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: 35.71,-97.75 Latitude: 35.71 Longitude: -97.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 975 362 19.7 19.1 96 0.6 19.3 114 5 295.0 297.6 293.4 336.3 14.40 2 950 585 22.4 18.2 77 4.2 19.5 134 14 299.9 302.4 294.5 340.7 13.94 3 900 1053 18.7 17.2 91 1.5 17.7 150 15 300.8 303.3 294.7 341.4 13.85 4 850 1544 18.7 9.2 54 9.5 12.7 151 5 305.7 307.3 292.2 331.6 8.59 5 800 2062 17.4 3.9 41 13.5 9.6 303 4 309.7 310.9 291.5 329.3 6.35 6 750 2610 13.5 8.5 72 4.9 10.3 339 8 311.2 312.9 294.3 339.9 9.34 7 700 3188 10.4 0.4 50 10.0 4.9 328 7 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.6 5.61 8 650 3800 6.7 -8.4 33 15.1 -0.2 334 7 316.5 317.1 290.7 326.6 3.12 9 600 4451 1.5 -12.4 35 13.9 -4.1 315 7 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.0 2.46 10 550 5145 -3.4 -22.7 21 19.3 -9.4 319 12 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.9 1.12 11 500 5889 -8.8 -20.0 40 11.2 -12.4 321 14 322.2 322.6 291.0 327.6 1.56 12 450 6698 -13.3 -30.6 22 17.4 -17.2 282 22 326.6 326.7 291.4 329.0 0.66 13 400 7585 -18.5 -24.7 58 6.3 -20.1 262 29 331.0 331.3 293.2 335.6 1.29 14 350 8569 -24.2 -31.9 49 7.7 -25.8 279 32 336.1 336.2 294.0 338.9 0.75 15 300 9678 -31.0 -34.1 74 3.1 -31.6 272 44 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.3 0.71 16 250 10946 -40.5 -44.3 67 3.8 -40.8 290 45 345.9 346.0 296.0 347.1 0.30 17 200 12426 -52.2 -56.1 63 3.9 -52.4 292 46 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.5 0.10 18 150 14242 -61.5 -78.9 8 17.4 -61.7 263 38 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16712 -68.8 -84.9 8 16.1 -68.9 308 6 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.73 m Freezing level: 584.56 mb = 4665.24 m = 15305.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.10 mb = 3773.52 m = 12380.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.10 mb = 438.58 m = 1438.89 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 16.02 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.06 mb = 2496.96 m = 8192.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.45 C = 95.81 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 26.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 318.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.41 mb = 1193.55 m = 3915.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.41 mb = 4715.68 m = 15471.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 370.41 mb = 8151.39 m = 26743.08 ft B at Equ Level: 154.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.41 mb = 10147.65 m = 33292.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.8 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 348.8 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.8 neg: -3.9 tot: 51.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.54 Bulk Shear: 61.78 m/s