MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 405 26.5 16.1 53 10.4 19.5 122 6 301.8 304.0 293.5 336.8 11.86 2 950 636 22.4 14.8 62 7.6 17.4 123 6 300.0 302.0 292.5 332.9 11.23 3 900 1103 17.7 13.9 79 3.8 15.3 124 6 299.7 301.8 292.4 332.5 11.18 4 850 1590 16.8 3.1 40 13.7 9.2 137 9 303.7 304.8 289.0 320.8 5.64 5 800 2105 15.9 -4.8 24 20.8 5.8 145 6 308.1 308.8 288.3 318.6 3.34 6 750 2649 12.4 3.7 55 8.8 7.4 83 3 310.1 311.3 291.9 330.6 6.66 7 700 3225 9.3 1.3 57 8.1 4.9 25 5 312.8 314.0 292.2 331.7 6.01 8 650 3835 5.5 -3.1 54 8.6 1.1 331 10 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.0 4.68 9 600 4484 0.9 -6.1 60 6.9 -2.4 314 15 317.1 317.9 291.7 330.2 4.06 10 550 5177 -4.7 -10.4 64 5.7 -7.1 309 18 318.5 319.1 291.4 328.9 3.15 11 500 5917 -10.6 -17.6 56 7.0 -12.9 301 16 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.6 1.92 12 450 6719 -15.5 -23.5 50 8.0 -17.7 276 22 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.2 1.27 13 400 7599 -20.5 -32.2 35 11.6 -22.8 291 32 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.64 14 350 8574 -26.1 -54.7 5 28.6 -28.7 297 38 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.06 15 300 9673 -33.8 -61.6 4 27.8 -35.4 303 45 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.03 16 250 10927 -42.8 -61.3 11 18.5 -43.5 297 49 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 17 200 12400 -50.3 -72.4 6 22.1 -50.8 289 50 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14243 -60.7 -79.9 6 19.3 -60.8 274 44 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16728 -65.9 -84.0 6 18.1 -66.0 357 13 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.50 m Freezing level: 592.31 mb = 4590.64 m = 15060.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.89 mb = 4038.84 m = 13250.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.47 mb = 1715.94 m = 5629.65 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 18.16 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.98 mb = 3118.76 m = 10232.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.96 C = 98.54 F Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.23 C Showalter Index: 5.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 13.72 C K Index: 22.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 70.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 478.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.07 mb = 1699.72 m = 5576.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 514.07 mb = 5701.84 m = 18706.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 444.07 mb = 6818.05 m = 22368.66 ft B at Equ Level: 16.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 404.07 mb = 7523.66 m = 24683.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -14.6 tot: -4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 36.19 m/s