MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.01,-101.41 Latitude: 35.01 Longitude: -101.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 533 2 900 1014 SFC 898 1037 27.8 21.2 67 6.7 22.9 88 8 310.4 313.8 299.7 365.1 17.88 4 850 1516 21.5 19.4 88 2.0 20.0 89 8 308.6 311.8 298.7 360.0 16.92 5 800 2042 19.6 16.9 85 2.7 17.7 231 10 312.0 314.9 298.5 359.2 15.35 6 750 2597 19.3 4.5 38 14.8 10.4 286 17 317.6 318.9 294.3 340.0 7.06 7 700 3186 14.8 -3.8 27 18.6 5.1 286 17 318.9 319.7 292.3 332.3 4.13 8 650 3805 9.4 -10.6 23 20.0 0.4 297 14 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.2 2.62 9 600 4460 3.2 -13.1 29 16.2 -3.5 306 12 319.8 320.2 291.0 327.5 2.33 10 550 5157 -3.4 -12.9 48 9.5 -7.2 311 15 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.6 2.57 11 500 5903 -7.3 -34.8 9 27.5 -13.4 310 31 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.6 0.40 12 450 6716 -12.6 -25.1 34 12.5 -16.0 306 36 327.4 327.6 292.0 331.3 1.10 13 400 7604 -18.3 -30.0 35 11.7 -20.9 311 41 331.3 331.4 292.9 334.2 0.79 14 350 8587 -25.1 -33.5 45 8.4 -26.6 320 47 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.3 0.65 15 300 9689 -32.4 -63.7 3 31.4 -34.1 324 69 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 16 250 10954 -40.6 -52.3 27 11.7 -41.3 328 68 345.7 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.12 17 200 12438 -50.7 -54.3 65 3.7 -50.8 314 61 352.5 352.5 297.3 353.0 0.12 18 150 14260 -60.9 -78.7 8 17.8 -61.1 310 37 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16719 -69.5 -84.8 9 15.4 -69.5 288 9 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.77 m Freezing level: 575.86 mb = 4796.50 m = 15736.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.52 mb = 3874.33 m = 12710.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.88 % Est. max temperature: 34.82 C = 94.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.99 mb = 1880.91 m = 6170.88 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 37.52 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.75 mb = 2960.17 m = 9711.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.56 C = 96.01 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -7.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -7.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 26.69 C K Index: 29.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2797.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.04 mb = 1965.93 m = 6449.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.04 mb = 3526.30 m = 11569.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.04 mb = 13771.22 m = 45180.63 ft B at Equ Level: 2785.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.2 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 332.2 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.9 neg: -4.5 tot: 164.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.95 Bulk Rich Number: 32.30 Bulk Shear: 86.62 m/s