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: 33.48,-101.23 Latitude: 33.48 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 55 1 950 516 SFC 918 825 32.7 19.7 46 13.0 23.2 114 11 313.4 316.5 299.2 362.8 15.97 3 900 1005 31.2 18.6 47 12.6 22.1 117 14 313.7 316.6 298.8 360.7 15.19 4 850 1514 26.4 17.5 58 8.9 20.0 129 13 313.8 316.6 298.7 360.1 14.99 5 800 2046 21.5 16.0 71 5.4 17.7 154 11 314.1 316.8 298.5 358.9 14.49 6 750 2602 16.2 14.2 88 2.0 14.8 194 11 314.2 316.8 298.0 356.5 13.67 7 700 3187 12.9 9.7 81 3.2 10.8 259 18 316.8 318.9 296.8 350.8 10.85 8 650 3806 9.0 -1.1 49 10.1 3.5 277 25 319.1 320.2 293.5 336.7 5.45 9 600 4462 3.1 -3.7 61 6.8 -0.3 287 25 319.7 320.6 293.2 335.4 4.86 10 550 5159 -2.7 -9.0 62 6.3 -5.5 301 27 320.8 321.5 292.4 332.4 3.51 11 500 5909 -6.2 -30.7 12 24.5 -12.4 314 33 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.59 12 450 6726 -11.0 -38.2 9 27.2 -16.4 314 40 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.32 13 400 7617 -17.7 -45.4 7 27.7 -21.7 315 42 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 14 350 8604 -23.9 -37.1 29 13.2 -26.1 338 58 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.2 0.45 15 300 9712 -31.8 -37.8 55 6.0 -32.6 342 62 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.5 0.49 16 250 10975 -41.4 -44.8 70 3.3 -41.7 342 55 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.28 17 200 12459 -50.2 -68.6 10 18.3 -50.7 328 38 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 18 150 14274 -64.1 -78.1 13 14.0 -64.2 322 31 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16700 -69.7 -85.2 9 15.5 -69.8 1 4 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.57 m Freezing level: 573.49 mb = 4831.89 m = 15852.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.29 mb = 4403.94 m = 14448.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.75 % Est. max temperature: 33.40 C = 92.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.44 mb = 2471.41 m = 8108.19 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 35.15 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.70 mb = 2742.23 m = 8996.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.04 C = 93.27 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 46.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2632.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.49 mb = 2618.93 m = 8592.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.49 mb = 3025.39 m = 9925.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.49 mb = 14539.23 m = 47700.32 ft B at Equ Level: 2600.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.1 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 321.1 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 250.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.47 Bulk Rich Number: 15.41 Bulk Shear: 170.85 m/s