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: 34.52,-100.78 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -100.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 543 SFC 942 619 27.8 22.4 72 5.5 23.8 86 16 306.2 309.6 299.0 361.3 18.35 3 900 1020 23.0 21.3 90 1.8 21.8 91 23 305.2 308.6 298.5 359.1 17.97 4 850 1520 21.6 18.5 83 3.1 19.4 137 20 308.7 311.7 298.1 357.2 15.97 5 800 2044 18.1 16.7 92 1.3 17.1 165 19 310.4 313.3 298.0 356.7 15.16 6 750 2596 16.0 13.7 86 2.3 14.4 236 13 314.0 316.5 297.7 355.0 13.26 7 700 3182 14.2 2.8 46 11.4 7.5 278 23 318.2 319.4 294.2 339.4 6.69 8 650 3802 9.1 -1.3 48 10.4 3.5 296 25 319.3 320.3 293.4 336.6 5.38 9 600 4458 3.1 -5.9 51 9.0 -1.2 304 26 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.1 4.10 10 550 5155 -2.6 -17.1 32 14.5 -7.8 309 31 321.0 321.4 290.9 327.2 1.83 11 500 5903 -7.2 -22.4 28 15.2 -11.9 312 35 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.7 1.27 12 450 6716 -12.6 -29.9 22 17.2 -16.7 327 33 327.3 327.5 291.7 329.9 0.71 13 400 7601 -19.8 -34.4 26 14.6 -22.5 321 45 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.1 0.52 14 350 8579 -25.9 -56.8 4 30.9 -28.5 324 50 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 15 300 9680 -32.7 -66.9 2 34.2 -34.4 326 59 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.4 0.02 16 250 10943 -40.3 -68.8 3 28.4 -41.4 328 65 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 17 200 12433 -49.9 -54.7 57 4.8 -50.1 309 48 353.8 353.8 297.5 354.3 0.11 18 150 14254 -63.2 -67.7 54 4.5 -63.2 303 44 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.03 19 100 16708 -68.4 -82.6 11 14.1 -68.5 352 6 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.80 m Freezing level: 572.69 mb = 4838.48 m = 15874.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.83 mb = 4284.55 m = 14056.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.23 mb = 1314.00 m = 4310.98 ft T: 22.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 34.12 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1880.79 m = 6170.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -7.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2511.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.80 mb = 1480.68 m = 4857.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.80 mb = 3563.53 m = 11691.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.80 mb = 13892.80 m = 45579.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2498.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.6 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 329.6 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 507.6 neg: -16.0 tot: 491.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.26 Bulk Rich Number: 9.71 Bulk Shear: 258.70 m/s