MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F058.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F058.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 58 hour NAM valid 16Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 33.65,-112.17 Latitude: 33.65 Longitude: -112.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 967 409 37.1 5.8 15 31.3 17.8 166 4 313.2 314.4 292.2 331.9 5.97 2 950 567 34.2 5.6 17 28.5 16.8 159 4 311.9 313.0 291.9 330.6 6.03 3 900 1054 33.7 3.5 15 30.2 15.6 19 0 316.3 317.3 292.7 333.7 5.48 4 850 1566 29.4 6.1 23 23.3 14.8 229 2 316.9 318.2 294.0 338.9 6.94 5 800 2100 24.7 6.0 30 18.7 13.1 254 7 317.5 319.0 294.5 340.8 7.36 6 750 2661 20.2 3.5 33 16.7 10.2 246 12 318.5 319.7 294.1 339.4 6.56 7 700 3250 15.4 -1.8 31 17.2 6.1 231 16 319.5 320.4 293.0 334.9 4.78 8 650 3871 9.5 -4.8 36 14.3 2.3 230 17 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.1 4.12 9 600 4528 4.2 -15.2 23 19.4 -3.5 238 21 321.0 321.4 291.0 327.6 1.95 10 550 5228 -0.9 -27.4 11 26.6 -8.5 211 13 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.7 0.73 11 500 5980 -5.3 -37.3 6 32.1 -12.3 210 13 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.31 12 450 6802 -9.4 -45.1 4 35.8 -15.6 236 15 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 13 400 7698 -16.6 -47.2 5 30.6 -21.0 221 25 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.13 14 350 8683 -25.4 -49.5 9 24.1 -27.9 216 20 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.12 15 300 9784 -33.0 -52.4 13 19.4 -34.5 195 17 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.10 16 250 11038 -43.5 -57.7 19 14.2 -44.1 221 12 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.06 17 200 12500 -54.5 -67.1 20 12.7 -54.7 226 23 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14287 -66.0 -75.1 27 9.0 -66.1 217 28 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16714 -70.2 -84.3 11 14.1 -70.3 177 11 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5878.81 m Freezing level: 558.46 mb = 5109.98 m = 16764.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.29 mb = 4123.99 m = 13529.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.06 % Est. max temperature: 41.12 C = 106.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 614.81 mb = 4328.04 m = 14199.45 ft T: 5.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.17 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 524.90 mb = 5596.97 m = 18362.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.54 C = 119.38 F Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lifted Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.36 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.60 C Cross Totals Index: 11.31 C K Index: 23.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5571.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 600.54 mb = 4520.90 m = 14832.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -16.2 tot: -10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 17.27 m/s