MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.28,-98.64 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -98.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 958 469 28.9 18.8 54 10.1 21.8 165 9 305.8 308.5 296.4 349.0 14.40 2 950 542 27.8 18.3 56 9.6 21.1 166 10 305.4 308.0 296.1 347.4 14.04 3 900 1018 23.1 17.2 69 6.0 19.0 170 12 305.3 307.9 295.9 346.7 13.83 4 850 1514 18.3 15.9 85 2.5 16.7 173 12 305.4 307.9 295.7 345.6 13.47 5 800 2032 15.5 12.3 82 3.1 13.4 213 10 307.6 309.8 294.8 341.9 11.34 6 750 2577 12.7 10.5 87 2.2 11.3 246 10 310.4 312.4 295.1 343.2 10.73 7 700 3155 10.5 0.9 51 9.6 5.2 274 9 314.1 315.3 292.4 332.6 5.85 8 650 3767 6.3 -2.8 52 9.1 1.7 294 23 316.1 317.1 292.1 331.5 4.80 9 600 4418 1.1 -7.0 55 8.1 -2.7 297 30 317.3 318.1 291.6 329.5 3.76 10 550 5109 -4.6 -15.2 43 10.6 -8.5 294 33 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.8 2.14 11 500 5851 -10.3 -20.0 45 9.7 -13.3 299 31 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.9 1.56 12 450 6656 -14.6 -30.0 26 15.4 -18.1 306 27 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.3 0.70 13 400 7537 -20.3 -43.5 11 23.3 -23.5 312 27 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.20 14 350 8512 -26.8 -41.7 23 14.9 -28.7 317 30 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.28 15 300 9603 -35.8 -44.3 41 8.5 -36.6 325 26 334.9 334.9 293.3 335.9 0.25 16 250 10848 -42.7 -54.8 25 12.1 -43.4 332 41 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.09 17 200 12329 -49.2 -71.5 6 22.3 -49.7 313 50 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 14189 -55.1 -80.0 3 24.8 -55.5 278 38 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16708 -66.1 -84.2 6 18.1 -66.2 291 20 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.79 m Freezing level: 590.62 mb = 4547.24 m = 14918.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.85 mb = 4010.10 m = 13156.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.87 mb = 1749.44 m = 5739.55 ft T: 17.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.38 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.07 mb = 2062.79 m = 6767.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.12 C K Index: 34.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1316.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.60 mb = 1772.93 m = 5816.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.60 mb = 3646.05 m = 11961.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.60 mb = 11413.37 m = 37444.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1304.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.60 mb = 14635.56 m = 48016.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.1 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 313.1 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 74.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 14.05 Bulk Shear: 93.72 m/s