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: 36.46,-102.31 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -102.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 547 2 900 1029 SFC 883 1200 26.0 18.0 62 7.9 20.3 132 16 310.0 312.8 297.8 355.4 14.92 4 850 1533 23.6 17.1 67 6.5 18.9 144 31 310.8 313.6 297.8 355.3 14.55 5 800 2060 19.4 14.9 75 4.5 16.3 155 30 311.8 314.3 297.3 353.0 13.43 6 750 2613 16.5 12.3 76 4.2 13.6 188 23 314.4 316.7 297.0 351.8 12.05 7 700 3199 14.1 11.8 86 2.2 12.6 221 21 318.1 320.5 298.2 357.6 12.55 8 650 3821 10.6 -6.7 29 17.3 2.1 251 18 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.7 3.56 9 600 4481 5.3 -18.7 16 24.0 -3.6 260 10 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.3 1.46 10 550 5182 -0.9 -24.6 15 23.7 -8.2 267 9 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.3 0.94 11 500 5933 -7.0 -31.6 12 24.6 -13.0 275 10 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.5 0.54 12 450 6742 -14.0 -27.4 31 13.4 -17.3 283 20 325.6 325.8 291.4 328.8 0.90 13 400 7625 -19.9 -31.1 36 11.2 -22.2 294 38 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.71 14 350 8603 -26.1 -43.9 17 17.9 -28.3 291 54 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.5 0.22 15 300 9701 -33.6 -43.7 36 10.1 -34.7 294 55 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.1 0.27 16 250 10957 -42.2 -45.7 69 3.5 -42.5 290 52 343.3 343.3 295.4 344.3 0.26 17 200 12430 -52.2 -55.9 64 3.8 -52.3 296 52 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.6 0.10 18 150 14248 -63.6 -74.4 22 10.8 -63.7 275 21 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16696 -65.4 -84.9 5 19.6 -65.5 208 8 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.07 m Freezing level: 557.41 mb = 5077.91 m = 16659.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.46 mb = 4059.38 m = 13318.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.32 mb = 2207.85 m = 7243.52 ft T: 18.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 3.59 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.28 mb = 3340.59 m = 10959.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.96 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 45.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1963.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.34 mb = 2462.28 m = 8078.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.34 mb = 4366.82 m = 14326.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.34 mb = 13154.62 m = 43157.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1959.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -132.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 270.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.12 Bulk Rich Number: 17.27 Bulk Shear: 113.72 m/s