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: 34.39,-100.30 Latitude: 34.39 Longitude: -100.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 545 SFC 948 563 28.4 21.9 68 6.6 23.6 97 15 306.2 309.5 298.5 359.3 17.66 3 900 1022 23.1 20.8 87 2.3 21.4 101 23 305.3 308.5 298.2 357.4 17.39 4 850 1521 21.1 19.1 88 2.0 19.7 147 19 308.3 311.4 298.4 358.7 16.63 5 800 2044 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 174 19 309.7 312.7 298.2 357.7 15.75 6 750 2595 15.1 13.5 90 1.6 14.0 232 16 313.0 315.5 297.3 353.3 13.07 7 700 3180 14.9 -1.8 32 16.7 5.8 290 29 319.0 319.9 292.9 334.4 4.77 8 650 3801 9.3 -3.2 41 12.5 2.8 309 27 319.5 320.4 293.0 334.6 4.66 9 600 4457 3.1 -8.1 43 11.3 -2.0 314 27 319.8 320.4 292.0 331.1 3.46 10 550 5153 -2.7 -15.6 36 12.9 -7.5 324 33 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.8 2.06 11 500 5903 -7.2 -15.7 50 8.5 -10.4 307 41 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.9 2.24 12 450 6716 -12.8 -23.4 41 10.6 -15.8 314 32 327.2 327.4 292.2 331.7 1.29 13 400 7601 -19.6 -35.3 23 15.7 -22.5 323 33 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.2 0.47 14 350 8579 -26.0 -55.1 5 29.2 -28.6 322 43 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.06 15 300 9681 -32.6 -66.4 2 33.8 -34.4 321 54 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.5 0.02 16 250 10945 -40.1 -62.3 7 22.2 -41.1 325 59 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.03 17 200 12435 -49.2 -53.9 58 4.7 -49.4 303 53 354.9 354.9 297.8 355.4 0.13 18 150 14254 -63.7 -72.2 31 8.4 -63.8 297 45 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16707 -69.9 -83.5 12 13.6 -69.9 1 6 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.75 m Freezing level: 573.12 mb = 4831.45 m = 15851.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.88 mb = 4176.77 m = 13703.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.99 mb = 1398.37 m = 4587.76 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 24.30 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1790.75 m = 5875.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -7.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 26.34 C K Index: 30.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2331.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.00 mb = 1459.27 m = 4787.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.00 mb = 2140.80 m = 7023.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 741.00 mb = 2697.30 m = 8849.30 ft B at Equ Level: 8.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 711.00 mb = 3047.96 m = 9999.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.1 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 333.1 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 570.1 neg: -22.6 tot: 547.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 182.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.76 Bulk Rich Number: 8.68 Bulk Shear: 268.43 m/s