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: 36.33,-97.03 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -97.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 980 295 25.6 21.7 79 3.9 22.8 136 5 300.5 303.6 296.7 350.1 16.93 2 950 571 23.3 20.5 84 2.8 21.3 140 12 300.8 303.8 296.3 348.4 16.17 3 900 1041 19.3 17.9 92 1.4 18.4 151 10 301.4 304.0 295.3 344.1 14.52 4 850 1532 16.4 16.3 100 0.0 16.4 213 7 303.3 305.8 295.4 344.4 13.87 5 800 2048 14.1 10.7 80 3.4 12.0 219 9 306.2 308.1 293.5 336.8 10.16 6 750 2591 11.8 8.5 80 3.3 9.8 216 14 309.4 311.2 293.8 338.0 9.35 7 700 3168 10.5 0.3 49 10.3 4.9 275 13 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.7 5.57 8 650 3781 6.9 -0.5 59 7.5 2.9 296 21 316.8 317.9 293.0 334.9 5.68 9 600 4432 1.1 -5.4 62 6.5 -2.0 322 15 317.4 318.2 292.0 331.2 4.28 10 550 5125 -4.4 -8.2 75 3.8 -6.1 298 21 318.8 319.6 292.0 331.1 3.75 11 500 5868 -10.0 -10.7 94 0.8 -10.3 294 21 320.9 321.5 292.3 332.0 3.37 12 450 6673 -14.9 -28.8 30 13.9 -18.1 292 31 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.4 0.79 13 400 7553 -20.9 -33.4 31 12.6 -23.2 286 41 327.8 328.0 291.7 329.9 0.57 14 350 8525 -26.4 -29.1 78 2.8 -26.9 265 40 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.8 0.98 15 300 9622 -34.0 -37.0 75 2.9 -34.4 247 21 337.4 337.5 294.2 339.5 0.54 16 250 10876 -42.5 -45.8 70 3.3 -42.8 255 39 342.9 342.9 295.3 343.9 0.25 17 200 12356 -49.4 -68.3 9 18.9 -49.9 275 56 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 18 150 14216 -56.5 -75.7 7 19.2 -56.8 216 17 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.01 19 100 16712 -65.6 -87.8 3 22.1 -65.8 273 3 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.69 m Freezing level: 589.85 mb = 4573.10 m = 15003.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.28 mb = 4162.03 m = 13654.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.45 mb = 789.59 m = 2590.47 ft T: 21.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 7.62 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1116.19 m = 3661.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.31 C K Index: 32.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1227.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.71 mb = 1044.11 m = 3425.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.71 mb = 1286.04 m = 4219.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.71 mb = 2877.76 m = 9441.36 ft B at Equ Level: 28.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.71 mb = 14436.74 m = 47364.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 16.90 Bulk Shear: 72.65 m/s