MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F057.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F057.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.34,-97.69 Latitude: 32.34 Longitude: -97.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 987 211 34.7 22.2 48 12.5 25.4 145 8 309.0 312.3 299.0 361.6 17.32 2 950 552 29.8 20.7 58 9.1 23.2 145 9 307.5 310.5 298.1 357.0 16.43 3 900 1032 25.1 19.8 72 5.4 21.3 146 9 307.4 310.5 298.0 356.7 16.32 4 850 1532 20.6 17.6 83 3.0 18.5 153 7 307.8 310.6 297.4 353.4 15.09 5 800 2054 16.8 14.9 88 1.9 15.5 237 3 309.1 311.6 296.6 349.9 13.44 6 750 2602 13.4 10.0 79 3.5 11.2 241 4 311.2 313.1 295.0 342.8 10.32 7 700 3180 9.8 6.4 79 3.4 7.8 254 10 313.3 315.0 294.4 340.2 8.66 8 650 3792 5.8 -2.1 57 7.9 1.7 273 14 315.5 316.5 292.1 331.5 5.04 9 600 4442 2.1 -4.5 61 6.7 -1.2 273 21 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.3 4.55 10 550 5141 -1.2 -6.1 69 4.9 -3.6 290 31 322.7 323.5 293.6 337.2 4.41 11 500 5895 -5.5 -20.0 31 14.5 -10.4 306 34 326.4 326.7 292.2 331.8 1.56 12 450 6713 -10.3 -37.3 9 27.0 -15.9 305 36 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.34 13 400 7609 -16.4 -42.9 8 26.5 -20.7 299 33 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.22 14 350 8598 -23.1 -59.5 2 36.4 -26.4 312 40 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.04 15 300 9708 -31.3 -57.3 6 26.0 -33.2 316 35 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.06 16 250 10978 -39.7 -56.1 16 16.4 -40.6 284 34 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.08 17 200 12462 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -50.8 331 34 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.00 18 150 14278 -65.2 -68.6 62 3.4 -65.2 282 9 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.02 19 100 16696 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 40 7 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.57 m Freezing level: 567.87 mb = 4891.25 m = 16047.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.48 mb = 4169.43 m = 13679.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.06 % Est. max temperature: 33.80 C = 92.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.05 mb = 1788.62 m = 5868.09 ft T: 18.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 30.11 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.58 mb = 1824.90 m = 5987.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 40.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2061.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.12 mb = 1725.46 m = 5660.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.12 mb = 1882.44 m = 6175.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.12 mb = 14434.65 m = 47357.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2029.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -2.8 tot: 34.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 31.11 Bulk Shear: 66.26 m/s