MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.90,-102.54 Latitude: 31.90 Longitude: -102.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 511 SFC 908 925 38.7 12.6 21 26.1 20.8 205 8 320.6 322.6 297.3 352.9 10.14 3 900 1005 35.7 12.1 24 23.7 19.6 207 8 318.3 320.3 296.5 349.5 9.87 4 850 1520 30.3 10.9 30 19.4 17.4 212 9 317.9 319.8 296.3 348.5 9.69 5 800 2056 25.0 10.1 39 14.9 15.2 217 9 317.8 319.7 296.3 348.6 9.75 6 750 2618 19.5 9.1 51 10.4 12.7 222 9 317.8 319.6 296.3 348.4 9.73 7 700 3206 13.8 8.1 69 5.6 10.2 227 9 317.8 319.6 296.3 348.5 9.77 8 650 3825 8.7 3.5 70 5.1 5.6 342 10 318.7 320.2 295.0 343.0 7.62 9 600 4481 3.1 -1.5 72 4.5 0.7 341 8 319.6 320.8 293.9 338.1 5.74 10 550 5181 -1.4 -7.9 61 6.5 -4.4 321 17 322.5 323.2 293.1 335.1 3.84 11 500 5933 -6.2 -24.4 22 18.2 -11.6 321 23 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.2 1.06 12 450 6749 -10.6 -41.3 6 30.7 -16.3 326 27 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.7 0.23 13 400 7644 -16.5 -45.9 6 29.3 -20.9 332 28 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.16 14 350 8632 -23.8 -49.3 8 25.5 -26.8 335 42 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.12 15 300 9738 -32.3 -57.9 6 25.6 -34.0 336 37 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.1 0.05 16 250 10997 -41.7 -63.8 7 22.0 -42.6 355 42 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 17 200 12475 -52.2 -72.8 7 20.6 -52.5 314 23 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14279 -64.5 -77.5 15 13.0 -64.6 326 8 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16703 -70.5 -84.0 12 13.4 -70.6 120 8 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5891.00 m Freezing level: 565.49 mb = 4963.97 m = 16285.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.41 mb = 4570.02 m = 14993.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.79 % Est. max temperature: 35.96 C = 96.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 624.30 mb = 4155.93 m = 13634.78 ft T: 5.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 4.42 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.54 mb = 4061.36 m = 13324.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.25 C = 99.05 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.52 C Cross Totals Index: 17.13 C K Index: 41.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 766.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.06 mb = 3951.57 m = 12964.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.06 mb = 4278.05 m = 14035.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.06 mb = 11994.02 m = 39349.99 ft B at Equ Level: 764.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.06 mb = 15366.46 m = 50414.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.3 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 336.3 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 20.17 Bulk Shear: 37.98 m/s