MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F052.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F052.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 52 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-101.08 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -101.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 549 SFC 914 891 24.8 21.8 83 3.1 22.6 98 16 305.8 309.2 298.8 360.6 18.26 3 900 1025 22.7 21.3 92 1.4 21.7 99 21 304.9 308.3 298.5 358.9 18.04 4 850 1523 21.5 18.0 80 3.6 19.0 127 16 308.7 311.6 297.8 355.4 15.42 5 800 2046 17.5 16.2 92 1.3 16.6 160 10 309.8 312.5 297.5 354.3 14.63 6 750 2597 14.6 14.5 99 0.2 14.5 181 12 312.5 315.1 297.8 355.4 13.94 7 700 3180 12.9 5.8 62 7.1 8.6 257 23 316.8 318.4 295.0 342.9 8.29 8 650 3799 9.0 -2.9 43 11.9 2.8 279 25 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.5 4.75 9 600 4454 3.0 -8.1 44 11.1 -2.1 294 27 319.5 320.2 291.9 330.9 3.46 10 550 5151 -3.0 -12.4 48 9.3 -6.8 299 30 320.5 321.0 291.6 329.5 2.69 11 500 5898 -8.2 -14.4 61 6.2 -10.5 303 44 323.1 323.6 292.2 331.5 2.52 12 450 6709 -13.1 -21.8 48 8.7 -15.7 309 38 326.8 327.1 292.3 332.0 1.49 13 400 7592 -20.4 -24.7 69 4.3 -21.5 316 36 328.5 328.8 292.6 333.1 1.30 14 350 8568 -26.2 -40.7 24 14.5 -28.2 328 49 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.6 0.31 15 300 9668 -33.0 -53.4 11 20.3 -34.6 325 59 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.09 16 250 10929 -40.5 -62.6 8 22.0 -41.5 325 65 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 17 200 12419 -49.2 -53.9 58 4.7 -49.4 311 58 354.9 354.9 297.8 355.4 0.12 18 150 14242 -62.7 -76.8 13 14.1 -62.8 301 43 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16706 -66.8 -83.8 7 17.0 -67.0 329 12 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.97 m Freezing level: 575.24 mb = 4799.17 m = 15745.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.82 mb = 4161.82 m = 13654.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.36 mb = 1276.82 m = 4188.99 ft T: 22.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 25.90 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.45 mb = 1977.17 m = 6486.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.12 C K Index: 40.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2241.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.65 mb = 1711.41 m = 5614.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.65 mb = 2410.02 m = 7906.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.65 mb = 2864.65 m = 9398.34 ft B at Equ Level: 21.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.0 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 320.0 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.4 neg: -10.4 tot: 395.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.86 Bulk Rich Number: 8.34 Bulk Shear: 268.89 m/s