MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F046.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F046.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 46 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.47,-100.42 Latitude: 34.47 Longitude: -100.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 536 SFC 948 551 31.7 21.8 56 9.9 24.3 136 14 309.5 312.8 299.3 363.1 17.59 3 900 1018 25.9 20.7 73 5.2 22.1 140 18 308.2 311.4 298.8 360.6 17.31 4 850 1519 20.9 19.8 93 1.2 20.1 143 19 308.1 311.3 298.8 360.6 17.35 5 800 2042 18.0 18.0 100 -0.0 17.9 189 22 310.3 313.4 298.8 360.4 16.42 6 750 2595 16.7 12.2 75 4.5 13.6 260 22 314.7 316.9 297.0 351.8 11.97 7 700 3182 14.7 1.0 39 13.6 6.9 288 22 318.7 319.9 293.7 337.7 5.91 8 650 3802 9.1 -2.3 45 11.4 3.1 294 23 319.3 320.3 293.2 335.4 4.99 9 600 4458 2.8 -4.9 57 7.7 -1.0 297 24 319.4 320.2 292.7 333.7 4.44 10 550 5153 -3.7 -4.3 96 0.6 -4.0 298 22 319.7 320.7 293.3 336.1 5.08 11 500 5901 -8.5 -12.1 75 3.6 -9.9 296 28 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.7 3.01 12 450 6710 -13.1 -45.0 5 31.9 -18.1 309 38 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.15 13 400 7596 -19.1 -48.2 6 29.2 -22.8 303 41 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.12 14 350 8577 -25.3 -56.0 4 30.7 -28.0 310 39 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 15 300 9677 -32.9 -57.4 7 24.5 -34.5 315 58 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 16 250 10938 -40.9 -61.7 9 20.9 -41.8 317 61 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 17 200 12424 -49.8 -60.0 29 10.2 -50.1 309 51 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.2 0.06 18 150 14253 -61.7 -79.9 7 18.2 -61.8 293 33 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16707 -68.7 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.8 277 4 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.20 m Freezing level: 578.35 mb = 4758.96 m = 15613.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.07 mb = 4294.72 m = 14090.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.60 C = 90.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.06 mb = 1807.38 m = 5929.66 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.52 C/km ThetaE index: 26.88 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.46 mb = 1803.14 m = 5915.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -9.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -9.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 28.30 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2946.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.35 mb = 1699.86 m = 5576.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.35 mb = 1963.37 m = 6441.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 787.35 mb = 2178.88 m = 7148.46 ft B at Equ Level: 5.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 747.35 mb = 2625.14 m = 8612.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 348.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.81 Bulk Rich Number: 16.20 Bulk Shear: 181.88 m/s