MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.70,-98.21 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -98.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 187 SFC 966 491 27.4 15.9 50 11.4 19.6 107 10 303.5 305.7 294.0 338.7 11.86 2 950 639 25.1 14.8 53 10.3 18.2 107 11 302.6 304.7 293.3 335.8 11.20 3 900 1110 20.4 13.7 65 6.7 16.0 107 11 302.5 304.5 293.1 335.1 11.01 4 850 1600 15.9 11.2 74 4.7 12.9 110 11 302.8 304.6 292.3 332.0 9.85 5 800 2114 14.6 1.9 42 12.8 7.6 156 7 306.7 307.8 289.8 323.5 5.47 6 750 2657 11.9 4.8 62 7.0 7.8 175 7 309.5 310.8 292.2 331.7 7.23 7 700 3232 9.1 -2.1 45 11.2 3.4 216 6 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.4 4.69 8 650 3842 5.3 -1.6 61 7.0 1.7 245 11 315.0 316.0 292.2 331.6 5.22 9 600 4490 0.8 -7.2 55 8.0 -2.9 281 10 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.1 3.72 10 550 5183 -3.9 -6.5 82 2.6 -5.1 292 15 319.5 320.3 292.6 333.4 4.27 11 500 5929 -8.6 -13.4 68 4.8 -10.5 297 20 322.5 323.1 292.2 331.6 2.71 12 450 6739 -13.3 -17.4 71 4.1 -14.7 283 22 326.5 326.9 292.7 333.9 2.16 13 400 7625 -19.2 -29.3 41 10.0 -21.5 261 32 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.1 0.85 14 350 8602 -25.8 -28.2 80 2.5 -26.3 249 33 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.9 1.07 15 300 9704 -33.4 -35.9 77 2.6 -33.7 234 48 338.4 338.5 294.5 340.6 0.59 16 250 10954 -44.1 -50.3 50 6.2 -44.5 253 52 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.15 17 200 12424 -51.2 -72.4 6 21.2 -51.6 250 60 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14265 -60.1 -80.5 5 20.4 -60.3 262 47 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16750 -66.4 -86.7 4 20.3 -66.5 296 13 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.74 m Freezing level: 591.58 mb = 4607.05 m = 15114.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.19 mb = 4079.58 m = 13384.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.78 mb = 1927.56 m = 6323.95 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.48 mb = 2979.83 m = 9776.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.02 C = 95.04 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 24.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5055.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.38 mb = 1973.34 m = 6474.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.0 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 292.0 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 64.72 m/s