MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.8,-100.27 Latitude: 31.80 Longitude: -100.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 953 558 20.2 19.1 93 1.1 19.4 140 2 297.4 300.1 294.3 340.1 14.74 2 950 583 20.8 19.0 89 1.8 19.6 176 3 298.3 301.0 294.6 341.1 14.72 3 900 1056 24.3 15.1 56 9.2 18.0 202 14 306.5 308.8 295.0 342.8 12.06 4 850 1555 22.1 13.3 57 8.8 16.2 218 14 309.3 311.5 295.3 343.9 11.37 5 800 2079 19.0 9.3 54 9.6 12.8 241 13 311.3 313.1 294.3 339.8 9.24 6 750 2630 14.6 7.3 61 7.3 10.1 355 1 312.4 314.1 294.1 339.0 8.58 7 700 3209 11.1 -3.0 37 14.2 3.9 37 6 314.8 315.6 291.3 328.8 4.37 8 650 3824 8.4 -14.5 18 23.0 -0.9 18 14 318.5 318.9 290.2 324.9 1.90 9 600 4480 4.3 -20.6 14 24.9 -4.4 10 20 321.2 321.4 290.4 325.4 1.24 10 550 5180 -0.3 -21.3 19 21.0 -7.4 359 19 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.2 1.27 11 500 5936 -5.0 -31.5 11 26.4 -11.8 347 13 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.55 12 450 6754 -10.8 -37.6 9 26.8 -16.3 334 12 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.9 0.33 13 400 7647 -17.0 -30.6 30 13.6 -20.1 326 19 332.9 333.1 293.2 335.7 0.75 14 350 8634 -24.2 -37.4 29 13.1 -26.3 326 22 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.8 0.44 15 300 9739 -32.2 -44.1 30 11.9 -33.4 330 23 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.1 0.26 16 250 11003 -40.8 -55.8 18 15.0 -41.6 321 24 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.08 17 200 12480 -52.5 -66.5 17 14.0 -52.8 304 20 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14281 -65.0 -77.7 16 12.7 -65.0 333 12 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16704 -71.4 -84.5 13 13.1 -71.5 58 7 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.32 m Freezing level: 553.06 mb = 5137.37 m = 16854.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.55 mb = 3702.79 m = 12148.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.80 C = 92.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.55 mb = 698.02 m = 2290.05 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 19.04 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.62 mb = 3023.81 m = 9920.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.58 C = 97.85 F Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lifted Index: 0.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 18.36 C K Index: 26.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 463.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.30 mb = 1947.53 m = 6389.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 457.30 mb = 6628.91 m = 21748.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.30 mb = 9566.36 m = 31385.31 ft B at Equ Level: 86.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.30 mb = 11074.94 m = 36334.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.0 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 16.0 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.2 neg: -17.7 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.64 Bulk Shear: 53.66 m/s