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: 38,-96.77 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -96.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 963 433 25.9 19.8 69 6.0 21.6 121 10 302.2 305.0 296.1 347.4 15.29 2 950 555 24.8 18.7 69 6.1 20.5 123 13 302.3 305.0 295.5 345.1 14.46 3 900 1027 20.2 17.6 85 2.6 18.4 133 15 302.3 305.0 295.3 344.2 14.18 4 850 1518 16.3 14.7 90 1.6 15.2 158 15 303.2 305.5 294.3 340.1 12.43 5 800 2033 14.6 10.9 78 3.7 12.2 180 8 306.7 308.6 293.7 337.7 10.28 6 750 2577 11.7 8.9 83 2.7 9.9 223 12 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.5 9.61 7 700 3151 7.7 5.9 88 1.9 6.6 229 13 311.0 312.6 293.5 336.7 8.34 8 650 3759 4.4 -0.7 69 5.1 1.7 234 10 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.5 5.59 9 600 4406 -0.3 -4.9 71 4.7 -2.5 252 16 315.8 316.7 291.7 330.0 4.42 10 550 5096 -5.1 -8.3 78 3.2 -6.5 271 22 318.1 318.8 291.7 330.1 3.71 11 500 5838 -9.8 -14.7 67 4.9 -11.6 274 19 321.1 321.6 291.5 329.3 2.45 12 450 6643 -14.8 -23.1 49 8.3 -17.1 290 16 324.6 324.8 291.5 329.2 1.32 13 400 7523 -20.8 -28.1 52 7.3 -22.5 313 14 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.3 0.94 14 350 8496 -27.5 -50.9 9 23.4 -29.7 336 13 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 15 300 9585 -36.1 -62.4 5 26.4 -37.4 328 16 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.03 16 250 10827 -44.3 -61.2 14 16.9 -44.9 339 23 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12301 -49.6 -74.5 4 24.8 -50.1 286 27 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14169 -53.8 -80.7 2 26.9 -54.2 284 36 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16696 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.3 305 17 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.77 m Freezing level: 602.71 mb = 4370.79 m = 14339.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.83 mb = 4013.70 m = 13168.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.40 mb = 1196.33 m = 3924.91 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 9.66 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.88 mb = 1468.41 m = 4817.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 38.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1180.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.35 mb = 1383.77 m = 4539.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.35 mb = 2595.03 m = 8513.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.35 mb = 11142.40 m = 36555.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1180.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.35 mb = 14237.51 m = 46710.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.0 neg: -6.1 tot: 80.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 16.67 Bulk Shear: 70.86 m/s