MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F054.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F054.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.27,-101.23 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -101.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 512 SFC 928 729 35.2 18.7 38 16.4 23.2 122 11 315.0 317.9 298.9 361.1 14.81 3 900 1003 32.1 17.7 42 14.4 21.8 126 13 314.6 317.4 298.5 359.0 14.30 4 850 1513 27.2 16.7 53 10.5 19.7 134 13 314.6 317.3 298.4 358.7 14.19 5 800 2046 22.1 15.4 66 6.7 17.4 155 11 314.8 317.4 298.3 357.9 13.90 6 750 2603 17.1 13.5 80 3.6 14.7 208 12 315.1 317.7 297.9 356.0 13.13 7 700 3189 12.8 9.6 81 3.2 10.7 256 18 316.7 318.8 296.7 350.5 10.80 8 650 3808 9.1 -1.6 47 10.6 3.4 279 22 319.2 320.2 293.3 336.1 5.25 9 600 4464 3.2 -3.8 60 7.0 -0.3 285 23 319.8 320.8 293.2 335.5 4.82 10 550 5161 -3.0 -6.9 74 4.0 -4.8 308 27 320.6 321.4 292.8 334.1 4.13 11 500 5912 -5.5 -28.3 15 22.8 -11.7 316 31 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.0 0.74 12 450 6730 -11.0 -39.9 7 28.9 -16.4 317 39 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.26 13 400 7621 -17.7 -42.6 9 25.0 -21.5 319 42 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.22 14 350 8608 -23.9 -28.4 67 4.5 -24.9 336 58 336.5 336.7 294.4 340.4 1.05 15 300 9715 -31.7 -35.1 72 3.4 -32.3 344 58 340.6 340.8 295.1 343.1 0.64 16 250 10979 -41.7 -45.0 71 3.2 -42.0 344 55 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.28 17 200 12460 -50.5 -73.9 5 23.3 -51.0 322 35 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14274 -63.7 -77.8 13 14.1 -63.8 320 31 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16702 -70.4 -84.1 12 13.7 -70.5 41 5 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.18 m Freezing level: 574.01 mb = 4826.26 m = 15834.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.49 mb = 4402.69 m = 14444.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.59 % Est. max temperature: 35.10 C = 95.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.41 mb = 2804.64 m = 9201.46 ft T: 15.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 32.07 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.45 mb = 3015.35 m = 9892.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.37 C = 97.47 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 46.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2377.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.15 mb = 2830.82 m = 9287.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.15 mb = 3246.86 m = 10652.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.15 mb = 14061.19 m = 46131.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2371.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.4 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 320.4 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.95 Bulk Rich Number: 15.52 Bulk Shear: 153.18 m/s