MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 14Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.40,-94.42 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 136 25.2 19.1 69 6.1 20.9 79 8 297.8 300.3 293.9 338.2 13.92 1 1000 191 23.7 18.8 74 4.8 20.4 80 8 296.8 299.3 293.5 336.7 13.82 2 950 636 19.9 17.4 85 2.6 18.2 99 17 297.4 299.8 293.3 335.8 13.26 3 900 1102 17.8 14.9 83 2.9 15.9 94 13 299.8 302.0 293.0 334.7 11.91 4 850 1589 15.5 14.0 91 1.5 14.5 27 8 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.5 11.89 5 800 2103 14.5 5.1 53 9.4 9.1 39 7 306.6 307.9 291.0 327.7 6.92 6 750 2646 12.6 -3.8 32 16.3 4.4 20 4 310.2 310.9 289.5 322.3 3.85 7 700 3221 9.4 -4.2 38 13.7 2.7 355 4 312.9 313.7 290.5 325.6 4.00 8 650 3832 6.2 -11.5 27 17.7 -1.3 317 6 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.0 2.45 9 600 4482 2.2 -16.7 23 18.8 -4.8 305 11 318.6 319.0 290.1 324.5 1.73 10 550 5179 -2.2 -19.2 26 17.1 -8.1 307 12 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.7 1.52 11 500 5928 -6.9 -19.9 35 12.9 -11.2 303 12 324.6 324.9 291.7 330.1 1.58 12 450 6741 -12.0 -23.5 38 11.4 -15.4 291 15 328.1 328.3 292.4 332.6 1.28 13 400 7632 -17.3 -36.2 18 18.8 -20.9 286 16 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.1 0.43 14 350 8621 -22.8 -52.3 5 29.4 -26.1 275 20 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.09 15 300 9729 -32.3 -38.8 53 6.5 -33.2 280 30 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.5 0.44 16 250 10990 -41.5 -55.3 21 13.8 -42.2 287 45 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.08 17 200 12463 -51.8 -58.7 43 6.9 -52.1 266 40 350.7 350.7 296.8 351.0 0.07 18 150 14284 -63.2 -78.6 11 15.4 -63.3 274 27 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16733 -70.2 -84.2 11 14.1 -70.2 6 8 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.80 m Freezing level: 574.92 mb = 4831.52 m = 15851.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.93 mb = 3632.64 m = 11917.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.43 mb = 908.33 m = 2980.06 ft T: 18.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 15.19 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1558.16 m = 5112.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 22.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4478.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.56 mb = 1010.62 m = 3315.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.7 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 24.7 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -17.3 tot: -12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 33.91 m/s