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: 35.55,-100.93 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -100.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 1 950 613 SFC 911 970 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 36 14 294.1 296.0 289.9 323.7 10.33 3 900 1072 14.3 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 24 23 296.2 298.3 291.5 329.1 11.38 4 850 1558 14.3 13.0 92 1.3 13.5 9 31 301.2 303.2 292.8 334.0 11.15 5 800 2069 12.4 11.9 97 0.4 12.1 8 30 304.3 306.4 293.6 337.3 11.04 6 750 2610 11.1 11.1 100 -0.0 11.2 10 16 308.7 310.8 294.9 342.6 11.17 7 700 3187 9.9 9.9 100 -0.0 9.9 194 5 313.5 315.6 296.1 347.6 11.02 8 650 3802 7.8 7.8 100 0.0 7.9 214 21 317.8 319.8 296.7 350.3 10.31 9 600 4461 4.0 3.6 98 0.3 3.8 230 31 320.7 322.3 296.0 347.3 8.32 10 550 5162 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 241 32 322.4 323.6 294.9 342.4 6.16 11 500 5914 -7.3 -9.0 88 1.7 -8.0 245 28 324.2 324.9 293.6 337.1 3.89 12 450 6729 -11.2 -17.3 60 6.2 -13.3 256 22 329.2 329.6 293.5 336.8 2.18 13 400 7622 -17.8 -19.7 85 2.0 -18.4 274 37 331.9 332.3 294.0 338.9 2.00 14 350 8609 -24.0 -25.5 87 1.5 -24.4 285 43 336.4 336.7 294.7 341.4 1.37 15 300 9721 -30.1 -32.7 79 2.5 -30.6 334 55 342.9 343.1 295.7 346.0 0.82 16 250 10994 -39.6 -42.6 73 3.0 -39.9 344 58 347.2 347.3 296.3 348.7 0.36 17 200 12479 -51.5 -55.2 64 3.7 -51.6 314 52 351.2 351.3 297.0 351.7 0.11 18 150 14285 -65.7 -70.1 54 4.4 -65.7 294 42 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16739 -66.8 -83.8 7 17.0 -67.0 41 25 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.89 m Freezing level: 563.07 mb = 4978.95 m = 16334.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 564.65 mb = 4950.32 m = 16241.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.88 mb = 1007.57 m = 3305.63 ft T: 13.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 910.84 mb = 970.50 m = 3184.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.09 C = 57.37 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 2.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.67 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5602.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.79 mb = 1559.96 m = 5117.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.3 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 294.3 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.4 neg: -157.2 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 223.97 m/s