MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.81,-101.83 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 561 SFC 903 1019 30.6 19.8 53 10.8 22.7 161 15 312.8 315.9 299.3 363.1 16.31 3 900 1047 29.9 19.7 54 10.3 22.5 161 15 312.4 315.4 299.1 362.3 16.23 4 850 1554 24.7 18.4 68 6.3 20.1 166 20 312.0 315.0 298.8 360.7 15.86 5 800 2083 20.2 17.2 83 3.0 18.1 181 19 312.7 315.7 298.9 360.9 15.64 6 750 2638 16.0 14.2 89 1.8 14.7 217 22 313.9 316.5 298.0 356.3 13.67 7 700 3223 13.8 3.0 48 10.8 7.5 272 15 317.8 319.1 294.2 339.4 6.81 8 650 3842 9.0 -5.7 35 14.8 1.8 280 16 319.2 319.9 292.2 331.7 3.84 9 600 4498 3.9 -14.3 25 18.2 -3.5 296 15 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.6 2.10 10 550 5198 -1.0 -12.5 41 11.5 -5.8 309 17 322.9 323.4 292.2 331.8 2.66 11 500 5950 -6.7 -16.0 47 9.4 -10.1 294 19 324.9 325.4 292.4 332.4 2.19 12 450 6763 -12.3 -35.3 13 23.0 -17.0 288 21 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.4 0.42 13 400 7650 -19.3 -28.1 46 8.8 -21.3 290 29 329.9 330.1 292.6 333.3 0.94 14 350 8629 -26.2 -46.2 13 20.0 -28.5 288 37 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.17 15 300 9725 -34.2 -40.2 54 6.1 -34.8 285 38 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.7 0.38 16 250 10979 -42.0 -45.3 70 3.3 -42.3 299 32 343.6 343.7 295.4 344.7 0.27 17 200 12458 -51.0 -55.0 62 4.0 -51.2 296 46 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.5 0.11 18 150 14280 -62.5 -72.4 25 9.9 -62.6 273 41 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16733 -68.2 -84.8 7 16.6 -68.3 249 10 395.9 395.9 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.37 m Freezing level: 560.33 mb = 5053.05 m = 16578.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.05 mb = 4058.34 m = 13314.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.07 mb = 2388.65 m = 7836.69 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 33.22 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.71 mb = 2550.10 m = 8366.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -7.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3049.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.54 mb = 2372.35 m = 7783.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.54 mb = 3360.74 m = 11025.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.54 mb = 14339.25 m = 47044.20 ft B at Equ Level: 3018.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.6 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 294.6 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.22 Bulk Rich Number: 31.58 Bulk Shear: 96.56 m/s