MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 29.72,-94.99 Latitude: 29.72 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1018 2 33.7 23.4 55 10.3 26.0 192 2 305.2 308.6 298.5 359.2 18.04 1 1000 164 31.2 22.4 59 8.8 24.7 203 2 304.4 307.6 297.9 356.0 17.30 2 950 624 26.8 21.4 72 5.4 22.9 238 1 304.4 307.5 297.8 355.4 17.13 3 900 1100 23.2 13.9 56 9.3 17.0 289 2 305.4 307.5 294.0 338.9 11.15 4 850 1596 20.3 8.8 48 11.5 13.1 4 2 307.4 309.0 292.5 332.9 8.39 5 800 2116 16.3 11.2 72 5.1 13.0 7 9 308.5 310.5 294.4 340.3 10.48 6 750 2662 12.6 9.5 81 3.1 10.6 356 10 310.2 312.1 294.5 340.8 10.00 7 700 3238 9.1 4.3 72 4.8 6.3 350 11 312.6 314.0 293.3 335.8 7.47 8 650 3849 5.4 1.4 75 4.0 3.2 348 10 315.1 316.3 293.2 335.6 6.53 9 600 4499 1.6 0.1 89 1.5 0.8 2 6 318.0 319.3 294.0 338.5 6.43 10 550 5196 -2.6 -3.7 92 1.1 -3.1 18 1 321.0 322.1 293.9 338.2 5.31 11 500 5947 -6.4 -9.2 80 2.8 -7.7 285 4 325.2 326.0 293.8 337.9 3.80 12 450 6764 -10.9 -22.8 37 11.9 -14.5 193 7 329.5 329.8 292.9 334.3 1.35 13 400 7659 -16.2 -36.2 16 19.9 -20.1 195 15 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.43 14 350 8649 -23.2 -32.8 41 9.6 -25.1 203 14 337.5 337.6 294.3 340.1 0.69 15 300 9761 -31.1 -49.5 15 18.4 -32.9 187 8 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.14 16 250 11025 -40.6 -44.9 63 4.3 -41.0 123 8 345.7 345.7 295.9 346.8 0.28 17 200 12508 -52.2 -55.8 65 3.7 -52.3 135 19 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.6 0.10 18 150 14308 -65.4 -69.5 56 4.1 -65.4 149 24 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16737 -71.0 -79.5 27 8.5 -71.1 121 8 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.13 m Freezing level: 580.64 mb = 4768.99 m = 15646.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.05 mb = 4633.15 m = 15200.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.29 % Est. max temperature: 35.13 C = 95.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.54 mb = 1309.13 m = 4295.01 ft T: 21.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 26.34 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.37 mb = 1796.13 m = 5892.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.33 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 15.21 C K Index: 30.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1666.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.35 mb = 1390.40 m = 4561.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.35 mb = 2058.61 m = 6753.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.35 mb = 13698.62 m = 44942.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1654.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.5 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 20.5 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -3.5 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 263.67 Bulk Shear: 6.32 m/s