MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 7Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.22,-100.84 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -100.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 578 SFC 916 902 22.9 19.2 80 3.7 20.3 153 13 303.6 306.5 296.5 349.6 15.47 3 900 1052 22.0 19.0 83 3.0 19.8 154 21 304.1 307.0 296.7 350.3 15.50 4 850 1548 20.6 16.0 75 4.6 17.4 184 28 307.7 310.2 296.3 348.6 13.54 5 800 2071 18.5 14.7 79 3.7 15.9 213 27 310.9 313.4 297.0 351.5 13.30 6 750 2624 16.5 12.2 76 4.3 13.6 249 17 314.5 316.8 297.0 351.6 11.97 7 700 3209 13.2 5.4 59 7.8 8.4 288 10 317.1 318.6 294.9 342.5 8.04 8 650 3827 8.9 -3.7 41 12.6 2.4 301 9 319.0 319.8 292.6 333.4 4.47 9 600 4483 3.2 -4.8 56 8.0 -0.7 309 11 319.8 320.7 292.9 334.3 4.46 10 550 5180 -2.8 -8.9 63 6.2 -5.5 320 16 320.8 321.5 292.4 332.4 3.54 11 500 5928 -7.7 -17.6 45 9.9 -11.1 304 18 323.7 324.0 291.7 330.2 1.91 12 450 6739 -13.1 -22.7 44 9.6 -15.9 286 23 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.6 1.37 13 400 7627 -18.2 -41.2 11 23.0 -21.8 296 37 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.4 0.26 14 350 8610 -24.5 -54.1 5 29.7 -27.3 292 47 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 15 300 9714 -32.5 -58.8 6 26.2 -34.3 297 38 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 16 250 10976 -40.8 -72.7 2 31.9 -41.8 300 38 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 17 200 12463 -51.0 -78.4 2 27.4 -51.4 300 49 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.00 18 150 14273 -63.8 -78.0 13 14.2 -63.9 298 36 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16711 -69.4 -84.6 9 15.2 -69.5 336 5 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.58 m Freezing level: 573.11 mb = 4857.98 m = 15938.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.83 mb = 4322.83 m = 14182.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.35 C = 90.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.08 mb = 1375.26 m = 4511.96 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.16 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.50 mb = 3058.61 m = 10034.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.38 C = 95.69 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1058.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 209.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.02 mb = 1900.13 m = 6233.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.02 mb = 4200.81 m = 13782.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.02 mb = 11796.84 m = 38703.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1052.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.02 mb = 15563.86 m = 51061.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.2 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 296.2 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.0 neg: -7.0 tot: 271.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.84 Bulk Rich Number: 8.58 Bulk Shear: 123.35 m/s