MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.71,-101.53 Latitude: 35.71 Longitude: -101.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 556 SFC 912 920 24.1 18.0 69 6.1 19.8 159 15 305.3 307.9 296.3 348.2 14.37 3 900 1032 23.5 17.8 70 5.8 19.5 163 24 305.8 308.4 296.4 348.7 14.35 4 850 1530 21.9 15.8 68 6.1 17.7 183 42 309.1 311.6 296.5 349.7 13.38 5 800 2056 19.7 16.2 80 3.5 17.2 215 35 312.1 314.9 298.1 357.0 14.62 6 750 2611 16.4 12.2 76 4.2 13.6 239 31 314.4 316.7 297.0 351.7 12.02 7 700 3195 13.1 4.8 57 8.4 8.1 252 32 317.0 318.5 294.7 341.4 7.71 8 650 3815 9.6 1.7 58 8.0 5.1 264 25 319.8 321.1 294.6 341.2 6.66 9 600 4472 3.4 -1.5 70 4.9 0.8 270 23 320.1 321.2 293.9 338.5 5.71 10 550 5171 -2.1 -10.2 54 8.2 -5.6 282 27 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.2 3.19 11 500 5920 -7.8 -17.6 45 9.8 -11.2 280 25 323.5 323.9 291.7 330.1 1.91 12 450 6730 -13.2 -24.3 39 11.1 -16.2 279 30 326.7 326.9 292.0 330.9 1.19 13 400 7617 -18.0 -39.6 13 21.6 -21.7 288 37 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.31 14 350 8602 -24.9 -45.4 13 20.5 -27.5 289 50 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.19 15 300 9701 -33.6 -49.6 18 16.1 -34.9 294 46 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.14 16 250 10961 -40.3 -43.8 69 3.5 -40.6 309 48 346.1 346.2 296.0 347.4 0.31 17 200 12448 -50.9 -57.7 44 6.8 -51.1 301 48 352.2 352.3 297.2 352.6 0.08 18 150 14265 -63.0 -79.9 8 16.9 -63.1 302 30 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16719 -67.7 -83.8 8 16.1 -67.8 339 12 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.04 m Freezing level: 568.98 mb = 4905.61 m = 16094.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.88 mb = 4554.56 m = 14942.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.07 mb = 1705.07 m = 5594.00 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 26.98 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.08 mb = 3133.56 m = 10280.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.32 C = 95.58 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 532.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1198.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.99 mb = 2142.86 m = 7030.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.99 mb = 4242.89 m = 13920.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.99 mb = 11904.28 m = 39055.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1193.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.99 mb = 15768.84 m = 51734.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 523.0 neg: -1.2 tot: 521.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.82 Bulk Rich Number: 6.80 Bulk Shear: 176.13 m/s