MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 24.93,-107.53 Latitude: 24.93 Longitude: -107.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 992 157 33.1 21.0 49 12.1 24.3 256 6 306.9 309.9 297.7 355.0 15.98 2 950 544 28.9 20.1 59 8.8 22.6 262 7 306.5 309.5 297.5 354.0 15.78 3 900 1022 24.2 19.2 74 5.0 20.6 271 6 306.4 309.4 297.4 353.8 15.75 4 850 1520 19.5 18.3 93 1.2 18.7 277 5 306.6 309.5 297.5 354.0 15.77 5 800 2043 20.2 11.8 59 8.4 14.6 27 13 312.7 314.7 295.8 346.5 10.96 6 750 2599 18.1 6.1 45 12.0 10.7 60 6 316.2 317.8 294.6 341.2 7.91 7 700 3185 13.9 3.2 48 10.7 7.6 71 10 317.9 319.2 294.3 339.9 6.90 8 650 3805 9.1 4.1 71 5.0 6.1 72 19 319.2 320.8 295.4 344.5 7.93 9 600 4463 4.4 -2.7 60 7.2 0.7 82 25 321.2 322.3 293.9 338.2 5.22 10 550 5167 -0.1 -13.7 35 13.6 -5.6 90 23 324.0 324.5 292.3 332.2 2.41 11 500 5920 -6.5 -11.0 70 4.5 -8.4 81 24 325.1 325.7 293.3 336.1 3.29 12 450 6737 -10.3 -13.9 75 3.6 -11.7 100 35 330.3 330.8 294.4 340.2 2.91 13 400 7634 -16.9 -21.7 67 4.7 -18.3 106 35 333.0 333.3 294.1 339.0 1.69 14 350 8621 -23.5 -26.5 76 3.0 -24.2 111 42 337.1 337.4 294.7 341.7 1.26 15 300 9729 -31.9 -34.7 76 2.8 -32.4 108 29 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.9 0.67 16 250 10991 -41.7 -47.5 53 5.8 -42.1 113 30 344.1 344.1 295.5 344.9 0.21 17 200 12464 -53.3 -63.7 27 10.4 -53.6 114 34 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.04 18 150 14253 -67.6 -71.7 55 4.2 -67.6 110 33 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16662 -71.3 -86.3 9 15.0 -71.3 107 15 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.82 m Freezing level: 550.59 mb = 5158.46 m = 16923.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.70 mb = 4534.93 m = 14878.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.65 C = 92.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.78 mb = 1686.42 m = 5532.80 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2926.15 m = 9600.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.29 C = 109.92 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1618.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.16 mb = 1661.80 m = 5452.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.16 mb = 3917.97 m = 12854.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.16 mb = 14205.49 m = 46605.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1614.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.9 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 104.9 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.0 neg: -9.8 tot: 87.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 26.39 Bulk Shear: 61.35 m/s