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: 34.88,-101.32 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -101.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 546 SFC 904 981 25.2 21.5 80 3.7 22.5 93 13 307.0 310.4 299.1 361.9 18.18 3 900 1023 24.0 21.4 85 2.7 22.1 93 13 306.3 309.7 298.8 360.7 18.08 4 850 1522 22.1 18.2 79 3.9 19.3 136 13 309.3 312.2 298.1 356.8 15.65 5 800 2047 18.2 17.0 93 1.2 17.4 179 10 310.6 313.5 298.2 357.8 15.46 6 750 2600 15.8 14.1 90 1.7 14.7 231 11 313.7 316.3 297.9 355.9 13.64 7 700 3185 13.7 6.1 60 7.7 9.0 280 19 317.7 319.3 295.4 344.3 8.44 8 650 3805 9.1 -3.2 42 12.3 2.7 294 20 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.3 4.66 9 600 4460 3.0 -8.1 44 11.0 -2.1 298 22 319.5 320.2 292.0 330.9 3.47 10 550 5157 -2.8 -16.1 35 13.3 -7.7 311 28 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.5 1.98 11 500 5905 -7.6 -22.5 29 14.8 -12.2 319 32 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.1 1.26 12 450 6715 -13.2 -32.4 18 19.1 -17.4 329 39 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.6 0.56 13 400 7600 -19.1 -50.1 5 30.9 -22.9 322 48 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 14 350 8580 -26.0 -47.6 11 21.5 -28.4 326 57 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.15 15 300 9679 -33.1 -60.2 5 27.1 -34.8 329 66 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.04 16 250 10939 -40.9 -67.8 4 26.8 -41.9 330 71 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 17 200 12426 -49.7 -72.7 5 23.0 -50.2 313 55 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14252 -62.1 -66.3 57 4.2 -62.1 300 46 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.3 0.03 19 100 16710 -67.5 -81.5 12 14.0 -67.7 336 10 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.37 m Freezing level: 574.17 mb = 4820.27 m = 15814.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.75 mb = 4168.86 m = 13677.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.40 C = 88.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.67 mb = 1443.86 m = 4737.03 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 30.34 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.50 mb = 2182.25 m = 7159.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -7.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -7.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.84 C K Index: 40.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2452.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.25 mb = 1862.65 m = 6110.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.25 mb = 3523.43 m = 11559.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.25 mb = 13373.76 m = 43876.63 ft B at Equ Level: 2441.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.7 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 335.7 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 279.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.65 Bulk Rich Number: 14.88 Bulk Shear: 164.80 m/s