MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F046.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F046.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 46 hour NAM valid 16Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 28.25,-95.89 Latitude: 28.25 Longitude: -95.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 -0 27.4 25.9 91 1.5 26.3 202 4 299.4 303.2 299.0 361.4 21.16 1 1000 119 26.1 25.3 96 0.7 25.6 202 4 299.2 303.0 298.7 360.0 20.77 2 950 573 23.8 22.0 90 1.8 22.5 215 6 301.4 304.6 297.5 353.9 17.83 3 900 1045 22.2 14.6 62 7.6 17.1 154 4 304.4 306.6 294.1 339.4 11.71 4 850 1540 18.7 15.5 81 3.2 16.5 124 1 305.8 308.2 295.6 345.2 13.15 5 800 2060 16.5 11.0 70 5.5 13.0 37 7 308.8 310.7 294.4 340.4 10.39 6 750 2607 13.9 3.7 50 10.2 8.0 28 11 311.7 312.9 292.3 332.4 6.66 7 700 3185 10.8 -5.5 31 16.3 2.9 23 12 314.5 315.2 290.6 326.1 3.62 8 650 3798 7.3 -19.5 13 26.8 -2.4 27 15 317.2 317.5 289.2 321.5 1.26 9 600 4450 2.5 -7.6 47 10.1 -2.2 32 9 319.0 319.7 291.9 330.7 3.60 10 550 5148 -1.3 -18.0 27 16.7 -7.4 341 8 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.2 1.68 11 500 5900 -6.0 -17.0 42 11.0 -10.0 328 9 325.7 326.1 292.4 332.6 2.02 12 450 6716 -11.5 -25.4 31 13.8 -15.4 335 9 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.6 1.08 13 400 7608 -17.2 -44.1 8 26.9 -21.3 1 10 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 14 350 8597 -22.3 -57.4 3 35.2 -25.7 20 15 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 15 300 9713 -29.5 -53.5 8 24.0 -31.7 33 22 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.09 16 250 10987 -39.8 -57.0 14 17.2 -40.8 50 19 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 17 200 12469 -51.9 -63.3 24 11.4 -52.2 51 15 350.5 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.04 18 150 14266 -67.2 -72.9 44 5.7 -67.2 69 25 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 19 100 16685 -69.0 -84.5 9 15.5 -69.1 96 18 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.19 m Freezing level: 567.63 mb = 4901.65 m = 16081.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.59 mb = 3515.31 m = 11533.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.97 % Est. max temperature: 33.45 C = 92.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.97 mb = 190.19 m = 623.99 ft T: 25.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 23.71 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.40 mb = 1206.56 m = 3958.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.92 C = 91.25 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 23.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1456.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.51 mb = 716.40 m = 2350.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.51 mb = 1646.63 m = 5402.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.51 mb = 14285.70 m = 46868.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1437.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.3 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 47.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -14.4 tot: -9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 67.54 Bulk Shear: 21.57 m/s