MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 31.58,-110.47 Latitude: 31.58 Longitude: -110.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 562 2 900 1043 SFC 854 1502 25.8 16.0 55 9.8 18.9 289 1 312.8 315.4 297.6 354.5 13.55 4 850 1546 23.4 15.7 62 7.7 18.1 292 1 310.7 313.2 297.0 351.5 13.36 5 800 2071 17.6 14.7 83 2.9 15.6 263 1 309.9 312.4 296.7 350.4 13.27 6 750 2619 13.1 11.3 89 1.8 11.9 228 3 310.8 312.9 295.6 345.2 11.27 7 700 3197 10.2 6.6 78 3.6 8.0 184 4 313.8 315.5 294.6 341.0 8.75 8 650 3810 6.1 2.3 76 3.9 3.9 171 10 315.9 317.2 293.8 337.8 6.95 9 600 4461 1.0 0.1 94 0.8 0.5 174 13 317.2 318.5 293.7 337.8 6.46 10 550 5156 -2.9 -6.0 79 3.1 -4.4 175 14 320.6 321.5 293.1 335.0 4.43 11 500 5906 -6.6 -12.9 61 6.3 -9.2 196 15 324.9 325.5 292.9 334.5 2.83 12 450 6722 -10.9 -19.3 50 8.3 -13.7 199 16 329.5 329.8 293.3 335.9 1.85 13 400 7618 -15.9 -29.9 29 13.9 -19.3 203 18 334.3 334.4 293.6 337.2 0.80 14 350 8612 -22.1 -31.6 42 9.4 -24.1 190 20 338.9 339.1 294.8 341.8 0.78 15 300 9727 -29.5 -45.0 21 15.5 -31.4 208 14 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.7 0.23 16 250 11005 -38.7 -64.2 5 25.5 -39.8 283 11 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.03 17 200 12494 -51.2 -71.1 8 19.9 -51.7 287 14 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14303 -65.0 -78.6 14 13.6 -65.1 285 21 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16717 -73.5 -82.3 25 8.8 -73.6 75 6 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.03 m Freezing level: 587.74 mb = 4631.37 m = 15194.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.04 mb = 4527.23 m = 14852.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.57 C = 79.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.19 mb = 2729.37 m = 8954.51 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 20.07 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.34 mb = 2592.52 m = 8505.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.89 C = 75.00 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 42.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 657.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.38 mb = 2547.06 m = 8356.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.38 mb = 2715.95 m = 8910.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.38 mb = 10693.32 m = 35082.65 ft B at Equ Level: 655.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.38 mb = 15092.35 m = 49514.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.7 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 219.7 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 43.58 Bulk Shear: 15.08 m/s