MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 25.45,-97 Latitude: 25.45 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 -0 27.9 25.7 88 2.1 26.3 108 10 299.6 303.5 298.9 361.1 20.93 1 1000 143 26.4 25.0 92 1.4 25.4 108 11 299.5 303.2 298.5 359.1 20.32 2 950 597 24.6 18.6 69 6.0 20.4 107 10 302.1 304.8 295.4 344.5 14.36 3 900 1070 22.8 14.1 58 8.7 17.0 92 8 305.0 307.1 294.0 338.8 11.31 4 850 1566 20.5 12.0 58 8.5 14.9 74 8 307.6 309.5 294.1 339.0 10.39 5 800 2087 17.6 7.5 51 10.1 11.4 83 6 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.8 8.13 6 750 2635 14.4 3.7 49 10.7 8.2 129 4 312.2 313.5 292.5 333.0 6.68 7 700 3214 10.9 3.1 59 7.8 6.4 155 6 314.5 315.8 293.3 336.0 6.84 8 650 3829 7.5 -2.7 49 10.1 2.2 168 10 317.4 318.3 292.5 332.9 4.83 9 600 4483 3.2 -5.5 52 8.8 -1.0 171 8 319.9 320.7 292.7 333.6 4.22 10 550 5183 -1.2 -8.3 58 7.2 -4.4 162 6 322.7 323.4 293.0 335.0 3.71 11 500 5936 -6.1 -10.7 70 4.6 -8.1 189 5 325.6 326.3 293.6 337.0 3.38 12 450 6753 -11.1 -15.1 72 4.0 -12.6 173 7 329.2 329.7 293.9 338.2 2.62 13 400 7647 -16.9 -20.7 72 3.8 -18.0 93 8 333.1 333.4 294.2 339.6 1.85 14 350 8636 -23.2 -28.2 64 5.0 -24.4 71 13 337.4 337.6 294.7 341.4 1.07 15 300 9746 -31.3 -35.1 69 3.8 -31.9 84 13 341.3 341.4 295.2 343.8 0.65 16 250 11012 -41.5 -45.0 68 3.6 -41.8 94 14 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.28 17 200 12482 -54.2 -61.7 39 7.4 -54.4 108 21 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14265 -67.5 -69.5 75 2.1 -67.5 119 22 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16686 -69.5 -87.5 6 18.0 -69.5 117 20 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.15 m Freezing level: 563.25 mb = 4997.18 m = 16394.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.06 mb = 4267.12 m = 13999.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.57 % Est. max temperature: 35.00 C = 95.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.83 mb = 268.86 m = 882.07 ft T: 25.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1962.16 m = 6437.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.61 C = 99.70 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 18.04 C K Index: 30.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 938.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.35 mb = 988.91 m = 3244.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.35 mb = 3536.36 m = 11602.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.35 mb = 13368.38 m = 43858.99 ft B at Equ Level: 930.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.35 mb = 15937.92 m = 52289.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.3 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 164.3 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -26.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -15.9 tot: -13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 237.82 Bulk Shear: 3.95 m/s