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: 35.42,-100.81 Latitude: 35.42 Longitude: -100.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 918 880 23.1 19.0 78 4.0 20.2 152 12 303.6 306.4 296.4 348.9 15.28 3 900 1052 21.9 18.7 82 3.2 19.7 155 22 304.1 306.9 296.5 349.6 15.29 4 850 1548 20.5 15.9 75 4.6 17.4 185 28 307.6 310.2 296.3 348.5 13.52 5 800 2071 18.6 14.9 79 3.7 16.1 215 27 311.0 313.5 297.1 352.2 13.47 6 750 2624 16.3 11.8 75 4.5 13.3 258 17 314.3 316.5 296.7 350.5 11.67 7 700 3208 13.2 4.1 54 9.0 7.8 285 10 317.1 318.5 294.4 340.4 7.38 8 650 3826 8.7 -3.3 43 11.9 2.5 298 8 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.7 4.63 9 600 4482 3.1 -6.1 51 9.2 -1.3 303 11 319.7 320.5 292.5 332.8 4.03 10 550 5179 -3.0 -4.8 87 1.9 -3.9 313 15 320.6 321.5 293.4 336.3 4.86 11 500 5927 -8.2 -13.8 64 5.6 -10.4 300 18 323.0 323.5 292.2 331.8 2.62 12 450 6736 -13.6 -19.0 64 5.4 -15.3 282 25 326.1 326.5 292.4 332.6 1.89 13 400 7622 -18.6 -44.5 8 25.9 -22.3 291 36 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.18 14 350 8604 -24.5 -51.5 6 26.9 -27.3 290 48 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 15 300 9708 -32.1 -61.0 4 29.0 -33.9 296 39 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 16 250 10974 -40.3 -64.0 6 23.7 -41.3 311 39 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 17 200 12458 -50.7 -80.0 2 29.3 -51.1 299 51 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.00 18 150 14272 -63.3 -78.0 12 14.7 -63.4 301 37 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16712 -69.9 -84.0 11 14.1 -69.9 305 9 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.21 m Freezing level: 574.53 mb = 4837.13 m = 15869.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.43 mb = 4247.45 m = 13935.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.35 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.32 mb = 1392.60 m = 4568.86 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 19.37 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.28 mb = 3049.11 m = 10003.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.49 C = 95.88 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.77 C Showalter Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1034.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.53 mb = 1883.90 m = 6180.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.53 mb = 4180.13 m = 13714.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.53 mb = 11455.76 m = 37584.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1031.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.53 mb = 15489.07 m = 50816.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.8 neg: -8.0 tot: 285.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.90 Bulk Rich Number: 8.62 Bulk Shear: 120.04 m/s