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: 32.89,-100.87 Latitude: 32.89 Longitude: -100.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 551 SFC 935 693 23.0 17.4 71 5.6 19.2 180 6 301.9 304.4 294.7 341.8 13.51 3 900 1026 25.8 16.4 56 9.4 19.3 142 15 308.1 310.6 296.2 347.9 13.16 4 850 1528 23.4 13.3 53 10.1 16.6 147 20 310.7 312.8 295.6 345.4 11.34 5 800 2055 20.2 11.9 59 8.4 14.7 149 7 312.7 314.8 295.9 346.7 11.00 6 750 2610 17.0 10.3 65 6.7 12.7 270 11 315.1 317.1 296.2 348.0 10.58 7 700 3195 13.4 9.1 76 4.2 10.6 288 14 317.3 319.3 296.7 350.2 10.46 8 650 3815 8.3 1.5 62 6.8 4.5 345 20 318.4 319.7 294.2 339.4 6.60 9 600 4469 3.2 -7.4 46 10.6 -1.8 350 21 319.8 320.5 292.2 331.7 3.65 10 550 5166 -2.7 -10.0 57 7.2 -5.9 339 17 320.8 321.5 292.2 331.6 3.25 11 500 5915 -7.7 -15.1 55 7.4 -10.5 358 19 323.7 324.1 292.2 331.6 2.36 12 450 6727 -12.4 -14.7 83 2.3 -13.2 1 27 327.7 328.2 293.6 337.0 2.71 13 400 7618 -17.4 -19.3 85 1.9 -18.0 352 41 332.4 332.8 294.3 339.7 2.08 14 350 8612 -21.6 -23.8 83 2.1 -22.2 342 51 339.6 339.9 295.6 345.5 1.60 15 300 9733 -28.5 -31.1 79 2.6 -29.0 329 44 345.2 345.4 296.4 348.8 0.95 16 250 11015 -38.1 -41.2 73 3.0 -38.5 315 46 349.4 349.5 296.8 351.1 0.42 17 200 12509 -50.0 -53.7 65 3.7 -50.1 304 43 353.6 353.7 297.5 354.2 0.13 18 150 14322 -65.6 -69.7 56 4.1 -65.6 286 23 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.02 19 100 16744 -68.8 -81.4 15 12.6 -68.9 117 6 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.13 m Freezing level: 573.25 mb = 4842.44 m = 15887.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.33 mb = 4276.42 m = 14030.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.29 C = 93.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.03 mb = 1415.10 m = 4642.67 ft T: 23.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 2.55 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.52 mb = 3455.81 m = 11337.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.53 C = 101.36 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.91 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 40.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 376.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 336.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.04 mb = 2338.54 m = 7672.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.04 mb = 4482.31 m = 14705.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.04 mb = 8632.00 m = 28319.86 ft B at Equ Level: 374.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.04 mb = 12213.10 m = 40068.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.7 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 14.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.7 neg: -56.7 tot: 145.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 108.40 m/s