MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.21,-100.57 Latitude: 34.21 Longitude: -100.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 531 SFC 942 612 32.4 21.5 53 10.9 24.3 119 11 310.9 314.2 299.5 364.2 17.40 3 900 1014 27.3 20.2 66 7.0 22.2 123 13 309.6 312.8 298.9 360.9 16.84 4 850 1518 22.3 19.3 83 3.0 20.1 128 12 309.5 312.7 298.8 360.6 16.79 5 800 2042 18.0 17.1 94 0.9 17.4 168 10 310.4 313.3 298.2 357.8 15.52 6 750 2596 17.9 9.6 59 8.2 12.5 282 11 316.0 317.9 296.1 347.5 10.08 7 700 3184 14.2 3.8 49 10.4 8.0 285 13 318.2 319.6 294.6 341.1 7.18 8 650 3803 8.9 0.0 54 8.8 4.0 290 13 319.0 320.1 293.8 337.9 5.91 9 600 4459 2.8 -3.7 62 6.5 -0.5 305 19 319.4 320.3 293.0 335.0 4.84 10 550 5155 -3.0 -15.7 37 12.7 -7.7 313 27 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.5 2.05 11 500 5903 -6.8 -32.2 11 25.4 -12.9 313 30 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.51 12 450 6718 -12.0 -46.0 4 34.1 -17.4 307 36 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.14 13 400 7606 -17.9 -48.4 5 30.5 -22.0 301 40 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.12 14 350 8592 -23.7 -42.3 16 18.6 -26.3 322 32 336.7 336.8 293.8 337.8 0.26 15 300 9703 -30.2 -49.1 14 18.9 -32.1 319 46 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.15 16 250 10976 -39.3 -64.8 5 25.6 -40.4 322 58 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 17 200 12468 -49.9 -70.1 8 20.2 -50.4 291 44 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.02 18 150 14281 -64.3 -78.5 13 14.2 -64.4 296 38 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16721 -69.8 -84.0 11 14.2 -69.8 260 8 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.68 m Freezing level: 575.68 mb = 4797.32 m = 15739.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.66 mb = 4381.92 m = 14376.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.35 mb = 1995.33 m = 6546.28 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 37.61 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 1977.02 m = 6486.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -7.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -7.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 26.12 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2667.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.43 mb = 1919.44 m = 6297.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.43 mb = 3347.22 m = 10981.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.43 mb = 14425.48 m = 47327.11 ft B at Equ Level: 2664.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.0 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 332.0 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.33 Bulk Rich Number: 21.54 Bulk Shear: 123.83 m/s