MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F053.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F053.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 53 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.55,-101.56 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -101.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 542 SFC 902 1000 26.2 21.7 76 4.5 22.9 135 16 308.3 311.8 299.5 364.3 18.46 3 900 1021 25.2 21.5 80 3.7 22.5 135 16 307.4 310.8 299.2 362.4 18.18 4 850 1521 21.9 17.9 78 4.0 19.1 139 16 309.1 312.0 297.8 355.8 15.37 5 800 2046 18.2 16.7 91 1.5 17.2 176 6 310.6 313.4 298.1 356.9 15.15 6 750 2598 15.5 11.7 78 3.8 13.0 308 7 313.4 315.7 296.5 349.4 11.62 7 700 3183 14.2 -0.9 36 15.0 5.9 303 17 318.2 319.2 293.0 334.7 5.14 8 650 3802 8.8 -5.6 36 14.4 1.7 292 21 318.9 319.7 292.2 331.5 3.88 9 600 4457 2.8 -9.8 39 12.6 -2.8 292 22 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.3 3.02 10 550 5152 -3.5 -13.1 48 9.5 -7.3 304 21 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.4 2.54 11 500 5898 -8.6 -24.6 26 15.9 -13.1 312 30 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.1 1.04 12 450 6706 -13.1 -50.4 3 37.3 -18.2 323 43 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.08 13 400 7590 -19.9 -41.4 13 21.5 -23.1 318 49 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.25 14 350 8567 -26.5 -51.7 7 25.2 -28.9 324 54 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 15 300 9664 -33.8 -60.4 5 26.6 -35.3 327 63 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.04 16 250 10921 -41.5 -66.5 5 25.0 -42.5 330 75 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 12405 -50.4 -71.3 7 21.0 -50.8 318 68 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14236 -60.0 -78.6 7 18.6 -60.2 298 40 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16706 -65.9 -87.6 3 21.7 -66.1 34 15 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.10 m Freezing level: 577.99 mb = 4762.88 m = 15626.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.36 mb = 4040.02 m = 13254.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.10 mb = 1571.09 m = 5154.44 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 30.73 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2235.91 m = 7335.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -8.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -7.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.55 C Cross Totals Index: 26.56 C K Index: 33.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2576.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.97 mb = 1928.03 m = 6325.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.97 mb = 3599.36 m = 11808.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.97 mb = 13219.59 m = 43370.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2559.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.3 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 335.3 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.7 neg: -4.4 tot: 115.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.73 Bulk Rich Number: 14.17 Bulk Shear: 181.82 m/s