MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 17Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.48,-98.11 Latitude: 35.48 Longitude: -98.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 965 441 24.6 20.6 79 4.0 21.8 116 8 300.8 303.7 296.1 347.9 16.05 2 950 579 21.6 20.0 90 1.7 20.5 117 8 299.1 302.0 295.4 344.7 15.64 3 900 1046 19.9 12.0 60 7.9 14.8 161 3 302.0 303.8 292.0 331.0 9.80 4 850 1540 20.0 8.4 47 11.6 12.9 223 15 307.1 308.6 292.2 331.8 8.14 5 800 2060 17.6 4.3 41 13.3 9.9 211 9 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.0 6.51 6 750 2607 13.7 2.3 46 11.3 7.3 229 5 311.4 312.5 291.7 330.2 6.04 7 700 3184 9.9 2.2 59 7.7 5.6 243 7 313.5 314.7 292.7 333.6 6.43 8 650 3796 5.8 1.4 74 4.3 3.4 328 12 315.5 316.7 293.3 336.1 6.55 9 600 4445 0.3 0.1 99 0.2 0.2 319 15 316.5 317.7 293.6 337.0 6.46 10 550 5140 -2.7 -13.0 45 10.3 -6.8 321 19 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.4 2.55 11 500 5887 -7.7 -19.0 40 11.2 -11.5 329 18 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.5 1.71 12 450 6698 -13.5 -33.1 17 19.6 -17.6 344 17 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.2 0.52 13 400 7581 -19.7 -36.3 21 16.6 -22.7 301 30 329.4 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.43 14 350 8559 -26.1 -46.9 12 20.8 -28.4 292 43 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.16 15 300 9664 -31.1 -53.1 10 21.9 -33.0 271 49 341.5 341.5 294.8 341.9 0.09 16 250 10934 -39.6 -42.9 71 3.3 -39.9 234 50 347.2 347.2 296.3 348.6 0.35 17 200 12419 -51.5 -64.6 19 13.1 -51.8 265 51 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.4 0.03 18 150 14245 -59.1 -82.0 4 22.9 -59.3 294 40 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16712 -66.3 -85.4 5 19.2 -66.4 169 7 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.57 m Freezing level: 594.64 mb = 4519.87 m = 14828.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.61 mb = 4463.89 m = 14645.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.37 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.28 mb = 938.59 m = 3079.31 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.70 mb = 2940.56 m = 9647.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.35 F Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lifted Index: 0.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.27 C Showalter Index: 2.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 16.09 C K Index: 28.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 432.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.73 mb = 1633.68 m = 5359.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 455.73 mb = 6600.48 m = 21654.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.73 mb = 7847.20 m = 25745.08 ft B at Equ Level: 32.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 335.73 mb = 8857.32 m = 29059.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.9 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 333.9 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.2 neg: -25.9 tot: 71.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 47.33 m/s