MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 29.8,-110.93 Latitude: 29.80 Longitude: -110.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 954 535 32.2 19.4 47 12.8 22.9 189 5 309.4 312.2 297.7 355.0 15.00 2 950 575 29.7 19.4 54 10.3 22.3 190 4 307.3 310.1 297.2 352.7 15.05 3 900 1053 24.4 18.3 69 6.0 20.1 184 5 306.6 309.4 297.0 351.4 14.91 4 850 1551 19.4 17.4 88 2.1 18.0 178 4 306.5 309.3 296.9 351.2 14.86 5 800 2071 16.6 11.5 72 5.0 13.3 165 4 308.8 310.8 294.7 341.4 10.73 6 750 2619 13.5 8.3 71 5.1 10.2 190 4 311.2 312.9 294.2 339.5 9.20 7 700 3196 9.7 5.3 74 4.4 7.1 186 8 313.3 314.8 293.9 338.2 8.02 8 650 3808 6.3 -3.3 50 9.7 1.4 191 10 316.1 317.0 291.9 330.9 4.61 9 600 4460 2.2 -12.0 34 14.2 -3.7 210 11 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.0 2.53 10 550 5155 -2.3 -22.9 19 20.6 -8.8 228 14 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.1 1.10 11 500 5904 -6.9 -26.2 20 19.2 -12.3 215 11 324.6 324.8 291.1 327.8 0.90 12 450 6722 -9.7 -50.7 2 41.0 -16.0 230 18 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.08 13 400 7617 -16.9 -55.7 2 38.8 -21.4 241 20 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 14 350 8609 -21.5 -58.9 2 37.4 -25.1 253 15 339.8 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.04 15 300 9731 -28.1 -54.9 6 26.8 -30.6 279 13 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 16 250 11013 -38.2 -65.8 4 27.6 -39.5 302 13 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 17 200 12505 -50.5 -73.8 5 23.4 -50.9 301 13 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14318 -64.9 -79.6 12 14.6 -65.0 316 14 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.00 19 100 16727 -74.0 -83.2 23 9.2 -74.0 58 10 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.90 m Freezing level: 576.11 mb = 4792.12 m = 15721.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.17 mb = 3983.38 m = 13068.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.59 mb = 2139.46 m = 7019.13 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 29.91 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.41 mb = 2077.46 m = 6815.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.31 C K Index: 39.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 793.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.20 mb = 1836.33 m = 6024.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.20 mb = 2537.54 m = 8325.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.20 mb = 11364.46 m = 37284.53 ft B at Equ Level: 793.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.20 mb = 15784.05 m = 51784.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.3 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 236.3 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 264.72 Bulk Shear: 3.00 m/s