MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.54,-99.73 Latitude: 39.54 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 1 950 624 SFC 941 704 26.1 17.1 58 9.0 19.8 154 12 304.4 306.9 295.1 343.5 13.10 3 900 1095 20.1 15.3 74 4.7 16.9 157 14 302.2 304.4 293.9 338.4 12.27 4 850 1585 15.3 14.3 94 1.0 14.6 164 15 302.1 304.4 293.8 337.9 12.11 5 800 2099 14.5 11.5 82 3.0 12.6 211 15 306.7 308.7 294.1 339.0 10.73 6 750 2644 12.4 7.3 71 5.1 9.3 210 12 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.5 8.61 7 700 3220 9.7 1.3 56 8.4 5.1 216 10 313.3 314.4 292.3 332.1 6.02 8 650 3832 6.3 -5.8 42 12.1 0.5 287 4 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.4 3.82 9 600 4481 1.1 -7.5 53 8.5 -2.9 313 6 317.3 318.0 291.5 329.1 3.64 10 550 5174 -4.1 -16.4 38 12.3 -8.5 316 12 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.7 1.92 11 500 5915 -10.8 -28.0 23 17.3 -15.0 317 16 319.9 320.1 289.5 322.6 0.76 12 450 6718 -15.0 -44.7 6 29.7 -19.4 295 24 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.16 13 400 7596 -21.7 -42.1 14 20.4 -24.5 299 30 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.23 14 350 8565 -28.1 -54.8 6 26.7 -30.3 305 50 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.06 15 300 9652 -36.2 -49.9 23 13.7 -37.2 297 59 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 16 250 10894 -44.5 -60.9 14 16.4 -45.2 296 65 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 17 200 12364 -50.5 -73.8 5 23.4 -50.9 280 59 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14213 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 295 48 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16726 -64.3 -86.6 3 22.3 -64.5 333 13 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.38 m Freezing level: 589.79 mb = 4622.76 m = 15166.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.69 mb = 3923.58 m = 12872.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.06 mb = 1837.22 m = 6027.56 ft T: 14.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 10.61 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.77 mb = 2534.42 m = 8314.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 31.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 550.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.52 mb = 1730.34 m = 5676.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.52 mb = 4474.44 m = 14679.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.52 mb = 10612.98 m = 34819.08 ft B at Equ Level: 546.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.52 mb = 13022.48 m = 42724.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.9 neg: -14.2 tot: 58.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 10.16 Bulk Shear: 54.18 m/s