MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.91,-94.90 Latitude: 29.91 Longitude: -94.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 12 36.0 22.7 46 13.3 26.2 188 4 308.0 311.3 298.8 360.7 17.43 1 1000 129 34.1 21.5 48 12.6 24.9 194 4 307.2 310.3 298.0 356.5 16.35 2 950 593 29.5 20.5 59 9.0 23.0 209 4 307.1 310.1 297.9 355.9 16.20 3 900 1072 24.8 19.4 72 5.4 20.9 227 4 307.0 310.0 297.7 355.0 15.93 4 850 1571 20.0 18.4 91 1.5 18.9 237 5 307.1 310.0 297.7 355.0 15.91 5 800 2092 16.2 13.5 84 2.8 14.4 300 12 308.4 310.7 295.6 345.5 12.23 6 750 2639 12.7 10.6 87 2.0 11.4 323 11 310.3 312.4 295.1 343.3 10.80 7 700 3215 9.1 5.9 80 3.2 7.2 318 9 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.4 8.34 8 650 3826 5.7 2.4 79 3.4 3.8 307 9 315.5 316.8 293.7 337.5 7.00 9 600 4478 2.7 -4.8 58 7.4 -1.0 295 10 319.2 320.1 292.7 333.7 4.47 10 550 5177 -1.3 -6.8 66 5.5 -3.9 303 10 322.6 323.4 293.4 336.3 4.18 11 500 5931 -5.4 -11.3 63 5.8 -7.9 306 12 326.4 327.0 293.6 337.3 3.23 12 450 6751 -9.9 -17.1 56 7.2 -12.5 303 15 330.7 331.2 293.9 338.5 2.22 13 400 7648 -15.8 -33.2 21 17.5 -19.6 297 12 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.7 0.58 14 350 8642 -22.1 -43.6 12 21.5 -25.2 299 7 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.8 0.23 15 300 9756 -30.7 -44.2 26 13.5 -32.3 12 6 342.0 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.25 16 250 11023 -40.9 -53.0 26 12.2 -41.6 178 2 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.8 0.11 17 200 12500 -52.0 -56.3 60 4.3 -52.1 138 9 350.4 350.5 296.8 350.8 0.09 18 150 14298 -66.1 -70.6 53 4.5 -66.1 148 5 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16714 -70.8 -85.1 10 14.2 -70.9 63 14 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.23 m Freezing level: 566.35 mb = 4948.34 m = 16234.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.64 mb = 4334.69 m = 14221.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.33 % Est. max temperature: 35.06 C = 95.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.91 mb = 1694.26 m = 5558.52 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 27.09 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.10 mb = 1785.05 m = 5856.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.63 C = 96.14 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 40.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1918.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.73 mb = 1726.92 m = 5665.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.73 mb = 1882.66 m = 6176.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.73 mb = 14308.99 m = 46944.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1905.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 134.60 Bulk Shear: 14.25 m/s