MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F003.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 36.66,-119.75 Latitude: 36.66 Longitude: -119.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 78 25.3 15.2 54 10.1 18.7 145 5 298.1 300.1 291.6 329.8 10.89 1 1000 106 24.2 15.1 57 9.1 18.2 145 4 297.4 299.3 291.4 328.8 10.84 2 950 555 23.7 14.7 57 9.0 17.7 104 18 301.2 303.2 292.8 334.0 11.12 3 900 1026 21.7 11.5 52 10.2 15.2 125 20 303.9 305.6 292.3 332.2 9.49 4 850 1521 20.6 10.2 51 10.3 14.0 200 2 307.7 309.4 293.2 335.7 9.24 5 800 2043 17.9 9.8 59 8.1 12.7 274 10 310.2 312.0 294.2 339.5 9.56 6 750 2591 13.3 8.6 73 4.7 10.3 271 12 311.0 312.8 294.3 339.8 9.37 7 700 3168 8.9 4.7 75 4.3 6.4 294 10 312.4 313.8 293.3 336.1 7.66 8 650 3777 4.0 -0.3 74 4.2 1.7 297 9 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.6 5.78 9 600 4422 -1.0 -6.7 65 5.7 -3.6 299 10 314.9 315.7 290.9 327.3 3.85 10 550 5109 -6.5 -13.7 56 7.2 -9.2 309 11 316.4 316.9 290.1 324.3 2.41 11 500 5846 -11.3 -19.7 50 8.3 -13.9 254 11 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.6 1.60 12 450 6648 -15.0 -30.0 27 14.9 -18.4 221 9 324.3 324.5 290.8 326.8 0.70 13 400 7527 -21.9 -38.9 20 16.9 -24.5 191 8 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.7 0.33 14 350 8494 -28.7 -50.7 10 22.0 -30.6 163 18 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 15 300 9581 -36.2 -61.1 6 24.9 -37.5 176 19 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 16 250 10823 -43.5 -65.5 7 21.9 -44.3 193 22 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 17 200 12306 -48.0 -72.0 5 24.1 -48.6 207 36 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 14168 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 224 34 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16681 -66.3 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 179 10 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.51 m Freezing level: 610.22 mb = 4289.80 m = 14073.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.88 mb = 3979.27 m = 13055.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.99 % Est. max temperature: 34.56 C = 94.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.78 mb = 1361.84 m = 4467.91 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.81 mb = 3075.26 m = 10089.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.28 C = 102.70 F Cap Strength: 7.50 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.80 C Showalter Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 535.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.34 mb = 1722.61 m = 5651.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 575.34 mb = 4753.12 m = 15594.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 455.34 mb = 6558.32 m = 21516.54 ft B at Equ Level: 69.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 315.34 mb = 9229.30 m = 30279.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.1 neg: -45.8 tot: 85.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 61.86 m/s