MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.56,-97.39 Latitude: 37.56 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 970 390 24.7 19.9 75 4.8 21.3 97 9 300.5 303.3 295.6 345.3 15.29 2 950 572 23.0 19.0 78 4.0 20.2 99 12 300.6 303.3 295.3 343.8 14.75 3 900 1041 18.5 17.9 97 0.6 18.1 99 13 300.6 303.2 295.1 343.2 14.53 4 850 1531 16.0 15.1 94 0.9 15.4 130 6 303.0 305.3 294.6 341.0 12.82 5 800 2045 14.5 12.7 89 1.8 13.3 212 8 306.6 308.8 294.7 341.5 11.59 6 750 2589 11.3 9.8 91 1.5 10.4 220 12 308.9 310.8 294.3 340.0 10.23 7 700 3163 7.9 6.1 89 1.8 6.9 220 17 311.3 312.9 293.7 337.4 8.50 8 650 3771 5.5 -0.5 65 6.0 2.3 249 21 315.2 316.3 292.6 333.2 5.70 9 600 4420 0.9 -4.2 69 5.1 -1.6 276 24 317.2 318.1 292.3 332.2 4.67 10 550 5113 -4.4 -8.3 74 3.9 -6.1 289 28 318.9 319.6 292.0 331.0 3.73 11 500 5856 -9.5 -14.5 67 5.0 -11.3 282 25 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.8 2.48 12 450 6661 -15.5 -16.7 90 1.2 -15.9 279 25 323.8 324.2 292.2 331.6 2.30 13 400 7540 -21.5 -25.1 72 3.7 -22.4 277 30 327.1 327.3 292.1 331.5 1.24 14 350 8509 -28.6 -49.8 11 21.2 -30.5 269 31 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.12 15 300 9597 -36.2 -69.4 2 33.2 -37.5 251 31 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.01 16 250 10839 -43.5 -61.1 13 17.6 -44.2 239 43 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 17 200 12323 -47.2 -72.3 4 25.0 -47.9 258 52 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 18 150 14198 -55.4 -82.2 2 26.8 -55.8 293 37 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16706 -63.3 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.4 260 2 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.88 m Freezing level: 591.55 mb = 4537.11 m = 14885.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.64 mb = 4145.76 m = 13601.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.57 mb = 997.09 m = 3271.24 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 11.71 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1215.64 m = 3988.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.20 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 38.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1066.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.32 mb = 1133.68 m = 3719.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.32 mb = 1477.13 m = 4846.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 845.32 mb = 1577.46 m = 5175.32 ft B at Equ Level: 4.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 805.32 mb = 1989.23 m = 6526.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 119.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 9.23 Bulk Shear: 115.62 m/s