MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 37.51,-97.48 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -97.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 973 398 28.0 19.1 58 8.9 21.7 125 9 303.5 306.2 295.8 346.4 14.45 2 950 610 24.4 17.6 66 6.8 19.7 125 10 302.0 304.4 294.7 341.7 13.48 3 900 1081 19.7 16.5 82 3.2 17.5 125 10 301.8 304.3 294.6 340.9 13.27 4 850 1571 20.0 -8.7 14 28.7 6.9 158 8 307.1 307.6 286.9 314.5 2.33 5 800 2089 16.7 -1.1 30 17.8 7.3 201 6 308.9 309.8 289.6 322.7 4.41 6 750 2635 13.1 1.6 45 11.6 6.8 230 5 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.6 5.71 7 700 3211 10.1 -4.6 35 14.8 2.8 260 6 313.7 314.4 290.6 326.1 3.87 8 650 3823 6.4 -1.7 56 8.1 2.1 309 8 316.2 317.2 292.4 332.7 5.20 9 600 4474 1.1 -5.8 60 7.0 -2.2 326 11 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.7 4.12 10 550 5167 -4.0 -12.3 52 8.4 -7.3 316 15 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.3 2.70 11 500 5912 -8.7 -13.0 71 4.3 -10.4 297 17 322.4 323.0 292.2 331.8 2.81 12 450 6721 -13.5 -34.1 16 20.6 -17.8 302 30 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.0 0.47 13 400 7603 -20.6 -38.1 19 17.5 -23.5 300 36 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.36 14 350 8578 -26.3 -57.9 3 31.6 -28.8 299 45 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.04 15 300 9672 -35.1 -53.8 13 18.7 -36.4 291 56 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.08 16 250 10921 -43.0 -62.8 10 19.8 -43.8 286 59 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12396 -50.0 -71.8 6 21.8 -50.5 280 61 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14238 -59.0 -80.5 5 21.5 -59.2 284 50 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16729 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 285 6 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.22 m Freezing level: 588.99 mb = 4626.40 m = 15178.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.45 mb = 4136.26 m = 13570.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.29 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.78 mb = 1523.36 m = 4997.85 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 31.88 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.28 mb = 2766.33 m = 9075.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.94 C = 96.70 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: 10.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 0.05 C K Index: 5.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 259.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 307.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.48 mb = 1687.99 m = 5537.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.48 mb = 4560.85 m = 14963.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.48 mb = 10059.97 m = 33004.76 ft B at Equ Level: 255.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.48 mb = 11964.56 m = 39253.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.2 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 322.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 49.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.94 Bulk Shear: 52.67 m/s