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: 32.06,-101.26 Latitude: 32.06 Longitude: -101.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 515 SFC 920 801 30.8 15.4 39 15.4 20.1 93 4 311.2 313.5 296.2 348.0 12.01 3 900 1005 33.2 13.4 30 19.8 19.6 163 13 315.7 317.8 296.5 349.3 10.77 4 850 1517 28.6 12.5 37 16.1 17.7 194 16 316.1 318.2 296.6 349.9 10.79 5 800 2051 23.7 11.5 46 12.3 15.5 214 14 316.5 318.5 296.6 349.9 10.69 6 750 2610 18.4 10.1 58 8.3 12.9 238 14 316.5 318.5 296.4 349.0 10.38 7 700 3197 12.9 9.4 80 3.4 10.6 248 14 316.7 318.8 296.7 350.1 10.65 8 650 3815 7.3 7.2 99 0.1 7.3 280 17 317.3 319.2 296.3 348.4 9.89 9 600 4469 2.4 -1.0 79 3.3 0.6 323 23 318.9 320.0 293.8 337.9 5.95 10 550 5167 -1.4 -14.9 35 13.5 -6.6 330 30 322.5 322.9 291.7 329.9 2.19 11 500 5920 -5.2 -32.7 9 27.5 -12.0 348 36 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.49 12 450 6738 -10.9 -25.7 28 14.9 -15.0 335 37 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.3 1.04 13 400 7634 -15.5 -49.2 4 33.7 -20.3 350 29 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 14 350 8627 -22.4 -38.8 21 16.4 -25.1 340 27 338.6 338.7 294.3 340.1 0.38 15 300 9740 -30.4 -49.1 14 18.7 -32.2 349 26 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.2 0.15 16 250 11015 -39.2 -63.0 6 23.8 -40.3 353 20 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.03 17 200 12498 -51.8 -69.8 10 18.0 -52.2 354 21 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14297 -65.8 -76.3 22 10.5 -65.8 360 27 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16720 -69.7 -84.3 10 14.7 -69.7 50 4 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5860.18 m Freezing level: 568.28 mb = 4911.94 m = 16115.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.80 mb = 4525.04 m = 14845.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.95 % Est. max temperature: 35.93 C = 96.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.17 mb = 2768.52 m = 9082.97 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 0.91 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.16 mb = 3634.88 m = 11925.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.55 C = 97.79 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.74 C K Index: 42.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 536.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.86 mb = 3452.33 m = 11326.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.86 mb = 3765.12 m = 12352.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.86 mb = 11180.10 m = 36679.67 ft B at Equ Level: 533.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.86 mb = 14977.03 m = 49136.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.8 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 340.8 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 219.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 3.85 Bulk Shear: 139.55 m/s