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: 33.30,-100.15 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -100.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 512 SFC 948 530 32.9 21.7 52 11.2 24.6 103 17 310.8 314.1 299.5 364.4 17.50 3 900 998 28.4 20.1 61 8.3 22.3 109 25 310.8 314.0 299.1 362.0 16.73 4 850 1504 25.1 17.8 64 7.3 19.8 130 21 312.4 315.3 298.5 359.3 15.22 5 800 2034 21.8 15.2 66 6.6 17.2 170 8 314.4 317.0 298.1 357.0 13.73 6 750 2591 17.4 12.5 73 4.9 14.0 269 10 315.4 317.8 297.4 353.5 12.21 7 700 3177 13.7 6.0 60 7.7 8.9 302 18 317.6 319.3 295.3 344.2 8.41 8 650 3797 9.3 1.2 57 8.0 4.7 314 24 319.4 320.7 294.3 340.1 6.45 9 600 4454 3.8 -4.9 53 8.7 -0.5 312 26 320.5 321.4 293.0 335.0 4.44 10 550 5154 -1.0 -18.3 26 17.3 -7.2 314 30 322.9 323.3 291.3 328.6 1.65 11 500 5909 -4.4 -36.8 6 32.5 -11.8 309 33 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.32 12 450 6730 -10.2 -37.6 9 27.5 -15.8 301 43 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.33 13 400 7624 -16.4 -41.9 9 25.5 -20.6 300 48 333.7 333.7 293.0 334.6 0.24 14 350 8614 -24.0 -32.2 47 8.2 -25.6 304 57 336.5 336.6 294.1 339.2 0.74 15 300 9721 -31.3 -36.8 58 5.6 -32.1 309 58 341.3 341.4 295.1 343.4 0.54 16 250 10990 -39.9 -44.6 61 4.6 -40.4 303 48 346.7 346.8 296.1 347.9 0.29 17 200 12479 -50.3 -55.3 55 5.0 -50.5 311 43 353.2 353.2 297.4 353.6 0.11 18 150 14296 -63.8 -76.7 16 12.9 -63.8 298 40 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16717 -71.5 -83.8 14 12.3 -71.5 329 9 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.36 m Freezing level: 560.10 mb = 5012.54 m = 16445.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.87 mb = 4388.11 m = 14396.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.86 % Est. max temperature: 36.50 C = 97.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.63 mb = 1961.82 m = 6436.33 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 35.78 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.46 mb = 2665.39 m = 8744.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.78 C = 100.01 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 39.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2577.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.94 mb = 2132.30 m = 6995.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.94 mb = 3225.70 m = 10582.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.94 mb = 14459.42 m = 47438.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2570.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.6 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 339.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 316.0 neg: -14.5 tot: 301.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.20 Bulk Rich Number: 10.18 Bulk Shear: 253.26 m/s