MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.5,-101.29 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -101.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 594 SFC 906 1002 19.5 17.4 87 2.1 18.1 43 21 301.1 303.6 294.8 342.0 13.93 3 900 1062 18.6 17.0 90 1.6 17.5 44 26 300.7 303.2 294.6 340.9 13.69 4 850 1550 15.6 15.6 100 -0.0 15.5 55 25 302.4 304.9 294.7 341.4 13.20 5 800 2067 15.4 15.4 100 -0.0 15.4 141 15 307.6 310.2 296.5 349.7 13.94 6 750 2614 13.2 13.2 100 -0.0 13.2 194 26 310.9 313.4 296.7 350.2 12.85 7 700 3195 11.6 11.6 100 -0.0 11.6 224 32 315.3 317.7 297.4 353.7 12.35 8 650 3814 7.8 7.7 100 0.0 7.8 246 34 317.7 319.7 296.6 350.0 10.25 9 600 4468 2.1 1.1 93 1.0 1.5 254 31 318.6 319.9 294.5 340.7 6.93 10 550 5165 -3.1 -3.1 100 0.0 -3.1 253 27 320.4 321.5 293.9 338.2 5.53 11 500 5914 -7.9 -9.3 90 1.4 -8.5 247 25 323.4 324.1 293.3 335.9 3.79 12 450 6722 -14.2 -28.5 28 14.4 -17.6 266 32 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.3 0.81 13 400 7608 -18.0 -38.6 15 20.5 -21.6 284 46 331.6 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.34 14 350 8592 -25.5 -33.0 50 7.5 -26.9 287 56 334.3 334.5 293.6 336.9 0.68 15 300 9695 -31.1 -34.2 74 3.1 -31.6 302 54 341.5 341.7 295.3 344.2 0.70 16 250 10969 -38.8 -41.9 72 3.2 -39.1 316 48 348.5 348.5 296.6 350.0 0.38 17 200 12461 -51.1 -54.7 65 3.6 -51.3 305 43 351.8 351.8 297.1 352.3 0.11 18 150 14273 -64.7 -75.0 23 10.3 -64.8 306 22 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16719 -64.8 -84.4 5 19.6 -65.0 58 24 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.51 m Freezing level: 579.69 mb = 4751.09 m = 15587.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.54 mb = 4690.78 m = 15389.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.27 mb = 1270.62 m = 4168.64 ft T: 17.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.13 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1466.15 m = 4810.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.60 C = 69.08 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 39.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 387.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.88 mb = 1561.41 m = 5122.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.88 mb = 1611.78 m = 5287.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 833.88 mb = 1713.41 m = 5621.36 ft B at Equ Level: 25.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 773.88 mb = 2348.25 m = 7704.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 713.5 neg: -15.3 tot: 698.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 232.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 13.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 368.25 m/s