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: 35.55,-101.11 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -101.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 1 950 585 SFC 907 994 23.8 19.6 77 4.2 20.8 276 10 305.3 308.3 297.3 353.2 15.99 3 900 1061 23.4 19.2 78 4.2 20.4 274 14 305.6 308.5 297.2 352.7 15.75 4 850 1558 19.0 18.1 95 0.9 18.4 232 12 306.0 308.9 297.3 352.8 15.59 5 800 2078 16.2 15.9 98 0.2 16.0 207 18 308.4 311.1 297.1 352.0 14.39 6 750 2627 14.2 14.2 100 -0.0 14.2 215 25 312.0 314.6 297.5 354.0 13.70 7 700 3208 11.5 11.0 97 0.4 11.2 221 29 315.2 317.4 297.1 352.2 11.89 8 650 3823 6.0 5.2 94 0.9 5.5 222 31 315.8 317.4 295.0 342.6 8.55 9 600 4474 0.7 -0.1 94 0.9 0.3 218 28 317.0 318.2 293.6 337.1 6.34 10 550 5168 -3.7 -4.2 96 0.5 -3.9 213 26 319.8 320.7 293.4 336.3 5.11 11 500 5916 -8.0 -8.4 97 0.4 -8.2 214 24 323.2 324.0 293.5 336.6 4.06 12 450 6727 -12.7 -13.0 98 0.3 -12.8 217 23 327.3 327.9 293.8 337.9 3.14 13 400 7616 -18.2 -18.5 98 0.3 -18.3 229 19 331.4 331.8 294.1 339.2 2.23 14 350 8601 -23.9 -24.3 97 0.4 -24.0 256 16 336.5 336.8 294.8 342.0 1.53 15 300 9714 -30.3 -30.6 97 0.3 -30.4 289 18 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.4 0.99 16 250 10983 -40.5 -43.4 73 2.9 -40.7 304 28 345.9 346.0 296.0 347.2 0.33 17 200 12467 -51.0 -54.8 63 3.8 -51.1 316 35 352.0 352.1 297.2 352.5 0.11 18 150 14285 -62.2 -66.3 57 4.2 -62.2 341 41 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.03 19 100 16774 -66.9 -84.1 7 17.2 -67.1 345 8 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.02 m Freezing level: 591.65 mb = 4589.51 m = 15057.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.95 mb = 4514.24 m = 14810.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.78 mb = 1529.76 m = 5018.84 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 17.75 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1842.73 m = 6045.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.70 C = 78.27 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 26.17 C K Index: 44.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1470.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.10 mb = 1720.14 m = 5643.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.10 mb = 3338.63 m = 10953.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.10 mb = 12495.09 m = 40993.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1467.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.10 mb = 16239.59 m = 53278.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.4 neg: -9.3 tot: 67.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 41.39 Bulk Shear: 35.54 m/s