MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.56,-100.75 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 523 SFC 932 694 31.0 15.9 40 15.0 20.5 152 8 310.3 312.6 296.1 347.8 12.30 3 900 1011 31.8 14.7 36 17.1 20.0 167 22 314.3 316.6 296.8 350.9 11.79 4 850 1521 27.5 13.0 41 14.5 17.6 175 16 314.9 317.1 296.5 349.6 11.13 5 800 2054 22.5 11.9 51 10.6 15.4 182 13 315.1 317.2 296.5 349.4 11.01 6 750 2610 17.1 11.1 68 5.9 13.1 198 11 315.1 317.2 296.6 349.8 11.15 7 700 3194 11.7 9.8 88 1.9 10.4 220 8 315.4 317.5 296.5 349.4 10.91 8 650 3810 7.4 4.8 84 2.6 5.8 319 11 317.3 318.9 295.2 343.6 8.34 9 600 4465 3.3 -4.9 55 8.2 -0.8 338 16 319.9 320.8 292.9 334.3 4.42 10 550 5164 -0.3 -30.9 8 30.6 -8.5 330 28 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.6 0.53 11 500 5919 -4.8 -41.5 4 36.7 -12.2 337 32 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.20 12 450 6739 -10.3 -25.1 29 14.7 -14.6 335 33 330.2 330.5 292.9 334.2 1.11 13 400 7636 -15.0 -54.3 2 39.4 -20.0 3 32 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.06 14 350 8630 -22.5 -45.1 11 22.6 -25.5 359 36 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.20 15 300 9744 -30.4 -49.6 14 19.2 -32.2 358 32 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.2 0.14 16 250 11016 -39.5 -56.7 14 17.2 -40.5 355 23 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.07 17 200 12497 -52.5 -72.3 7 19.8 -52.9 6 22 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14298 -64.8 -78.0 15 13.2 -64.9 1 19 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16718 -69.5 -84.5 9 15.1 -69.5 42 4 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.13 m Freezing level: 554.55 mb = 5100.79 m = 16734.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.05 mb = 4383.25 m = 14380.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.35 % Est. max temperature: 35.68 C = 96.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.42 mb = 2616.76 m = 8585.08 ft T: 17.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 24.21 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.20 mb = 3396.30 m = 11142.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.60 C = 97.89 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.25 C Cross Totals Index: 17.76 C K Index: 43.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 506.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.98 mb = 3158.44 m = 10362.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.98 mb = 3708.89 m = 12168.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.98 mb = 12236.98 m = 40147.07 ft B at Equ Level: 504.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.98 mb = 15245.54 m = 50017.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.2 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 344.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 161.54 m/s