MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 24.96,-102.88 Latitude: 24.96 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 502 2 900 993 SFC 853 1476 30.6 7.4 23 23.2 15.8 60 14 317.9 319.4 294.8 342.1 7.61 4 850 1506 30.5 7.4 23 23.2 15.8 61 16 318.1 319.6 294.8 342.2 7.59 5 800 2042 25.3 6.2 29 19.1 13.4 63 23 318.1 319.6 294.7 341.8 7.47 6 750 2603 19.9 5.2 38 14.7 10.9 60 23 318.2 319.6 294.7 341.8 7.42 7 700 3191 14.3 3.9 50 10.4 8.1 54 22 318.3 319.7 294.7 341.4 7.27 8 650 3811 8.4 3.1 69 5.3 5.3 49 20 318.5 319.9 294.8 341.9 7.37 9 600 4466 3.2 -6.8 48 9.9 -1.6 62 13 319.8 320.6 292.3 332.4 3.84 10 550 5164 -2.1 -15.6 35 13.5 -7.2 62 9 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.6 2.07 11 500 5916 -6.2 -15.3 49 9.1 -9.7 38 13 325.4 325.9 292.6 333.3 2.32 12 450 6733 -10.9 -23.5 35 12.6 -14.7 41 19 329.5 329.7 292.8 334.0 1.27 13 400 7628 -16.6 -44.7 7 28.1 -21.0 46 29 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.18 14 350 8617 -23.4 -56.7 3 33.3 -26.6 54 34 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 15 300 9725 -31.7 -53.5 10 21.7 -33.5 68 28 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.09 16 250 10989 -41.2 -50.2 37 9.1 -41.8 74 21 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.5 0.15 17 200 12463 -53.5 -57.8 59 4.3 -53.7 91 26 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14250 -67.7 -73.7 42 6.0 -67.7 100 28 353.5 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 19 100 16664 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 102 16 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5874.40 m Freezing level: 569.91 mb = 4886.25 m = 16030.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.39 mb = 4312.18 m = 14147.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 607.57 mb = 4363.52 m = 14315.83 ft T: 4.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 0.75 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.21 mb = 4639.05 m = 15219.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.76 C Cross Totals Index: 13.60 C K Index: 33.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 604.02 mb = 4411.50 m = 14473.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.02 mb = 5033.75 m = 16514.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.02 mb = 6749.17 m = 22142.67 ft B at Equ Level: 13.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 359.02 mb = 8428.33 m = 27651.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.1 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 82.1 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -26.6 tot: -14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.63 Bulk Shear: 1.57 m/s