MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.19,-97.09 Latitude: 32.19 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 SFC 995 229 23.5 23.3 98 0.3 23.4 225 3 297.2 300.5 296.7 350.4 18.40 2 950 630 21.4 21.3 99 0.1 21.3 237 13 298.9 302.0 296.3 348.5 17.02 3 900 1099 19.7 18.4 92 1.3 18.8 231 14 301.8 304.6 295.7 345.9 14.97 4 850 1592 18.2 16.0 87 2.1 16.7 261 10 305.2 307.7 295.7 345.9 13.61 5 800 2110 15.3 13.0 86 2.3 13.8 313 11 307.4 309.7 295.1 343.2 11.84 6 750 2655 11.4 10.7 96 0.7 11.0 310 14 308.9 311.0 294.8 342.0 10.86 7 700 3230 9.1 6.8 86 2.3 7.7 299 22 312.5 314.2 294.3 340.1 8.90 8 650 3840 4.6 -0.8 68 5.4 1.7 311 16 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.6 5.54 9 600 4488 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.5 336 11 318.0 319.2 293.8 337.9 6.25 10 550 5186 -1.8 -2.9 92 1.2 -2.4 296 10 322.0 323.1 294.4 340.3 5.63 11 500 5939 -5.7 -9.4 75 3.7 -7.3 287 8 326.1 326.9 294.0 338.7 3.76 12 450 6758 -10.5 -15.2 68 4.7 -12.3 289 5 330.0 330.6 294.1 339.0 2.60 13 400 7656 -15.7 -17.9 83 2.2 -16.4 253 5 334.6 335.1 295.0 342.9 2.34 14 350 8650 -22.3 -25.0 79 2.6 -23.0 137 2 338.7 339.0 295.3 343.9 1.44 15 300 9764 -30.9 -35.1 67 4.1 -31.6 326 7 341.8 341.9 295.3 344.3 0.65 16 250 11031 -40.9 -44.2 70 3.3 -41.2 240 4 345.2 345.3 295.8 346.4 0.30 17 200 12505 -53.6 -57.6 62 3.9 -53.8 136 7 347.8 347.9 296.3 348.2 0.08 18 150 14303 -64.2 -73.1 28 8.9 -64.3 40 17 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16722 -70.7 -81.6 18 11.0 -70.7 86 10 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.50 m Freezing level: 576.16 mb = 4821.02 m = 15816.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.57 mb = 4615.32 m = 15141.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.06 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.38 mb = 257.74 m = 845.60 ft T: 23.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 18.82 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 854.16 m = 2802.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 37.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 621.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.56 mb = 744.57 m = 2442.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.56 mb = 2189.02 m = 7181.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.56 mb = 12421.55 m = 40752.63 ft B at Equ Level: 618.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.56 mb = 15040.55 m = 49345.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.9 neg: -4.2 tot: 43.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 40.25 Bulk Shear: 15.44 m/s