MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F047.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F047.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 47 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.43,-100.90 Latitude: 33.43 Longitude: -100.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 34 1 950 499 SFC 928 713 36.7 17.7 33 19.0 23.0 144 14 316.5 319.2 298.7 360.0 13.89 3 900 991 32.6 16.8 39 15.7 21.3 146 16 315.1 317.6 298.1 357.1 13.51 4 850 1502 27.5 15.9 49 11.6 19.3 150 16 315.0 317.6 298.1 356.9 13.48 5 800 2035 22.4 15.0 63 7.4 17.2 154 17 315.0 317.6 298.1 356.9 13.50 6 750 2592 17.5 13.1 75 4.5 14.5 190 16 315.6 318.1 297.7 355.3 12.72 7 700 3178 13.2 9.2 77 3.9 10.6 253 12 317.0 319.1 296.7 350.1 10.52 8 650 3798 9.0 0.0 53 9.0 4.1 291 18 319.2 320.3 293.9 338.1 5.91 9 600 4454 3.1 -3.7 61 6.9 -0.3 296 22 319.8 320.7 293.2 335.4 4.84 10 550 5152 -2.1 -8.1 64 6.0 -4.8 300 24 321.6 322.3 292.8 334.0 3.78 11 500 5902 -6.5 -23.6 24 17.1 -11.6 310 28 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.2 1.14 12 450 6718 -11.3 -40.8 7 29.5 -16.7 313 39 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.24 13 400 7610 -16.9 -52.3 3 35.4 -21.4 309 39 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 14 350 8597 -24.1 -55.1 4 31.0 -27.1 318 50 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.06 15 300 9703 -31.1 -58.6 5 27.5 -33.0 316 56 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 16 250 10977 -38.2 -61.5 7 23.3 -39.4 321 49 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.04 17 200 12474 -49.9 -73.4 5 23.5 -50.3 310 44 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14292 -63.9 -76.5 17 12.5 -64.1 310 34 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16719 -71.9 -84.2 14 12.4 -71.9 300 6 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5868.29 m Freezing level: 570.20 mb = 4869.88 m = 15977.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.78 mb = 4402.41 m = 14443.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.71 % Est. max temperature: 35.45 C = 95.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.95 mb = 3094.40 m = 10152.12 ft T: 13.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 27.75 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.88 mb = 3215.82 m = 10550.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.32 C = 99.18 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 45.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1796.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.88 mb = 2987.76 m = 9802.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.88 mb = 3533.72 m = 11593.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.88 mb = 13468.68 m = 44188.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1793.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.4 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 312.4 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 11.89 Bulk Shear: 151.08 m/s