MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F001.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F001.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 1 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.44,-101.20 Latitude: 36.44 Longitude: -101.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 566 SFC 914 916 30.2 18.1 48 12.1 21.5 153 12 311.3 314.0 297.8 355.6 14.47 3 900 1051 29.1 17.7 50 11.5 21.0 155 18 311.5 314.3 297.8 355.4 14.29 4 850 1557 24.6 15.5 57 9.1 18.3 168 21 311.9 314.4 297.1 352.4 13.17 5 800 2085 19.7 14.3 71 5.4 16.0 179 19 312.1 314.6 297.0 351.7 12.88 6 750 2637 14.9 11.6 81 3.3 12.7 198 17 312.7 314.9 296.3 348.2 11.51 7 700 3218 12.3 4.2 58 8.1 7.5 249 11 316.1 317.5 294.1 339.3 7.39 8 650 3836 8.4 -2.3 47 10.6 2.7 294 14 318.4 319.4 292.9 334.4 4.97 9 600 4490 3.1 -8.6 42 11.7 -2.3 317 16 319.6 320.3 291.9 330.6 3.32 10 550 5188 -2.0 -18.6 27 16.6 -7.8 312 19 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.1 1.60 11 500 5939 -6.7 -25.2 21 18.5 -12.0 307 23 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.4 0.99 12 450 6752 -12.1 -30.6 20 18.4 -16.5 308 25 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.67 13 400 7641 -18.0 -41.4 11 23.3 -21.8 299 36 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.25 14 350 8624 -25.4 -34.8 41 9.4 -27.0 294 45 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.6 0.57 15 300 9725 -33.0 -35.8 76 2.8 -33.4 288 44 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.2 0.60 16 250 10981 -43.0 -46.1 71 3.2 -43.2 287 47 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.24 17 200 12453 -51.6 -55.4 64 3.8 -51.8 276 45 351.0 351.0 297.0 351.4 0.10 18 150 14277 -61.2 -68.6 37 7.4 -61.3 269 25 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.02 19 100 16736 -67.8 -86.1 6 18.2 -67.9 306 7 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.62 m Freezing level: 570.04 mb = 4908.30 m = 16103.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.74 mb = 4186.21 m = 13734.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.08 mb = 2444.35 m = 8019.43 ft T: 16.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 28.43 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2940.83 m = 9648.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 38.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1733.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.73 mb = 2628.68 m = 8624.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.73 mb = 3636.64 m = 11931.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.73 mb = 12922.22 m = 42395.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1718.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.73 mb = 16398.72 m = 53800.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.4 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 305.4 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 139.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.40 Bulk Rich Number: 14.03 Bulk Shear: 123.58 m/s