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: 32.63,-96.97 Latitude: 32.63 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 995 178 25.2 22.7 86 2.5 23.4 108 1 298.8 302.1 296.7 350.5 17.72 2 950 579 21.8 20.9 95 0.9 21.2 147 5 299.3 302.4 296.1 347.9 16.63 3 900 1050 21.0 21.0 100 -0.0 21.1 205 10 303.1 306.4 297.8 355.6 17.68 4 850 1544 17.9 17.5 97 0.4 17.6 263 14 304.9 307.6 296.5 349.4 14.93 5 800 2063 15.4 15.3 99 0.1 15.3 276 8 307.6 310.1 296.4 349.1 13.76 6 750 2609 12.1 10.2 88 1.9 10.9 268 9 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.7 10.47 7 700 3184 8.6 6.7 87 2.0 7.4 270 13 312.1 313.7 294.1 339.2 8.80 8 650 3794 5.1 1.9 80 3.2 3.3 258 13 314.7 316.0 293.3 336.0 6.75 9 600 4444 1.1 -9.4 45 10.5 -3.5 296 12 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.6 3.13 10 550 5137 -3.8 -10.3 61 6.5 -6.5 323 6 319.5 320.2 291.7 330.0 3.18 11 500 5884 -7.6 -9.6 86 2.0 -8.5 47 22 323.7 324.4 293.3 335.9 3.68 12 450 6695 -12.9 -14.5 88 1.6 -13.5 51 16 327.0 327.6 293.4 336.5 2.77 13 400 7584 -18.1 -20.1 84 2.1 -18.7 68 13 331.5 331.9 293.9 338.3 1.93 14 350 8571 -23.3 -25.8 80 2.5 -23.9 251 14 337.3 337.6 294.8 342.2 1.34 15 300 9682 -31.1 -33.9 76 2.8 -31.6 263 17 341.5 341.7 295.3 344.3 0.72 16 250 10950 -40.3 -43.5 71 3.2 -40.6 277 42 346.1 346.2 296.1 347.4 0.32 17 200 12436 -50.2 -53.9 65 3.7 -50.3 281 46 353.4 353.4 297.5 353.9 0.13 18 150 14272 -60.5 -83.3 4 22.7 -60.7 169 1 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16711 -70.2 -83.3 13 13.1 -70.2 12 7 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.74 m Freezing level: 588.84 mb = 4598.45 m = 15086.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.72 mb = 4103.12 m = 13461.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.19 mb = 495.29 m = 1624.93 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 28.00 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1140.78 m = 3742.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C K Index: 40.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1296.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.89 mb = 756.44 m = 2481.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.89 mb = 1585.73 m = 5202.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.89 mb = 11926.83 m = 39129.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1287.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.89 mb = 15823.63 m = 51914.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.9 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 315.9 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.9 neg: -5.3 tot: 85.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 47.47 Bulk Shear: 27.31 m/s