MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.72,-102.39 Latitude: 31.72 Longitude: -102.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 490 SFC 909 898 37.6 11.7 21 25.9 20.1 193 11 319.4 321.3 296.6 349.8 9.56 3 900 985 36.0 11.6 23 24.4 19.5 194 12 318.6 320.4 296.4 348.8 9.56 4 850 1500 30.8 10.2 28 20.6 17.2 197 13 318.5 320.3 296.1 347.8 9.26 5 800 2038 25.6 9.4 36 16.2 15.0 200 13 318.4 320.2 296.1 347.8 9.29 6 750 2600 20.1 8.4 47 11.7 12.6 204 13 318.4 320.2 296.1 347.8 9.29 7 700 3189 14.4 7.4 63 7.0 10.0 213 12 318.4 320.2 296.1 347.7 9.27 8 650 3810 8.9 4.3 73 4.6 6.2 271 13 319.1 320.6 295.4 344.7 8.05 9 600 4467 3.9 -4.8 53 8.6 -0.4 299 19 320.6 321.5 293.1 335.2 4.48 10 550 5167 -0.5 -10.1 49 9.5 -4.7 314 30 323.4 324.1 292.9 334.2 3.23 11 500 5923 -4.8 -33.0 9 28.2 -11.8 320 34 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.9 0.47 12 450 6742 -10.3 -37.5 9 27.3 -15.9 323 34 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.34 13 400 7636 -16.7 -44.2 7 27.5 -21.0 328 33 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.19 14 350 8627 -22.7 -48.8 7 26.2 -25.8 342 49 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.13 15 300 9736 -31.7 -56.0 7 24.3 -33.6 342 46 340.6 340.6 294.6 340.9 0.06 16 250 11003 -39.6 -62.7 7 23.0 -40.7 358 48 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.03 17 200 12489 -51.5 -75.1 4 23.6 -51.8 329 19 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14297 -65.3 -75.8 22 10.6 -65.3 2 10 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16714 -71.2 -86.6 8 15.5 -71.2 94 4 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5901.02 m Freezing level: 556.18 mb = 5080.76 m = 16668.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.39 mb = 4420.27 m = 14502.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.75 % Est. max temperature: 36.63 C = 97.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 625.81 mb = 4120.82 m = 13519.59 ft T: 6.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 18.89 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.68 mb = 4228.22 m = 13871.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.26 C = 100.86 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.70 C Cross Totals Index: 15.09 C K Index: 38.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 411.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 630.70 mb = 4057.01 m = 13310.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.70 mb = 4524.53 m = 14844.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.70 mb = 10846.27 m = 35584.44 ft B at Equ Level: 410.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.70 mb = 14062.49 m = 46136.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.8 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 321.8 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.84 Bulk Shear: 85.10 m/s