MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.18,-101.68 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -101.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 503 2 900 996 SFC 897 1021 34.6 16.0 33 18.6 21.4 127 6 317.4 319.9 298.2 357.7 12.83 4 850 1509 29.4 14.4 40 15.0 18.9 135 7 316.9 319.3 297.7 355.1 12.20 5 800 2045 24.2 13.6 52 10.6 16.8 142 7 316.9 319.3 297.8 355.4 12.30 6 750 2606 18.7 12.6 68 6.1 14.5 149 7 316.9 319.2 297.8 355.4 12.29 7 700 3193 13.0 11.5 91 1.5 12.0 154 6 316.9 319.2 297.8 355.4 12.29 8 650 3813 9.5 -5.1 35 14.6 2.2 337 12 319.7 320.5 292.5 332.8 4.02 9 600 4470 3.8 -10.0 36 13.9 -2.3 321 18 320.6 321.2 291.8 330.4 2.97 10 550 5168 -2.8 -10.8 54 8.0 -6.2 317 19 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.8 3.05 11 500 5915 -7.3 -38.9 6 31.6 -13.7 324 30 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.26 12 450 6727 -12.3 -34.4 14 22.1 -17.0 314 38 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.4 0.46 13 400 7616 -18.1 -19.8 87 1.7 -18.6 317 41 331.5 331.9 293.9 338.4 1.99 14 350 8603 -23.6 -32.0 46 8.4 -25.3 329 53 336.9 337.0 294.3 339.7 0.75 15 300 9712 -31.1 -34.7 71 3.6 -31.7 329 52 341.5 341.6 295.3 344.1 0.67 16 250 10982 -40.5 -43.9 70 3.3 -40.8 319 49 345.8 345.9 296.0 347.1 0.31 17 200 12464 -51.5 -67.7 13 16.2 -51.9 309 48 351.1 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14273 -64.3 -77.6 15 13.3 -64.4 304 30 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16701 -68.9 -84.8 8 15.9 -69.0 248 9 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5872.65 m Freezing level: 571.27 mb = 4870.68 m = 15979.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.75 mb = 4124.56 m = 13531.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.42 % Est. max temperature: 34.06 C = 93.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.10 mb = 3360.86 m = 11026.30 ft T: 12.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 2.55 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.51 mb = 3552.95 m = 11656.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.68 C = 96.22 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 49.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1846.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.49 mb = 3380.53 m = 11090.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.49 mb = 3946.37 m = 12947.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.49 mb = 13504.97 m = 44307.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1841.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.6 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 349.6 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.6 neg: -54.0 tot: -36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 25.06 Bulk Shear: 73.67 m/s