MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 17Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 32.57,-101.17 Latitude: 32.57 Longitude: -101.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 1 950 600 SFC 940 691 27.9 19.5 60 8.4 21.9 188 5 306.4 309.3 297.1 352.5 15.33 3 900 1076 23.4 17.6 70 5.8 19.4 190 6 305.6 308.2 296.2 348.2 14.22 4 850 1572 18.6 16.7 89 1.9 17.2 190 7 305.6 308.2 296.2 348.1 14.19 5 800 2090 15.5 9.9 69 5.5 12.0 200 14 307.6 309.4 293.5 336.8 9.63 6 750 2636 14.1 -1.6 34 15.7 5.9 221 14 311.9 312.8 290.6 326.2 4.54 7 700 3215 11.5 -5.0 31 16.4 3.3 208 12 315.2 315.9 290.9 327.3 3.77 8 650 3829 7.8 -12.3 22 20.2 -0.7 200 12 317.8 318.3 290.4 325.4 2.28 9 600 4484 4.0 -21.3 14 25.3 -4.7 192 12 320.7 320.9 290.2 324.7 1.16 10 550 5183 -0.8 -12.0 42 11.3 -5.5 216 13 323.2 323.7 292.4 332.5 2.77 11 500 5939 -4.8 -23.3 22 18.5 -10.6 216 13 327.1 327.4 292.0 331.3 1.17 12 450 6759 -9.6 -31.5 15 21.8 -15.0 207 14 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.4 0.61 13 400 7656 -16.5 -32.9 23 16.4 -20.0 211 16 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.7 0.60 14 350 8643 -23.8 -44.7 13 20.9 -26.6 206 13 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.20 15 300 9752 -31.3 -55.3 8 24.0 -33.1 224 7 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.07 16 250 11017 -41.3 -52.0 31 10.6 -42.0 302 3 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.1 0.13 17 200 12491 -52.0 -63.1 25 11.1 -52.2 341 11 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.04 18 150 14301 -64.7 -76.6 18 11.8 -64.8 348 14 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16719 -71.8 -83.7 15 11.9 -71.8 26 6 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.10 m Freezing level: 557.94 mb = 5072.28 m = 16641.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.88 mb = 3716.84 m = 12194.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.91 mb = 1756.10 m = 5761.42 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 26.27 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.74 mb = 1976.13 m = 6483.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 23.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 569.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.33 mb = 1803.17 m = 5915.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.33 mb = 4317.29 m = 14164.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.33 mb = 12096.08 m = 39684.83 ft B at Equ Level: 562.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.33 mb = 15048.59 m = 49371.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.4 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 236.4 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.5 neg: -5.8 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 102.60 Bulk Shear: 5.55 m/s