MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.29,-101.14 Latitude: 32.29 Longitude: -101.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 560 SFC 935 702 22.1 21.8 98 0.3 21.9 40 26 301.0 304.3 297.4 353.5 17.86 3 900 1033 22.5 19.9 85 2.7 20.6 53 32 304.7 307.8 297.4 353.8 16.43 4 850 1531 21.2 17.6 80 3.5 18.7 56 24 308.3 311.1 297.5 354.0 15.09 5 800 2055 18.5 15.8 84 2.7 16.7 59 18 310.9 313.6 297.6 354.5 14.26 6 750 2608 15.4 13.7 90 1.7 14.3 58 12 313.3 315.8 297.5 354.2 13.25 7 700 3191 12.3 11.4 94 1.0 11.7 47 7 316.1 318.5 297.5 354.1 12.16 8 650 3811 9.1 8.3 95 0.7 8.6 347 3 319.2 321.3 297.3 353.0 10.67 9 600 4471 5.2 4.6 96 0.5 4.9 292 6 322.1 323.9 296.8 350.8 8.94 10 550 5177 0.5 0.3 99 0.1 0.4 287 10 324.6 326.0 296.2 347.9 7.16 11 500 5938 -4.0 -4.1 100 0.0 -4.1 289 11 328.1 329.2 296.0 347.0 5.68 12 450 6762 -9.0 -9.0 100 0.0 -9.1 296 9 331.9 332.8 295.8 346.5 4.29 13 400 7666 -13.5 -13.6 100 0.0 -13.6 308 6 337.4 338.1 296.4 349.2 3.36 14 350 8669 -20.0 -20.0 100 0.0 -20.0 348 6 341.8 342.3 296.6 349.9 2.24 15 300 9795 -27.7 -27.7 99 0.1 -27.7 19 8 346.4 346.7 296.9 351.3 1.31 16 250 11083 -36.8 -37.6 92 0.8 -36.9 34 9 351.4 351.5 297.4 353.8 0.60 17 200 12584 -49.4 -52.5 70 3.0 -49.6 41 9 354.5 354.5 297.7 355.1 0.15 18 150 14403 -64.9 -68.6 60 3.7 -64.9 78 12 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16804 -68.8 -83.3 11 14.5 -68.9 25 3 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.13 m Freezing level: 544.93 mb = 5254.48 m = 17238.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 545.83 mb = 5238.12 m = 17185.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.07 mb = 736.36 m = 2415.85 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 8.04 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2277.61 m = 7472.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.76 C = 90.96 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 41.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 478.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.78 mb = 1523.16 m = 4997.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.78 mb = 3993.34 m = 13101.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.78 mb = 11197.22 m = 36735.85 ft B at Equ Level: 477.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.78 mb = 15445.71 m = 50674.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 23.5 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 53.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -135.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 9.89 Bulk Shear: 48.38 m/s