MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 33.95,-100.36 Latitude: 33.95 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 955 576 25.5 19.9 71 5.6 21.5 24 6 302.6 305.4 296.3 348.4 15.48 2 950 619 25.7 20.1 71 5.6 21.7 31 9 303.3 306.2 296.7 350.2 15.80 3 900 1092 21.6 18.9 84 2.8 19.7 40 13 303.8 306.7 296.5 349.6 15.40 4 850 1589 20.4 16.1 76 4.4 17.4 58 12 307.6 310.1 296.4 348.8 13.66 5 800 2111 17.4 12.7 74 4.7 14.3 84 5 309.6 311.8 295.5 345.0 11.60 6 750 2660 14.1 7.0 62 7.1 9.7 227 9 311.9 313.5 293.8 337.8 8.40 7 700 3238 9.4 5.1 75 4.2 6.9 236 14 312.8 314.3 293.7 337.4 7.92 8 650 3848 4.1 3.2 94 0.9 3.6 264 12 313.6 315.0 293.6 336.9 7.45 9 600 4494 0.3 -1.1 90 1.5 -0.4 300 7 316.5 317.7 293.1 335.2 5.89 10 550 5190 -2.4 -4.2 88 1.8 -3.3 353 7 321.2 322.2 293.8 337.8 5.10 11 500 5941 -6.4 -8.8 84 2.3 -7.5 335 10 325.2 326.0 293.9 338.3 3.94 12 450 6758 -10.9 -15.4 70 4.5 -12.6 316 12 329.5 330.0 293.9 338.3 2.56 13 400 7654 -16.0 -22.9 55 7.0 -18.0 287 11 334.3 334.6 294.3 339.7 1.51 14 350 8647 -22.3 -36.2 27 13.8 -24.8 286 18 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.5 0.50 15 300 9759 -31.0 -45.6 22 14.7 -32.6 263 21 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.6 0.22 16 250 11029 -40.0 -72.2 2 32.2 -41.1 280 19 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 17 200 12509 -51.9 -69.8 10 17.9 -52.2 248 10 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14319 -64.5 -79.2 12 14.7 -64.6 312 2 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16736 -70.4 -84.9 10 14.6 -70.4 64 6 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.06 m Freezing level: 593.67 mb = 4582.51 m = 15034.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4420.03 m = 14501.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.86 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.17 mb = 1285.99 m = 4219.09 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 14.95 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2261.96 m = 7421.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 38.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 832.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.09 mb = 1557.52 m = 5109.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.09 mb = 3024.05 m = 9921.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.09 mb = 11637.54 m = 38180.46 ft B at Equ Level: 832.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.09 mb = 15260.41 m = 50066.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.1 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 349.1 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.5 neg: -6.9 tot: 112.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 39.82 Bulk Shear: 20.91 m/s