MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 181 SFC 975 405 27.4 16.7 52 10.7 20.1 131 6 302.8 305.0 294.1 339.3 12.35 2 950 631 23.2 15.5 62 7.8 18.1 131 6 300.8 302.9 293.1 335.2 11.70 3 900 1099 18.5 14.5 78 4.0 15.9 132 7 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.7 11.62 4 850 1587 16.9 4.3 43 12.5 9.8 149 9 303.8 304.9 289.5 322.4 6.15 5 800 2103 16.0 -3.7 26 19.7 6.2 165 6 308.2 308.8 288.6 319.5 3.62 6 750 2647 12.6 3.1 53 9.4 7.2 125 2 310.2 311.4 291.7 330.0 6.40 7 700 3223 9.6 0.1 52 9.5 4.5 28 3 313.1 314.2 291.9 330.5 5.53 8 650 3834 5.7 -4.1 49 9.8 0.8 336 8 315.4 316.2 291.5 329.2 4.34 9 600 4483 0.9 -5.3 63 6.1 -2.1 321 13 317.1 317.9 292.0 330.9 4.30 10 550 5175 -4.6 -11.0 61 6.5 -7.2 310 17 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.5 3.00 11 500 5916 -10.6 -17.9 55 7.3 -13.0 291 17 320.2 320.5 290.7 326.5 1.87 12 450 6717 -15.5 -23.2 51 7.7 -17.6 294 27 323.8 324.0 291.2 328.3 1.31 13 400 7599 -20.1 -33.5 29 13.3 -22.7 303 33 328.8 328.9 292.0 330.9 0.57 14 350 8575 -26.3 -41.0 24 14.8 -28.2 304 39 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.30 15 300 9673 -34.0 -67.8 2 33.8 -35.5 307 52 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.01 16 250 10926 -43.0 -65.8 6 22.8 -43.7 299 51 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 17 200 12398 -50.3 -73.0 5 22.7 -50.8 290 52 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14243 -60.0 -80.4 5 20.4 -60.2 279 43 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16732 -65.8 -83.1 7 17.3 -66.0 10 8 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.54 m Freezing level: 592.13 mb = 4591.57 m = 15064.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.02 mb = 4009.84 m = 13155.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.62 mb = 1752.49 m = 5749.57 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 19.84 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.36 mb = 3006.94 m = 9865.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.60 C = 97.88 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.72 C Showalter Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 14.90 C K Index: 22.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 383.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.11 mb = 1716.87 m = 5632.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 542.11 mb = 5287.56 m = 17347.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 412.11 mb = 7375.40 m = 24197.23 ft B at Equ Level: 75.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 332.11 mb = 8948.26 m = 29357.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.4 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 334.4 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -25.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: -14.5 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.14 Bulk Shear: 35.66 m/s