MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.1,-100.36 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 545 SFC 948 566 23.5 20.5 83 3.0 21.3 127 5 301.3 304.2 296.4 348.9 16.20 3 900 1020 25.0 20.0 74 5.0 21.4 186 28 307.3 310.4 298.2 357.3 16.58 4 850 1522 23.3 14.0 56 9.3 17.0 213 20 310.6 312.8 296.0 347.0 11.92 5 800 2049 20.8 11.0 54 9.8 14.4 257 18 313.3 315.3 295.6 345.5 10.40 6 750 2604 17.1 6.1 48 11.0 10.4 294 19 315.2 316.7 294.3 339.9 7.89 7 700 3187 12.9 -0.7 39 13.6 5.5 345 15 316.8 317.8 292.6 333.4 5.20 8 650 3804 7.8 -5.4 39 13.2 1.4 355 16 317.8 318.6 291.9 330.6 3.94 9 600 4457 2.1 -4.2 63 6.3 -1.0 341 22 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.7 4.68 10 550 5152 -3.7 -10.1 61 6.4 -6.4 346 35 319.7 320.4 291.8 330.3 3.23 11 500 5895 -9.8 -16.0 60 6.2 -11.9 352 40 321.1 321.6 291.3 328.5 2.20 12 450 6704 -11.8 -31.8 17 20.0 -16.4 349 39 328.4 328.6 291.9 330.6 0.59 13 400 7599 -15.8 -46.0 6 30.2 -20.4 344 46 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.15 14 350 8589 -24.0 -56.6 3 32.7 -27.0 355 51 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 15 300 9692 -32.8 -54.3 10 21.5 -34.4 333 49 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.08 16 250 10951 -41.9 -57.0 18 15.0 -42.7 325 50 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.07 17 200 12425 -51.8 -71.8 7 20.0 -52.2 304 44 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14242 -62.6 -76.1 15 13.5 -62.7 307 26 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16689 -68.8 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 63 8 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.40 m Freezing level: 581.61 mb = 4712.61 m = 15461.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.19 mb = 4173.86 m = 13693.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.47 % Est. max temperature: 35.48 C = 95.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.65 mb = 955.33 m = 3134.25 ft T: 24.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 26.70 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2860.73 m = 9385.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.95 C = 100.30 F Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lifted Index: -7.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: -5.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 33.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1579.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.46 mb = 1776.21 m = 5827.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.46 mb = 3670.98 m = 12043.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.46 mb = 12733.85 m = 41777.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1573.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.2 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 1.2 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 404.0 neg: -14.4 tot: 389.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.87 Bulk Rich Number: 7.26 Bulk Shear: 217.66 m/s