MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-99.7 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -99.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 959 465 30.5 22.9 64 7.7 24.8 105 8 307.3 310.8 299.4 363.6 18.60 2 950 550 29.3 22.4 66 7.0 24.2 107 8 307.0 310.4 299.1 361.8 18.19 3 900 1029 24.6 21.3 82 3.3 22.2 115 9 306.8 310.2 298.9 361.1 18.00 4 850 1528 20.1 20.2 100 -0.0 20.2 131 10 307.2 310.6 298.8 360.8 17.75 5 800 2051 17.0 16.0 93 1.1 16.3 211 9 309.3 312.0 297.3 353.1 14.41 6 750 2600 15.0 10.5 74 4.5 12.0 275 18 312.8 314.9 295.7 345.8 10.67 7 700 3184 13.7 3.3 49 10.4 7.6 285 20 317.6 319.0 294.3 339.7 6.94 8 650 3804 9.4 -6.5 32 15.9 1.6 293 22 319.5 320.2 292.1 331.4 3.61 9 600 4460 3.1 -8.4 43 11.5 -2.1 305 24 319.8 320.4 291.9 330.9 3.39 10 550 5156 -3.3 -10.9 55 7.7 -6.5 314 25 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.2 3.02 11 500 5902 -7.7 -30.4 14 22.6 -13.3 313 28 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.8 0.61 12 450 6714 -12.8 -47.0 4 34.2 -18.0 312 32 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.12 13 400 7599 -19.0 -50.5 4 31.5 -22.8 302 36 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.09 14 350 8579 -25.3 -54.2 5 28.9 -28.0 312 42 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 15 300 9682 -32.4 -63.3 3 30.9 -34.1 314 51 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.03 16 250 10947 -39.4 -71.4 2 32.0 -40.5 315 56 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 17 200 12440 -49.7 -76.5 3 26.8 -50.1 293 48 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14259 -63.0 -80.3 8 17.3 -63.2 310 39 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16707 -68.9 -83.3 11 14.4 -69.0 316 6 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.22 m Freezing level: 575.47 mb = 4801.34 m = 15752.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.64 mb = 4077.67 m = 13378.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.62 mb = 1440.34 m = 4725.47 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 37.76 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.20 mb = 1485.45 m = 4873.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -8.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -8.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 27.90 C K Index: 37.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2882.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.57 mb = 1451.04 m = 4760.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.57 mb = 1604.09 m = 5262.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 702.57 mb = 3153.17 m = 10344.91 ft B at Equ Level: 40.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.9 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 328.9 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 201.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.90 Bulk Rich Number: 27.39 Bulk Shear: 105.21 m/s