MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 10Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.92,-98.74 Latitude: 33.92 Longitude: -98.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 979 311 21.4 20.9 97 0.4 21.1 120 8 296.3 299.2 295.0 342.8 16.13 2 950 574 20.9 19.7 93 1.2 20.1 133 18 298.4 301.2 295.1 343.1 15.39 3 900 1046 23.7 14.4 56 9.4 17.4 162 6 306.0 308.1 294.4 340.5 11.50 4 850 1544 21.1 15.2 69 5.9 17.1 236 6 308.3 310.7 296.0 347.2 12.87 5 800 2068 18.3 11.9 66 6.4 14.1 295 9 310.7 312.7 295.4 344.3 11.01 6 750 2618 14.1 12.2 89 1.8 12.9 317 11 311.8 314.1 296.4 348.7 12.01 7 700 3197 10.5 5.3 70 5.1 7.4 315 9 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.1 8.02 8 650 3811 7.3 -5.7 39 13.1 1.0 322 12 317.3 318.0 291.6 329.7 3.84 9 600 4463 2.1 -6.0 55 8.1 -1.8 348 17 318.5 319.3 292.2 331.7 4.07 10 550 5158 -3.5 -7.4 75 3.8 -5.3 328 28 319.9 320.7 292.5 332.9 3.99 11 500 5906 -6.6 -16.0 47 9.4 -10.1 308 28 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.5 2.19 12 450 6723 -10.9 -23.5 35 12.5 -14.7 295 23 329.5 329.7 292.8 334.0 1.28 13 400 7619 -16.0 -29.4 31 13.4 -19.2 302 29 334.2 334.4 293.6 337.3 0.84 14 350 8608 -23.8 -33.8 39 10.0 -25.6 299 35 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.0 0.63 15 300 9714 -32.0 -42.9 33 11.0 -33.2 288 33 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.5 0.29 16 250 10978 -40.6 -46.8 51 6.2 -41.1 285 33 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.6 0.23 17 200 12465 -50.4 -58.3 38 8.0 -50.7 278 28 353.0 353.0 297.4 353.3 0.07 18 150 14284 -63.3 -82.1 6 18.8 -63.4 276 21 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16720 -69.2 -84.7 9 15.5 -69.2 348 8 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.49 m Freezing level: 581.66 mb = 4718.27 m = 15479.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.94 mb = 4040.43 m = 13255.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.92 % Est. max temperature: 34.24 C = 93.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.61 mb = 361.56 m = 1186.20 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 19.02 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.73 mb = 2586.65 m = 8486.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.76 C = 98.16 F Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 37.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 113.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 364.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.00 mb = 1371.55 m = 4499.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.00 mb = 4570.60 m = 14995.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 442.00 mb = 6859.60 m = 22504.99 ft B at Equ Level: 113.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.00 mb = 10652.65 m = 34949.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.1 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 348.1 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.9 neg: -7.7 tot: 101.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 113.20 m/s