MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.36,-101.83 Latitude: 34.36 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 515 2 900 1004 SFC 893 1070 31.9 18.8 46 13.2 22.3 82 9 315.1 318.0 299.3 363.1 15.45 4 850 1514 26.9 17.4 56 9.5 20.1 85 9 314.3 317.1 298.8 360.5 14.89 5 800 2047 21.7 16.5 72 5.3 18.0 90 8 314.3 317.2 298.8 360.6 14.91 6 750 2603 16.3 15.4 95 0.9 15.7 94 8 314.2 317.1 298.8 360.3 14.85 7 700 3190 14.9 -3.0 29 17.9 5.5 307 9 319.0 319.9 292.6 333.2 4.38 8 650 3810 9.5 -7.2 30 16.7 1.4 318 15 319.7 320.3 291.9 330.9 3.42 9 600 4466 3.3 -11.2 34 14.5 -2.9 319 18 320.0 320.5 291.5 329.0 2.72 10 550 5164 -1.9 -21.5 21 19.6 -8.3 314 24 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.1 1.24 11 500 5915 -6.0 -41.7 4 35.6 -13.0 321 28 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.20 12 450 6730 -11.3 -38.4 9 27.1 -16.6 312 35 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.2 0.31 13 400 7621 -17.0 -31.3 28 14.2 -20.2 330 40 332.8 333.0 293.2 335.4 0.70 14 350 8608 -23.9 -49.7 7 25.8 -26.8 330 59 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.12 15 300 9717 -31.0 -53.2 9 22.2 -32.9 332 65 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.09 16 250 10985 -40.3 -51.1 31 10.8 -41.0 325 56 346.2 346.2 295.9 346.8 0.14 17 200 12471 -51.2 -74.1 5 22.9 -51.5 302 45 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14282 -64.9 -77.1 17 12.2 -65.0 293 36 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16717 -69.2 -82.7 12 13.5 -69.2 339 8 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.36 m Freezing level: 568.05 mb = 4911.99 m = 16115.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.56 mb = 4020.22 m = 13189.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.77 mb = 2731.49 m = 8961.47 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 34.40 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.21 mb = 3247.35 m = 10653.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.80 C = 96.44 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -6.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: -6.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 32.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2681.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.39 mb = 2712.85 m = 8900.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.39 mb = 3614.37 m = 11858.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.39 mb = 14469.26 m = 47470.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2680.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.3 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 353.3 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.8 neg: -9.4 tot: 31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 33.67 Bulk Shear: 79.63 m/s