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: 35.45,-101.59 Latitude: 35.45 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 1 950 552 2 900 1036 SFC 898 1057 28.2 19.9 61 8.3 22.1 153 13 310.7 313.9 298.9 361.2 16.48 4 850 1542 23.8 18.5 72 5.3 19.9 159 23 311.1 314.1 298.7 359.8 15.93 5 800 2070 21.4 15.0 67 6.4 17.0 202 21 314.0 316.5 297.9 355.9 13.56 6 750 2627 17.1 11.5 69 5.6 13.3 225 18 315.1 317.3 296.8 350.7 11.41 7 700 3213 14.0 2.1 45 11.9 7.2 282 12 318.0 319.2 293.9 338.3 6.38 8 650 3832 8.7 -2.2 46 10.9 2.9 290 13 318.8 319.7 293.0 334.9 5.00 9 600 4487 3.8 -11.6 31 15.4 -2.8 298 14 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.3 2.62 10 550 5188 -0.5 -18.6 24 18.0 -7.0 301 19 323.4 323.7 291.4 329.0 1.60 11 500 5942 -5.5 -18.8 34 13.3 -10.2 306 26 326.3 326.6 292.3 332.3 1.73 12 450 6758 -11.2 -23.0 37 11.8 -14.7 300 28 329.2 329.5 292.8 333.9 1.34 13 400 7650 -18.2 -24.1 60 5.9 -19.8 294 44 331.3 331.6 293.4 336.2 1.36 14 350 8631 -25.7 -32.0 55 6.4 -26.9 300 48 334.1 334.3 293.6 336.9 0.75 15 300 9732 -33.1 -35.9 76 2.8 -33.6 302 34 338.7 338.8 294.6 340.9 0.59 16 250 10988 -42.2 -45.5 70 3.3 -42.5 298 36 343.3 343.3 295.4 344.3 0.26 17 200 12466 -51.0 -65.9 15 14.9 -51.4 291 43 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.03 18 150 14291 -62.6 -74.4 19 11.8 -62.7 292 31 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16743 -69.2 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 283 7 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.79 m Freezing level: 556.28 mb = 5099.73 m = 16731.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.57 mb = 4158.49 m = 13643.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.12 mb = 2112.29 m = 6930.01 ft T: 21.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 32.20 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2953.49 m = 9689.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.98 C = 93.16 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2516.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.54 mb = 2371.40 m = 7780.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.54 mb = 3485.04 m = 11433.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.54 mb = 13979.79 m = 45864.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2498.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.2 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 307.2 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.1 neg: -4.1 tot: 202.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.22 Bulk Rich Number: 18.01 Bulk Shear: 139.71 m/s