MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 5Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.22,-101.71 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 546 SFC 910 927 27.5 17.5 55 9.9 20.5 96 7 308.8 311.4 296.9 351.2 13.98 3 900 1029 28.3 16.5 49 11.7 20.1 112 16 310.6 313.2 296.9 351.2 13.26 4 850 1535 25.1 14.9 53 10.2 18.0 144 19 312.4 314.8 296.9 351.3 12.62 5 800 2064 21.6 12.6 57 9.0 15.5 182 15 314.2 316.4 296.6 350.0 11.56 6 750 2621 17.3 9.3 60 7.9 12.1 213 15 315.3 317.2 295.8 346.1 9.88 7 700 3204 11.7 8.9 83 2.8 9.9 213 19 315.4 317.4 296.1 347.5 10.27 8 650 3823 9.6 -7.5 29 17.1 1.4 18 15 319.8 320.5 291.9 330.9 3.36 9 600 4480 3.5 -7.5 44 11.1 -1.6 350 22 320.2 320.9 292.3 332.1 3.62 10 550 5178 -2.8 -8.1 67 5.4 -5.2 330 27 320.8 321.5 292.6 333.2 3.77 11 500 5927 -7.1 -13.7 59 6.6 -9.6 342 29 324.4 325.0 292.6 333.4 2.66 12 450 6741 -11.5 -18.9 54 7.4 -14.0 339 34 328.8 329.2 293.2 335.5 1.92 13 400 7635 -17.2 -24.2 55 7.0 -19.1 342 35 332.6 332.9 293.7 337.5 1.35 14 350 8622 -24.3 -30.7 56 6.3 -25.6 343 26 335.9 336.1 294.1 339.1 0.85 15 300 9727 -32.5 -36.8 66 4.2 -33.1 337 33 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.6 0.54 16 250 10988 -41.4 -44.7 70 3.3 -41.6 335 37 344.6 344.6 295.7 345.7 0.29 17 200 12463 -52.6 -58.6 48 6.0 -52.8 320 40 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.07 18 150 14268 -65.0 -72.6 34 7.6 -65.1 320 25 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16695 -68.4 -83.7 9 15.3 -68.5 168 2 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.39 m Freezing level: 571.93 mb = 4871.53 m = 15982.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.60 mb = 4124.06 m = 13530.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.76 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.77 mb = 2197.04 m = 7208.03 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 5.11 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.61 mb = 3160.72 m = 10369.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.89 C = 93.00 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 44.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1203.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.39 mb = 2764.12 m = 9068.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.39 mb = 4179.37 m = 13711.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.39 mb = 12706.65 m = 41687.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1201.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.39 mb = 15996.19 m = 52480.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.2 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 3.2 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 392.2 neg: -28.5 tot: 363.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 6.89 Bulk Shear: 174.58 m/s