MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 14Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.93,-96.28 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 973 400 20.0 15.4 74 4.7 17.0 160 7 295.5 297.5 291.2 328.1 11.34 2 950 606 19.0 13.2 69 5.8 15.3 179 18 296.5 298.3 290.5 325.6 10.08 3 900 1070 16.8 13.4 80 3.4 14.6 212 11 298.8 300.7 291.8 330.2 10.78 4 850 1556 14.4 9.8 74 4.6 11.6 268 7 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.7 8.96 5 800 2066 13.5 -9.9 19 23.4 3.4 220 4 305.5 305.9 286.2 312.6 2.24 6 750 2607 10.4 4.9 68 5.6 7.2 19 1 307.9 309.2 291.7 330.0 7.24 7 700 3179 7.4 4.7 83 2.7 5.9 35 1 310.7 312.2 292.9 334.4 7.70 8 650 3786 4.2 -2.6 61 6.9 0.8 298 5 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.1 4.86 9 600 4432 0.2 -11.2 42 11.4 -4.5 315 7 316.4 316.9 290.3 325.3 2.71 10 550 5122 -5.8 -14.0 52 8.2 -8.9 344 10 317.1 317.6 290.2 324.9 2.35 11 500 5860 -11.4 -20.4 47 9.0 -14.0 334 10 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.3 1.51 12 450 6662 -15.5 -33.0 21 17.5 -19.0 281 15 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.6 0.53 13 400 7540 -21.5 -24.3 79 2.7 -22.2 265 21 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.7 1.34 14 350 8512 -27.5 -29.8 81 2.2 -27.9 292 18 331.7 331.8 293.0 335.0 0.93 15 300 9602 -35.9 -38.9 73 3.0 -36.2 297 17 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.4 0.44 16 250 10844 -45.3 -48.8 68 3.5 -45.6 310 20 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.18 17 200 12302 -51.6 -62.0 28 10.4 -51.9 273 43 351.0 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.05 18 150 14163 -54.2 -80.2 3 26.1 -54.5 273 27 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16692 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.3 316 19 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.37 m Freezing level: 597.95 mb = 4460.75 m = 14634.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.59 mb = 3878.49 m = 12724.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.11 mb = 992.88 m = 3257.43 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 17.62 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.16 mb = 2682.77 m = 8801.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.89 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7515.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.43 mb = 1432.23 m = 4698.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -36.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.6 neg: -12.3 tot: 61.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 45.68 m/s