MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F054.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F054.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 24.96,-93.94 Latitude: 24.96 Longitude: -93.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 -1 27.2 26.5 96 0.7 26.7 111 2 299.0 303.0 299.3 363.2 21.93 1 1000 134 25.5 25.6 100 -0.0 25.6 115 2 298.7 302.5 298.7 360.2 21.04 2 950 587 22.6 20.8 90 1.8 21.3 104 1 300.1 303.1 296.3 348.5 16.53 3 900 1059 22.9 13.2 54 9.8 16.5 74 3 305.1 307.1 293.6 337.0 10.62 4 850 1556 20.5 11.2 55 9.3 14.6 28 4 307.7 309.5 293.7 337.6 9.89 5 800 2077 17.5 9.3 59 8.1 12.3 8 4 309.8 311.5 293.9 338.0 9.25 6 750 2626 14.9 3.9 48 10.9 8.5 321 4 312.7 314.0 292.7 333.9 6.79 7 700 3206 11.2 -1.1 42 12.3 4.6 295 6 314.9 315.9 292.0 330.9 5.05 8 650 3820 7.1 -1.9 53 9.0 2.4 288 10 316.9 317.9 292.6 333.3 5.12 9 600 4473 3.1 -4.0 60 7.1 -0.5 292 13 319.6 320.6 293.0 335.0 4.73 10 550 5172 -1.2 -10.8 48 9.6 -5.3 292 10 322.7 323.3 292.5 332.9 3.06 11 500 5925 -6.5 -10.5 74 3.9 -8.2 308 10 325.1 325.7 293.4 336.6 3.45 12 450 6740 -11.8 -17.7 62 5.8 -13.9 335 13 328.3 328.8 293.2 335.7 2.12 13 400 7633 -16.9 -29.1 34 12.2 -19.8 11 13 333.0 333.1 293.3 336.1 0.86 14 350 8620 -23.9 -37.0 29 13.0 -26.1 27 11 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.2 0.46 15 300 9727 -31.6 -36.5 62 4.9 -32.4 44 13 340.8 340.9 295.0 342.9 0.56 16 250 10993 -41.0 -46.3 56 5.4 -41.4 86 8 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.2 0.24 17 200 12466 -53.8 -61.5 39 7.7 -54.1 79 20 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.05 18 150 14253 -67.4 -71.1 59 3.8 -67.4 79 35 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16671 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 84 21 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.14 m Freezing level: 563.69 mb = 4980.86 m = 16341.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.84 mb = 4353.62 m = 14283.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.12 % Est. max temperature: 35.07 C = 95.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.30 mb = 78.57 m = 257.76 ft T: 26.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 26.25 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.09 mb = 1677.08 m = 5502.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.36 C = 97.44 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.77 C K Index: 25.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1341.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.30 mb = 685.60 m = 2249.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.30 mb = 3393.61 m = 11133.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.30 mb = 13687.20 m = 44904.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1337.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.4 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 334.4 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -6.1 tot: -4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 128.60 Bulk Shear: 10.43 m/s