MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.52,-102.52 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -102.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 563 2 900 1043 SFC 884 1205 24.3 16.8 63 7.4 19.1 163 12 308.1 310.7 296.5 349.8 13.76 4 850 1546 24.2 15.6 59 8.6 18.2 169 36 311.5 314.0 297.0 351.9 13.20 5 800 2074 20.8 14.1 66 6.7 16.2 196 30 313.3 315.7 297.2 352.6 12.73 6 750 2629 16.0 12.3 79 3.7 13.5 213 27 314.0 316.3 296.9 351.4 12.07 7 700 3213 14.9 -1.8 32 16.7 5.8 248 15 318.9 319.9 292.9 334.4 4.77 8 650 3835 10.2 -4.6 35 14.7 2.7 289 15 320.5 321.3 292.8 334.1 4.19 9 600 4494 4.2 -1.5 66 5.7 1.1 310 21 321.0 322.1 294.2 339.5 5.72 10 550 5194 -1.6 -6.9 67 5.3 -4.1 319 22 322.1 322.9 293.3 335.7 4.14 11 500 5945 -6.7 -18.7 38 12.0 -10.8 320 23 324.9 325.2 292.0 330.9 1.75 12 450 6759 -11.7 -25.0 32 13.2 -15.4 321 28 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.5 1.12 13 400 7652 -16.7 -55.5 2 38.9 -21.2 314 34 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.05 14 350 8639 -24.3 -51.5 6 27.2 -27.2 304 38 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.09 15 300 9741 -33.7 -53.4 12 19.7 -35.1 311 36 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.09 16 250 10996 -41.2 -73.1 2 31.9 -42.2 302 42 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.01 17 200 12475 -51.9 -70.5 9 18.6 -52.2 287 42 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14291 -62.6 -79.5 9 16.9 -62.7 300 27 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16736 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.7 11 3 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.16 m Freezing level: 564.08 mb = 4996.81 m = 16393.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.26 mb = 4639.08 m = 15219.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.06 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.28 mb = 2157.45 m = 7078.15 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.48 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.72 mb = 3634.42 m = 11923.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.69 C = 96.24 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 29.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1290.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.11 mb = 2684.04 m = 8805.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.11 mb = 4356.10 m = 14291.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.11 mb = 12794.94 m = 41977.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1278.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.11 mb = 16155.19 m = 53001.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.7 neg: -8.0 tot: 321.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.59 Bulk Rich Number: 5.68 Bulk Shear: 227.08 m/s