MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-101.68 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -101.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 527 2 900 1011 SFC 897 1038 27.7 21.2 68 6.5 22.9 81 14 310.4 313.7 299.7 365.2 17.94 4 850 1516 24.3 19.6 75 4.8 20.9 97 18 311.6 314.9 299.5 364.2 17.11 5 800 2048 22.2 15.6 66 6.6 17.6 180 4 314.8 317.5 298.4 358.6 14.08 6 750 2607 20.3 -3.2 20 23.5 7.8 313 13 318.6 319.4 292.2 331.7 4.03 7 700 3195 14.7 -5.0 25 19.7 4.6 315 15 318.7 319.5 292.0 331.0 3.75 8 650 3814 8.6 -6.4 34 15.0 1.4 316 20 318.7 319.4 291.9 330.6 3.65 9 600 4468 2.9 -10.0 38 12.9 -2.8 306 29 319.5 320.0 291.5 329.3 2.98 10 550 5165 -2.5 -14.1 41 11.6 -7.0 304 39 321.1 321.5 291.4 328.9 2.33 11 500 5915 -7.1 -9.4 84 2.3 -8.1 314 39 324.4 325.1 293.6 336.9 3.76 12 450 6727 -12.5 -15.7 77 3.2 -13.7 331 33 327.5 328.0 293.3 336.1 2.51 13 400 7614 -19.6 -24.5 65 4.9 -20.9 334 49 329.5 329.7 292.8 334.1 1.31 14 350 8595 -25.3 -27.9 79 2.6 -25.9 336 70 334.6 334.9 294.0 338.7 1.10 15 300 9701 -30.9 -33.7 76 2.8 -31.4 328 75 341.9 342.0 295.4 344.7 0.74 16 250 10970 -40.6 -43.7 72 3.1 -40.8 308 31 345.8 345.8 296.0 347.0 0.32 17 200 12455 -50.5 -54.2 65 3.7 -50.6 305 37 352.8 352.9 297.4 353.4 0.12 18 150 14270 -63.5 -67.6 58 4.1 -63.6 308 40 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.8 0.03 19 100 16712 -70.9 -84.6 12 13.7 -71.0 328 8 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.80 m Freezing level: 573.38 mb = 4838.98 m = 15875.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.57 mb = 4022.83 m = 13198.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.01 % Est. max temperature: 35.78 C = 96.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.16 mb = 1872.21 m = 6142.35 ft T: 22.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 36.29 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.89 mb = 3039.24 m = 9971.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.84 C = 96.52 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: -8.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: -8.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.45 C Cross Totals Index: 26.70 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 494.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3201.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.07 mb = 2277.23 m = 7471.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.07 mb = 3386.96 m = 11111.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.07 mb = 14513.16 m = 47614.76 ft B at Equ Level: 3191.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.0 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 347.0 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.7 neg: -1.9 tot: 254.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.76 Bulk Rich Number: 16.62 Bulk Shear: 192.67 m/s