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: 34.08,-100.93 Latitude: 34.08 Longitude: -100.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 513 SFC 922 777 29.1 21.3 63 7.8 23.3 100 11 309.3 312.6 299.2 362.8 17.57 3 900 995 27.4 19.6 63 7.8 21.8 93 17 309.7 312.8 298.5 359.1 16.19 4 850 1502 25.8 18.4 64 7.3 20.5 126 10 313.1 316.2 299.1 362.2 15.92 5 800 2033 21.7 16.4 72 5.3 17.9 175 10 314.3 317.1 298.7 360.2 14.81 6 750 2592 19.4 7.9 47 11.5 12.0 295 15 317.6 319.3 295.7 345.8 8.94 7 700 3181 15.1 1.5 40 13.5 7.3 297 23 319.2 320.4 294.0 338.8 6.11 8 650 3802 9.6 -4.2 38 13.8 2.5 301 25 319.8 320.6 292.7 333.8 4.30 9 600 4459 4.2 -11.4 31 15.6 -2.5 314 32 321.0 321.5 291.7 329.9 2.66 10 550 5159 -1.6 -5.0 78 3.3 -3.3 305 45 322.1 323.1 293.8 337.9 4.81 11 500 5910 -6.6 -12.5 63 5.8 -9.0 308 50 324.9 325.5 293.0 334.8 2.93 12 450 6726 -11.2 -17.0 62 5.8 -13.2 314 47 329.2 329.7 293.6 337.0 2.24 13 400 7620 -16.8 -34.8 19 18.0 -20.4 319 40 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.1 0.50 14 350 8608 -23.9 -50.2 7 26.3 -26.8 326 57 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.11 15 300 9714 -31.5 -36.5 61 5.1 -32.2 323 60 341.0 341.1 295.1 343.2 0.56 16 250 10984 -40.2 -43.3 72 3.1 -40.5 316 57 346.3 346.4 296.1 347.7 0.33 17 200 12468 -51.0 -54.7 65 3.7 -51.2 294 50 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.5 0.11 18 150 14283 -62.7 -66.5 60 3.7 -62.8 297 32 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.03 19 100 16717 -71.0 -83.5 14 12.5 -71.1 304 13 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.38 m Freezing level: 564.01 mb = 4962.40 m = 16280.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.95 mb = 4124.12 m = 13530.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.26 % Est. max temperature: 35.70 C = 96.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.30 mb = 1771.20 m = 5810.96 ft T: 23.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 32.35 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.81 mb = 3086.02 m = 10124.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.48 C = 101.26 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.40 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2583.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.71 mb = 2222.42 m = 7291.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.71 mb = 3576.30 m = 11733.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.71 mb = 14375.08 m = 47161.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2555.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.4 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 336.4 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.5 neg: -33.4 tot: 287.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.68 Bulk Rich Number: 10.70 Bulk Shear: 241.41 m/s