MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.80,-100.09 Latitude: 31.80 Longitude: -100.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 508 SFC 946 543 37.5 17.1 30 20.4 22.9 153 12 315.6 318.1 298.0 356.4 13.10 3 900 999 32.5 16.0 37 16.5 20.9 157 15 315.0 317.5 297.7 354.8 12.79 4 850 1510 27.5 15.0 46 12.5 18.8 162 15 315.0 317.4 297.6 354.7 12.76 5 800 2043 22.3 14.0 59 8.4 16.6 171 14 315.0 317.4 297.5 354.3 12.65 6 750 2600 17.0 12.9 77 4.2 14.2 186 14 315.0 317.4 297.5 354.0 12.53 7 700 3184 11.6 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 214 13 315.3 317.6 297.3 352.9 12.07 8 650 3800 7.3 4.0 79 3.4 5.4 290 15 317.3 318.8 294.8 342.1 7.86 9 600 4455 3.4 -5.7 51 9.2 -1.0 306 19 320.1 320.9 292.7 333.6 4.15 10 550 5155 -0.8 -14.1 36 13.3 -6.1 321 32 323.2 323.6 292.0 331.0 2.33 11 500 5909 -4.7 -29.3 13 24.7 -11.3 331 34 327.3 327.5 291.6 329.8 0.67 12 450 6732 -9.0 -45.7 3 36.6 -15.4 330 37 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 13 400 7630 -15.4 -48.8 4 33.4 -20.3 329 33 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.11 14 350 8623 -22.6 -53.3 4 30.7 -25.9 337 43 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 15 300 9733 -31.3 -56.4 7 25.1 -33.2 332 43 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.06 16 250 11000 -40.0 -64.0 6 24.0 -41.1 335 43 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 17 200 12486 -51.9 -74.1 5 22.2 -52.3 323 27 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14290 -65.0 -77.2 17 12.2 -65.1 312 29 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 19 100 16710 -71.0 -83.0 15 12.0 -71.0 4 9 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5866.21 m Freezing level: 559.28 mb = 5025.02 m = 16486.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.10 mb = 4345.39 m = 14256.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.67 % Est. max temperature: 36.90 C = 98.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.82 mb = 3102.03 m = 10177.13 ft T: 12.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 26.65 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.93 mb = 3100.67 m = 10172.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.91 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.23 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 46.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1426.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.29 mb = 3084.42 m = 10119.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.29 mb = 3144.41 m = 10316.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.29 mb = 13757.75 m = 45136.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1414.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.7 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 325.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 10.14 Bulk Shear: 140.61 m/s