MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.6,-102.01 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -102.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 517 2 900 1006 SFC 888 1123 31.4 18.8 47 12.6 22.2 92 5 315.0 318.0 299.4 363.4 15.56 4 850 1517 27.0 17.7 57 9.3 20.3 97 5 314.4 317.3 299.0 361.3 15.14 5 800 2049 21.7 16.5 72 5.3 18.0 102 5 314.3 317.2 298.8 360.6 14.93 6 750 2606 17.0 12.5 75 4.5 14.0 88 2 315.0 317.4 297.3 353.2 12.28 7 700 3193 14.8 -1.5 33 16.3 5.9 291 9 318.9 319.8 293.0 334.7 4.91 8 650 3813 9.4 -6.8 31 16.3 1.5 306 15 319.7 320.3 292.0 331.2 3.52 9 600 4469 3.2 -10.0 37 13.3 -2.6 312 18 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.97 10 550 5166 -2.8 -14.0 42 11.2 -7.1 304 25 320.8 321.2 291.3 328.7 2.36 11 500 5914 -6.9 -43.6 4 36.8 -13.6 312 32 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.16 12 450 6726 -12.6 -39.2 9 26.7 -17.5 310 35 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.28 13 400 7613 -18.6 -21.7 77 3.1 -19.5 316 43 330.8 331.2 293.5 336.8 1.69 14 350 8600 -24.1 -39.4 23 15.4 -26.4 335 57 336.3 336.4 293.7 337.7 0.36 15 300 9708 -31.5 -37.7 55 6.1 -32.4 334 61 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.9 0.50 16 250 10975 -40.2 -43.2 72 3.1 -40.4 327 49 346.4 346.4 296.1 347.7 0.33 17 200 12461 -50.9 -71.8 7 20.9 -51.2 306 42 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14277 -64.2 -80.0 10 15.8 -64.3 299 28 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16717 -68.9 -80.7 17 11.8 -69.0 359 4 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.83 m Freezing level: 573.12 mb = 4843.49 m = 15890.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.45 mb = 4050.25 m = 13288.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.08 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.84 mb = 2710.32 m = 8892.02 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 38.11 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.75 mb = 3219.54 m = 10562.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.13 C = 95.24 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2848.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.15 mb = 2706.76 m = 8880.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.15 mb = 3607.55 m = 11835.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.15 mb = 14433.76 m = 47354.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2840.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.6 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 340.6 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.1 neg: -7.3 tot: 36.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 42.49 Bulk Shear: 67.04 m/s