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: 38.04,-97.06 Latitude: 38.04 Longitude: -97.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 963 428 25.5 20.1 72 5.4 21.6 129 11 301.9 304.7 296.1 347.7 15.56 2 950 550 25.0 19.1 70 5.8 20.8 132 16 302.5 305.2 295.8 346.3 14.82 3 900 1022 20.5 17.8 84 2.8 18.7 139 18 302.7 305.3 295.6 345.2 14.37 4 850 1513 16.0 16.0 100 -0.0 16.0 160 18 302.9 305.4 295.1 343.1 13.57 5 800 2028 14.3 11.0 80 3.4 12.2 197 14 306.4 308.4 293.7 337.6 10.34 6 750 2572 11.8 8.2 78 3.7 9.6 210 17 309.4 311.1 293.6 337.3 9.12 7 700 3146 8.0 4.0 76 4.0 5.6 219 12 311.3 312.7 292.7 333.8 7.29 8 650 3755 4.6 0.0 72 4.6 2.1 238 14 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.8 5.90 9 600 4401 -0.4 -2.6 85 2.2 -1.4 261 19 315.7 316.7 292.4 332.5 5.29 10 550 5092 -4.7 -8.2 76 3.6 -6.2 273 23 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.7 3.74 11 500 5835 -9.3 -16.7 55 7.5 -11.8 281 21 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.7 2.06 12 450 6643 -14.1 -28.4 29 14.4 -17.5 294 16 325.6 325.7 291.3 328.5 0.81 13 400 7525 -20.3 -28.3 49 8.0 -22.1 323 12 328.6 328.7 292.2 331.9 0.92 14 350 8499 -27.4 -51.0 9 23.5 -29.6 344 14 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 15 300 9590 -35.6 -57.2 9 21.7 -36.8 348 22 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 16 250 10834 -44.4 -55.7 27 11.4 -44.9 356 33 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.08 17 200 12303 -50.0 -73.2 5 23.2 -50.4 292 27 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14169 -54.0 -80.1 3 26.1 -54.5 283 34 376.9 376.9 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16694 -63.0 -85.6 3 22.6 -63.1 324 15 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.61 m Freezing level: 603.61 mb = 4354.48 m = 14286.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.22 mb = 4133.51 m = 13561.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.57 mb = 1112.36 m = 3649.43 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 19.24 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.67 mb = 1376.07 m = 4514.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.24 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1275.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.78 mb = 1345.20 m = 4413.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.78 mb = 1394.94 m = 4576.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.78 mb = 11332.59 m = 37179.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1273.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.78 mb = 14519.95 m = 47637.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.2 neg: -8.6 tot: 116.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 14.61 Bulk Shear: 87.25 m/s