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: 35.79,-101.5 Latitude: 35.79 Longitude: -101.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 561 SFC 909 949 23.8 18.0 70 5.9 19.7 139 12 305.2 307.9 296.3 348.2 14.39 3 900 1036 23.4 17.8 71 5.6 19.4 146 17 305.6 308.3 296.3 348.5 14.35 4 850 1534 21.4 15.5 69 5.8 17.4 176 37 308.5 311.0 296.3 348.5 13.18 5 800 2059 19.3 16.2 82 3.1 17.1 206 35 311.7 314.5 298.0 356.6 14.64 6 750 2612 16.1 12.6 80 3.5 13.7 231 30 314.0 316.4 297.1 352.2 12.33 7 700 3196 12.4 8.9 79 3.5 10.1 244 30 316.2 318.1 296.3 348.3 10.27 8 650 3815 9.4 1.2 56 8.2 4.8 255 23 319.6 320.9 294.4 340.3 6.44 9 600 4472 3.4 -2.7 64 6.2 0.3 271 22 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.0 5.22 10 550 5170 -2.6 -7.2 70 4.7 -4.7 279 23 321.0 321.8 292.9 334.3 4.04 11 500 5919 -8.2 -12.4 72 4.2 -9.9 274 20 323.1 323.7 292.5 332.9 2.95 12 450 6728 -13.9 -20.6 57 6.7 -15.9 273 27 325.8 326.1 292.1 331.5 1.64 13 400 7613 -18.3 -39.3 14 21.0 -21.9 279 36 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.31 14 350 8596 -25.0 -48.3 10 23.2 -27.6 283 51 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.14 15 300 9695 -34.0 -40.2 53 6.3 -34.7 288 49 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.0 0.38 16 250 10957 -39.4 -42.6 71 3.3 -39.7 305 54 347.5 347.6 296.4 349.0 0.36 17 200 12448 -50.7 -54.4 65 3.7 -50.8 302 53 352.5 352.5 297.3 353.0 0.12 18 150 14267 -62.7 -74.9 18 12.2 -62.9 303 30 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16721 -67.8 -83.9 8 16.1 -67.9 334 11 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.25 m Freezing level: 571.38 mb = 4871.75 m = 15983.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.45 mb = 4506.30 m = 14784.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.03 mb = 1698.00 m = 5570.80 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 25.12 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 2995.03 m = 9826.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.79 C = 92.83 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 41.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 515.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1163.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.58 mb = 2127.81 m = 6980.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.58 mb = 4221.74 m = 13850.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.58 mb = 11269.63 m = 36973.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1160.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.58 mb = 15689.58 m = 51474.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 501.5 neg: -3.7 tot: 497.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.56 Bulk Rich Number: 8.15 Bulk Shear: 142.78 m/s