MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 23Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.24,-101.71 Latitude: 38.24 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 529 2 900 1004 SFC 892 1084 21.5 21.1 97 0.4 21.2 33 5 304.5 307.8 298.3 358.1 17.94 4 850 1501 20.0 19.1 94 0.9 19.4 77 11 307.1 310.2 298.1 357.2 16.61 5 800 2024 18.0 17.2 95 0.8 17.4 134 10 310.3 313.3 298.3 357.9 15.58 6 750 2576 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 173 13 313.2 316.0 298.3 358.1 14.55 7 700 3160 12.1 11.0 93 1.1 11.4 204 16 315.9 318.2 297.3 353.1 11.90 8 650 3777 8.1 0.9 60 7.2 4.1 250 19 318.1 319.3 293.9 338.1 6.29 9 600 4433 4.0 -1.4 68 5.3 1.1 280 22 320.7 321.9 294.1 339.4 5.78 10 550 5135 -0.3 -5.6 68 5.2 -2.9 291 24 323.7 324.6 294.0 338.9 4.60 11 500 5892 -4.3 -11.9 55 7.6 -7.5 301 25 327.8 328.4 293.9 338.2 3.06 12 450 6715 -8.6 -20.1 39 11.5 -12.5 300 22 332.4 332.7 293.9 338.5 1.72 13 400 7617 -14.6 -30.9 24 16.2 -18.5 286 22 336.0 336.1 294.0 338.7 0.73 14 350 8612 -22.5 -41.5 16 19.0 -25.4 289 21 338.4 338.5 294.2 339.6 0.29 15 300 9727 -29.8 -56.8 5 27.0 -32.0 288 20 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.06 16 250 11000 -39.4 -65.7 4 26.3 -40.5 293 27 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 17 200 12486 -51.6 -66.2 16 14.6 -52.0 294 27 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.03 18 150 14295 -64.7 -80.2 10 15.5 -64.8 292 20 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.00 19 100 16720 -70.4 -85.1 10 14.7 -70.5 312 26 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.55 m Freezing level: 553.75 mb = 5082.53 m = 16674.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.99 mb = 4623.82 m = 15169.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.34 mb = 1136.89 m = 3729.90 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 1977.56 m = 6487.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 42.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1674.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.17 mb = 1693.98 m = 5557.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.17 mb = 2849.24 m = 9347.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.17 mb = 14041.91 m = 46068.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1672.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.4 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 305.4 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.4 neg: -3.9 tot: 253.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 18.55 Bulk Shear: 90.24 m/s