MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F049.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F049.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 49 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.35,-101.59 Latitude: 35.35 Longitude: -101.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 551 2 900 1036 SFC 895 1085 28.0 19.8 61 8.2 22.1 152 13 310.9 314.0 299.0 361.3 16.49 4 850 1541 23.9 18.6 72 5.3 20.1 157 23 311.2 314.2 298.8 360.3 16.05 5 800 2070 21.4 15.1 67 6.4 17.0 198 21 314.0 316.6 297.9 356.1 13.60 6 750 2626 16.8 12.6 76 4.2 14.0 221 19 314.8 317.2 297.3 353.2 12.35 7 700 3212 14.0 2.4 46 11.6 7.3 282 12 318.0 319.2 294.0 338.8 6.53 8 650 3831 8.9 -3.5 41 12.4 2.5 288 13 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.7 4.54 9 600 4487 4.4 -13.7 25 18.1 -3.0 299 16 321.2 321.7 291.3 328.7 2.21 10 550 5189 -0.4 -18.5 24 18.1 -7.0 304 21 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.2 1.61 11 500 5944 -5.2 -33.5 9 28.4 -12.0 315 21 326.8 326.8 291.3 328.4 0.45 12 450 6760 -11.3 -29.9 20 18.5 -15.9 306 21 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.6 0.71 13 400 7651 -17.7 -28.3 39 10.6 -20.3 299 30 332.0 332.2 293.2 335.4 0.93 14 350 8634 -25.8 -35.3 40 9.6 -27.3 295 48 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.54 15 300 9734 -33.1 -35.9 76 2.8 -33.5 299 43 338.7 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.59 16 250 10993 -42.2 -45.3 71 3.2 -42.4 298 39 343.4 343.4 295.4 344.5 0.27 17 200 12468 -51.2 -77.9 3 26.7 -51.6 291 43 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.00 18 150 14293 -62.7 -84.0 4 21.2 -62.9 294 31 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16743 -69.3 -84.8 9 15.5 -69.4 285 6 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.97 m Freezing level: 554.27 mb = 5129.14 m = 16827.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.48 mb = 4120.48 m = 13518.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.60 mb = 2128.36 m = 6982.72 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 32.69 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.39 mb = 2909.65 m = 9545.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.32 C = 91.98 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 36.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2520.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.30 mb = 2395.97 m = 7860.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.30 mb = 3512.45 m = 11523.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.30 mb = 14072.21 m = 46168.11 ft B at Equ Level: 2501.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 212.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.35 Bulk Rich Number: 17.81 Bulk Shear: 141.47 m/s