MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.15,-101.02 Latitude: 31.15 Longitude: -101.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 548 SFC 927 762 22.7 20.1 86 2.5 20.9 179 9 302.3 305.3 296.7 350.1 16.18 3 900 1023 24.2 20.5 80 3.7 21.6 185 32 306.5 309.7 298.3 358.1 17.16 4 850 1525 23.5 15.5 60 8.1 17.9 198 19 310.8 313.3 296.8 350.9 13.10 5 800 2053 21.8 5.6 35 16.3 12.0 165 4 314.4 315.8 293.5 336.8 7.13 6 750 2608 17.7 6.1 46 11.6 10.6 343 3 315.8 317.3 294.4 340.6 7.89 7 700 3194 13.6 -1.1 36 14.7 5.6 349 7 317.5 318.5 292.7 333.7 5.03 8 650 3812 8.7 -4.3 40 13.0 2.1 352 12 318.8 319.6 292.4 332.7 4.28 9 600 4467 3.3 -6.2 50 9.4 -1.3 4 21 319.9 320.7 292.5 333.0 4.02 10 550 5165 -3.3 -8.1 69 4.8 -5.4 13 25 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.6 3.78 11 500 5911 -8.0 -18.3 44 10.2 -11.5 1 25 323.2 323.6 291.6 329.4 1.81 12 450 6727 -9.6 -37.8 8 28.2 -15.5 2 35 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.4 0.33 13 400 7626 -15.1 -54.1 2 39.0 -20.1 8 37 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.06 14 350 8618 -23.5 -46.4 10 22.9 -26.3 7 35 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.17 15 300 9724 -32.1 -57.8 6 25.7 -33.9 349 30 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 16 250 10986 -41.7 -52.3 31 10.5 -42.4 348 26 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.5 0.12 17 200 12460 -52.5 -71.2 9 18.7 -52.9 328 29 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14264 -64.7 -79.5 11 14.9 -64.8 345 23 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 19 100 16680 -71.8 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 51 10 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.63 m Freezing level: 575.00 mb = 4815.99 m = 15800.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.67 mb = 4216.58 m = 13833.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.45 % Est. max temperature: 35.17 C = 95.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.48 mb = 1086.79 m = 3565.54 ft T: 24.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 21.31 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.38 mb = 3081.20 m = 10108.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.27 C = 99.09 F Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 32.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1374.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.92 mb = 2020.82 m = 6629.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.92 mb = 3965.76 m = 13010.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.92 mb = 13192.95 m = 43283.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1364.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.2 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 30.2 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.0 neg: -39.7 tot: 83.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 5.72 Bulk Shear: 240.29 m/s