MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 11Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 29.21,-100.72 Latitude: 29.21 Longitude: -100.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 984 289 24.7 23.1 90 1.7 23.5 115 12 299.2 302.6 297.3 352.8 18.33 2 950 599 22.3 21.8 97 0.5 21.9 132 20 299.8 303.0 296.9 351.2 17.56 3 900 1070 20.5 19.3 93 1.1 19.7 165 19 302.6 305.5 296.5 349.6 15.89 4 850 1564 18.5 17.9 96 0.6 18.1 172 18 305.6 308.4 297.0 351.6 15.38 5 800 2083 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 179 11 307.4 309.9 296.1 347.9 13.44 6 750 2629 12.9 11.8 93 1.0 12.2 181 9 310.5 312.7 295.8 346.3 11.70 7 700 3209 10.5 8.2 86 2.3 9.1 178 6 314.1 316.0 295.4 344.6 9.83 8 650 3823 7.1 2.8 74 4.3 4.6 203 4 317.0 318.4 294.3 340.0 7.25 9 600 4477 3.1 -0.7 76 3.8 1.0 225 5 319.7 320.9 294.1 339.2 6.06 10 550 5177 -1.6 -4.2 82 2.6 -2.9 208 7 322.2 323.2 294.0 338.8 5.09 11 500 5928 -6.9 -9.7 80 2.8 -8.1 196 13 324.6 325.4 293.6 336.9 3.67 12 450 6742 -12.4 -15.3 79 2.9 -13.5 169 9 327.7 328.2 293.4 336.5 2.59 13 400 7632 -18.1 -21.1 77 3.0 -19.0 123 10 331.5 331.9 293.7 337.8 1.78 14 350 8616 -24.6 -26.4 85 1.8 -25.1 109 15 335.6 335.8 294.4 340.2 1.26 15 300 9724 -31.3 -32.8 86 1.5 -31.6 109 17 341.3 341.4 295.3 344.3 0.81 16 250 10991 -40.8 -43.9 72 3.1 -41.1 110 17 345.4 345.4 295.9 346.6 0.31 17 200 12467 -52.8 -56.8 62 4.0 -52.9 108 15 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.09 18 150 14268 -64.0 -75.5 19 11.5 -64.1 51 17 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16695 -72.0 -85.0 12 13.0 -72.1 49 11 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.89 m Freezing level: 567.29 mb = 4935.21 m = 16191.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.06 mb = 4652.55 m = 15264.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.00 mb = 498.68 m = 1636.07 ft T: 23.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1104.09 m = 3622.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 41.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1207.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.18 mb = 867.61 m = 2846.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.18 mb = 1911.98 m = 6272.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.18 mb = 12915.59 m = 42373.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1195.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.18 mb = 16336.16 m = 53595.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.7 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 207.7 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.0 neg: -8.9 tot: 76.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 59.05 Bulk Shear: 20.45 m/s