MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 34.78,-102.85 Latitude: 34.78 Longitude: -102.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 535 2 900 1020 SFC 877 1252 26.5 16.8 55 9.7 19.6 143 12 311.1 313.8 297.4 353.5 13.85 4 850 1527 26.3 16.2 54 10.0 19.2 150 31 313.7 316.3 298.0 356.3 13.79 5 800 2058 21.5 15.2 67 6.4 17.1 163 31 314.1 316.7 298.0 356.5 13.69 6 750 2615 17.3 14.1 81 3.2 15.1 184 23 315.4 318.0 298.2 357.9 13.64 7 700 3202 13.8 11.3 85 2.5 12.1 225 18 317.8 320.1 297.8 355.8 12.10 8 650 3823 10.5 -8.2 26 18.7 1.6 284 18 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.3 3.17 9 600 4483 5.7 -14.9 21 20.6 -2.7 300 21 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.5 2.00 10 550 5188 1.0 -34.6 5 35.5 -8.1 318 21 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.37 11 500 5944 -5.0 -37.2 6 32.1 -12.2 326 23 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.1 0.31 12 450 6761 -10.6 -47.7 3 37.2 -16.5 322 28 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.11 13 400 7655 -17.2 -43.5 8 26.3 -21.2 318 31 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.5 0.20 14 350 8640 -24.9 -41.9 19 17.0 -27.3 322 33 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.2 0.27 15 300 9742 -33.0 -46.7 24 13.7 -34.4 320 27 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.6 0.19 16 250 11002 -41.5 -66.8 5 25.4 -42.3 299 28 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 17 200 12474 -53.2 -63.3 28 10.1 -53.5 318 28 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14273 -65.0 -79.3 12 14.2 -65.1 291 25 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16710 -67.0 -85.4 6 18.3 -67.2 8 1 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.76 m Freezing level: 542.04 mb = 5308.13 m = 17414.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.28 mb = 4064.25 m = 13334.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.93 mb = 2489.81 m = 8168.56 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 31.26 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3386.23 m = 11109.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 45.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1928.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.00 mb = 2798.11 m = 9180.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.00 mb = 4226.23 m = 13865.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.00 mb = 13908.22 m = 45630.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1925.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 345.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.65 Bulk Rich Number: 7.35 Bulk Shear: 262.22 m/s