MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.52,-96.72 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -96.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 999 148 31.5 23.0 61 8.5 25.2 4 7 304.7 308.1 298.4 358.5 18.00 2 950 601 27.7 21.6 70 6.1 23.2 15 12 305.3 308.5 298.1 357.1 17.34 3 900 1078 24.0 20.2 79 3.8 21.3 21 11 306.2 309.4 298.0 356.7 16.81 4 850 1577 20.1 18.7 92 1.3 19.1 15 9 307.2 310.2 297.9 356.1 16.22 5 800 2099 17.2 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 358 9 309.5 312.4 297.9 356.0 15.31 6 750 2648 13.8 13.2 96 0.6 13.4 306 10 311.5 313.9 296.8 350.7 12.79 7 700 3227 9.6 8.0 90 1.6 8.6 299 16 313.1 315.0 295.1 343.1 9.68 8 650 3839 6.4 0.1 64 6.3 2.9 300 15 316.2 317.3 293.0 335.0 5.93 9 600 4492 3.4 -2.3 66 5.7 0.4 307 13 320.0 321.1 293.7 337.5 5.39 10 550 5194 -0.7 -7.1 62 6.4 -3.7 313 10 323.2 324.0 293.5 336.7 4.08 11 500 5949 -4.7 -14.0 48 9.2 -8.4 305 8 327.3 327.8 293.4 336.2 2.60 12 450 6771 -9.3 -20.0 41 10.8 -12.9 328 7 331.6 331.9 293.7 337.7 1.73 13 400 7671 -15.0 -26.5 37 11.5 -18.1 335 7 335.5 335.7 294.2 339.5 1.10 14 350 8667 -21.6 -36.9 24 15.4 -24.3 258 4 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.5 0.46 15 300 9784 -30.1 -49.5 13 19.5 -32.0 250 10 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.6 0.14 16 250 11056 -39.5 -56.2 15 16.6 -40.5 215 12 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 17 200 12542 -51.2 -57.9 45 6.6 -51.5 171 16 351.6 351.6 297.1 351.9 0.08 18 150 14352 -64.6 -68.6 58 4.0 -64.7 138 21 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.02 19 100 16759 -72.1 -83.0 18 10.9 -72.2 352 2 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.94 m Freezing level: 558.89 mb = 5069.03 m = 16630.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.83 mb = 4562.13 m = 14967.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.70 % Est. max temperature: 34.01 C = 93.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.98 mb = 1234.92 m = 4051.52 ft T: 22.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 23.54 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.16 mb = 1646.31 m = 5401.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.28 C = 93.71 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 41.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1750.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.95 mb = 1384.53 m = 4542.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.95 mb = 2056.31 m = 6746.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.95 mb = 14188.27 m = 46548.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1738.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.8 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 353.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -5.3 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 179.69 Bulk Shear: 9.74 m/s