MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 2Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.47,-100.63 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -100.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 522 SFC 929 721 30.9 17.4 44 13.5 21.3 117 9 310.5 313.1 297.1 352.0 13.59 3 900 1009 30.8 16.0 41 14.8 20.4 134 18 313.2 315.6 297.2 352.6 12.77 4 850 1517 26.1 15.1 51 11.0 18.4 145 17 313.5 315.9 297.3 353.0 12.78 5 800 2048 21.5 13.5 60 8.0 16.1 161 14 314.1 316.4 297.1 352.1 12.26 6 750 2604 16.9 14.3 85 2.6 15.1 217 13 315.0 317.6 298.3 357.9 13.82 7 700 3190 13.3 7.7 69 5.6 9.7 294 7 317.2 319.1 296.0 347.0 9.46 8 650 3810 9.5 -1.6 46 11.1 3.5 348 12 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.5 5.23 9 600 4466 3.4 -5.2 53 8.7 -0.8 342 17 320.1 320.9 292.9 334.2 4.33 10 550 5164 -2.2 -11.9 48 9.6 -6.2 336 20 321.4 322.0 291.9 330.7 2.80 11 500 5916 -6.2 -32.1 11 25.9 -12.5 332 26 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.4 0.52 12 450 6730 -11.9 -34.3 14 22.5 -16.7 335 33 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.0 0.46 13 400 7621 -17.0 -44.4 7 27.4 -21.1 340 40 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.18 14 350 8610 -22.9 -47.0 9 24.1 -25.9 342 61 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.5 0.16 15 300 9724 -30.4 -43.3 27 12.9 -31.9 342 57 342.6 342.6 295.2 343.7 0.28 16 250 10997 -39.0 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.3 334 39 348.1 348.2 296.5 349.6 0.38 17 200 12491 -49.9 -53.5 66 3.6 -50.0 299 36 353.8 353.8 297.5 354.3 0.13 18 150 14306 -65.0 -72.6 34 7.6 -65.1 298 22 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16721 -69.9 -84.2 11 14.3 -70.0 80 1 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.24 m Freezing level: 569.77 mb = 4888.23 m = 16037.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.36 mb = 4339.31 m = 14236.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.70 % Est. max temperature: 34.79 C = 94.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 764.13 mb = 2443.13 m = 8015.43 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 30.56 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.10 mb = 3443.26 m = 11296.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.47 C = 101.24 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 41.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1042.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.70 mb = 2836.90 m = 9307.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.70 mb = 4135.29 m = 13567.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.70 mb = 12016.27 m = 39422.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1038.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.70 mb = 15903.86 m = 52177.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.7 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 1.7 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.9 neg: -5.5 tot: 187.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 7.55 Bulk Shear: 138.01 m/s