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: 34.83,-100.93 Latitude: 34.83 Longitude: -100.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 530 SFC 922 796 30.3 22.2 62 8.1 24.3 123 13 310.6 314.1 300.1 367.5 18.58 3 900 1013 26.5 21.5 74 5.0 22.8 124 15 308.8 312.2 299.5 364.2 18.23 4 850 1515 21.5 20.4 94 1.1 20.8 127 16 308.7 312.1 299.4 363.6 18.08 5 800 2042 20.0 17.7 87 2.2 18.4 209 17 312.4 315.5 299.1 362.2 16.16 6 750 2597 17.2 12.7 75 4.5 14.2 252 20 315.3 317.7 297.5 353.9 12.43 7 700 3184 14.8 1.2 40 13.6 7.1 286 25 318.8 320.0 293.8 338.0 5.97 8 650 3804 9.2 -3.0 42 12.2 2.8 298 23 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.6 4.71 9 600 4460 3.2 -9.7 38 12.8 -2.6 296 28 319.8 320.4 291.7 329.9 3.06 10 550 5156 -3.4 -11.8 52 8.4 -6.9 293 31 320.0 320.5 291.5 329.3 2.81 11 500 5903 -7.5 -33.2 11 25.6 -13.5 295 30 323.9 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.47 12 450 6714 -12.8 -52.8 2 40.1 -18.1 303 35 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.06 13 400 7600 -19.7 -44.3 9 24.6 -23.1 295 34 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.19 14 350 8577 -25.8 -36.3 37 10.5 -27.5 315 31 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.9 0.49 15 300 9677 -33.2 -63.2 3 30.0 -34.8 319 55 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.03 16 250 10936 -41.4 -51.4 33 10.0 -42.1 323 68 344.5 344.5 295.5 345.1 0.13 17 200 12420 -50.7 -54.4 65 3.7 -50.9 308 65 352.4 352.4 297.3 352.9 0.12 18 150 14251 -60.8 -78.4 8 17.6 -60.9 289 31 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16710 -69.0 -85.4 7 16.5 -69.1 235 7 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.73 m Freezing level: 576.11 mb = 4792.53 m = 15723.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.99 mb = 4138.85 m = 13578.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.64 C = 92.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.16 mb = 1825.42 m = 5988.85 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 41.89 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.77 mb = 2206.91 m = 7240.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -9.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -8.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 27.98 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3544.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.57 mb = 1715.98 m = 5629.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.57 mb = 3358.64 m = 11019.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.57 mb = 14432.96 m = 47351.64 ft B at Equ Level: 3503.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.6 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 315.6 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 332.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.50 Bulk Rich Number: 17.51 Bulk Shear: 202.43 m/s