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: 33.79,-102.55 Latitude: 33.79 Longitude: -102.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 559 2 900 1040 SFC 892 1121 25.9 17.7 61 8.1 20.1 301 13 309.0 311.7 297.3 352.8 14.46 4 850 1542 23.9 16.0 61 7.9 18.4 232 5 311.2 313.8 297.3 353.0 13.62 5 800 2072 21.3 12.2 56 9.1 15.2 196 10 313.9 316.0 296.4 348.7 11.25 6 750 2627 17.1 9.7 62 7.4 12.3 184 15 315.2 317.1 295.9 346.9 10.15 7 700 3212 12.3 7.7 74 4.6 9.4 190 12 316.1 317.9 295.7 345.7 9.46 8 650 3829 7.9 -3.0 46 10.9 2.2 68 4 317.9 318.8 292.6 333.1 4.72 9 600 4482 2.5 -6.0 53 8.5 -1.6 342 3 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.2 4.07 10 550 5178 -3.1 -8.3 67 5.2 -5.5 37 8 320.3 321.1 292.4 332.5 3.71 11 500 5925 -8.5 -11.4 80 2.9 -9.6 24 5 322.7 323.3 292.6 333.4 3.21 12 450 6735 -12.5 -13.4 93 0.9 -12.8 31 15 327.6 328.2 293.8 337.9 3.03 13 400 7625 -19.0 -21.2 83 2.2 -19.6 354 40 330.4 330.7 293.4 336.5 1.76 14 350 8610 -24.0 -26.7 78 2.7 -24.6 341 53 336.4 336.7 294.6 340.9 1.23 15 300 9720 -31.0 -33.9 76 2.8 -31.5 316 33 341.7 341.8 295.4 344.4 0.73 16 250 10986 -41.1 -44.3 71 3.2 -41.3 307 41 345.0 345.0 295.8 346.2 0.30 17 200 12463 -52.5 -56.3 64 3.8 -52.7 295 37 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.09 18 150 14275 -62.8 -67.5 53 4.7 -62.9 314 10 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.03 19 100 16707 -70.5 -84.7 11 14.2 -70.6 299 7 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.08 m Freezing level: 577.82 mb = 4790.65 m = 15717.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.51 mb = 4207.50 m = 13803.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.02 C = 89.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.01 mb = 2158.21 m = 7080.66 ft T: 20.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.78 mb = 3202.18 m = 10505.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.89 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 43.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1362.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.18 mb = 2693.43 m = 8836.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.18 mb = 3711.85 m = 12177.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.18 mb = 12813.34 m = 42038.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1353.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.18 mb = 16180.27 m = 53084.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.6 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 82.6 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -103.6 tot: -91.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 38.79 Bulk Shear: 35.12 m/s