = 14636.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.79 mb = 13827.72 m = 45365.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1853.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 384.6 neg: -2.8 tot: 381.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.96 Bulk Rich Number: 7.65 Bulk Shear: 244.74 m/s