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: 35.58,-101.59 Latitude: 35.58 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 SFC 904 994 29.0 20.1 59 8.9 22.5 154 12 310.9 314.1 299.0 361.7 16.59 3 900 1036 28.7 19.9 59 8.8 22.3 155 15 311.1 314.2 299.0 361.6 16.48 4 850 1542 23.9 18.5 72 5.3 20.1 161 21 311.2 314.2 298.7 360.2 16.01 5 800 2071 21.4 15.1 67 6.3 17.0 207 20 313.9 316.5 297.9 356.1 13.63 6 750 2627 17.0 11.4 70 5.6 13.3 228 17 315.0 317.2 296.7 350.5 11.40 7 700 3212 14.0 2.1 45 11.8 7.1 280 11 317.9 319.2 293.9 338.3 6.39 8 650 3831 8.6 -1.7 48 10.3 3.1 293 11 318.6 319.6 293.2 335.3 5.18 9 600 4486 3.4 -10.3 36 13.8 -2.6 297 14 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.7 2.91 10 550 5186 -0.8 -17.0 28 16.2 -6.8 297 18 323.2 323.5 291.6 329.5 1.84 11 500 5940 -5.7 -13.5 54 7.8 -8.8 299 32 326.1 326.6 293.1 335.2 2.69 12 450 6757 -11.5 -17.1 64 5.5 -13.5 293 33 328.7 329.2 293.4 336.4 2.23 13 400 7647 -18.6 -26.5 50 7.9 -20.5 300 36 330.8 331.0 293.0 334.8 1.10 14 350 8629 -25.7 -29.4 71 3.7 -26.5 314 44 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.6 0.96 15 300 9730 -33.3 -36.3 74 3.0 -33.7 305 21 338.5 338.6 294.5 340.7 0.57 16 250 10985 -42.1 -45.6 69 3.4 -42.4 302 34 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.26 17 200 12463 -50.7 -67.9 11 17.1 -51.1 290 42 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 18 150 14289 -62.4 -75.8 15 13.4 -62.5 290 29 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16744 -68.8 -83.1 11 14.3 -68.9 280 7 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.37 m Freezing level: 559.06 mb = 5059.22 m = 16598.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.02 mb = 4178.29 m = 13708.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.85 % Est. max temperature: 32.87 C = 91.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.98 mb = 2125.06 m = 6971.89 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 32.27 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.30 mb = 2864.41 m = 9397.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.09 C = 93.37 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.26 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 502.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2656.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.88 mb = 2334.58 m = 7659.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.88 mb = 3443.81 m = 11298.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.88 mb = 13844.88 m = 45422.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2648.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.9 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 304.9 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.7 neg: -8.1 tot: 176.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.06 Bulk Rich Number: 19.60 Bulk Shear: 135.54 m/s