MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.87,-100.33 Latitude: 33.87 Longitude: -100.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 550 SFC 948 570 28.0 21.3 67 6.6 23.1 109 7 305.7 308.9 298.1 357.0 17.10 3 900 1031 26.9 17.8 57 9.1 20.5 131 16 309.3 312.0 297.3 352.9 14.38 4 850 1534 23.2 15.6 62 7.7 17.9 168 15 310.5 313.0 296.8 350.9 13.21 5 800 2060 19.4 15.3 77 4.1 16.6 214 14 311.8 314.5 297.5 354.3 13.84 6 750 2613 15.5 13.8 90 1.7 14.4 255 18 313.4 315.9 297.6 354.7 13.37 7 700 3196 12.7 1.9 48 10.8 6.5 309 13 316.6 317.8 293.4 336.4 6.27 8 650 3813 8.7 -6.6 33 15.3 1.3 334 17 318.8 319.5 291.9 330.5 3.60 9 600 4469 3.7 -18.8 18 22.5 -4.5 328 21 320.3 320.6 290.3 325.3 1.44 10 550 5165 -2.9 -20.4 24 17.5 -8.7 330 23 320.7 321.0 290.4 325.4 1.37 11 500 5911 -8.0 -27.0 20 19.1 -13.0 330 28 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.3 0.83 12 450 6722 -13.0 -36.6 12 23.5 -17.6 328 42 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.2 0.37 13 400 7608 -18.5 -54.2 3 35.6 -22.5 333 51 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.06 14 350 8593 -23.5 -52.2 5 28.7 -26.6 337 64 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.09 15 300 9703 -31.5 -53.5 10 22.0 -33.3 334 64 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.09 16 250 10970 -40.2 -57.7 14 17.5 -41.2 322 53 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.06 17 200 12454 -50.9 -58.9 38 8.0 -51.2 304 34 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.5 0.07 18 150 14266 -64.2 -78.0 13 13.8 -64.3 307 36 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16715 -67.4 -84.9 7 17.5 -67.5 22 9 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.11 m Freezing level: 572.00 mb = 4858.94 m = 15941.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.72 mb = 3956.76 m = 12981.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.87 % Est. max temperature: 34.02 C = 93.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.18 mb = 1419.02 m = 4655.51 ft T: 24.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 29.42 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2687.82 m = 8818.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.87 C = 96.56 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1489.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.96 mb = 2092.78 m = 6866.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.96 mb = 3915.25 m = 12845.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.96 mb = 12712.23 m = 41706.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1484.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.1 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 345.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.7 neg: -6.0 tot: 270.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.30 Bulk Rich Number: 11.24 Bulk Shear: 132.48 m/s