MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F041.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F041.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 41 hour NAM valid 11Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.9,-98.86 Latitude: 33.90 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 974 327 24.6 22.7 89 1.9 23.2 164 7 299.9 303.2 297.3 353.0 18.11 2 950 549 22.5 22.0 97 0.5 22.1 168 13 300.0 303.2 297.1 352.0 17.74 3 900 1021 21.1 20.5 97 0.6 20.7 194 25 303.2 306.4 297.5 354.0 17.12 4 850 1516 19.9 19.9 100 -0.0 19.9 211 30 306.9 310.2 298.6 359.5 17.43 5 800 2037 16.1 15.4 96 0.7 15.6 234 27 308.3 310.9 296.7 350.3 13.87 6 750 2585 13.6 11.8 89 1.8 12.4 260 24 311.4 313.6 296.0 347.2 11.68 7 700 3164 10.8 2.5 57 8.3 6.1 263 23 314.5 315.7 293.1 335.1 6.58 8 650 3776 6.9 -7.8 34 14.6 0.1 282 31 316.7 317.4 291.0 327.4 3.28 9 600 4427 1.4 -9.4 45 10.8 -3.4 291 39 317.7 318.3 291.1 327.9 3.12 10 550 5120 -4.7 -11.6 59 6.9 -7.5 307 50 318.5 319.0 291.1 327.9 2.86 11 500 5860 -10.8 -18.6 53 7.8 -13.3 308 41 319.8 320.2 290.5 325.8 1.76 12 450 6664 -13.7 -15.7 85 2.0 -14.4 309 30 326.0 326.5 292.9 334.5 2.51 13 400 7558 -15.6 -17.4 86 1.8 -16.3 329 28 334.7 335.2 295.1 343.2 2.43 14 350 8552 -21.9 -24.0 83 2.1 -22.5 347 27 339.3 339.6 295.5 345.0 1.57 15 300 9670 -29.3 -31.9 78 2.6 -29.8 359 34 344.1 344.3 296.1 347.4 0.88 16 250 10946 -39.4 -42.5 72 3.1 -39.7 359 41 347.5 347.6 296.4 348.9 0.36 17 200 12431 -52.1 -55.7 65 3.7 -52.2 358 55 350.3 350.4 296.8 350.8 0.10 18 150 14235 -64.7 -68.9 56 4.2 -64.7 314 61 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.02 19 100 16694 -67.3 -84.7 7 17.5 -67.4 56 6 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.49 m Freezing level: 588.90 mb = 4581.12 m = 15029.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.87 mb = 3790.66 m = 12436.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.82 mb = 560.17 m = 1837.81 ft T: 22.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 32.07 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1358.22 m = 4456.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -9.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -11.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.68 C Cross Totals Index: 30.69 C K Index: 42.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 736.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1527.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.95 mb = 876.99 m = 2877.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.95 mb = 1930.46 m = 6333.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.95 mb = 13093.21 m = 42956.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1524.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 369.7 neg: -0.9 tot: 368.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.34 Bulk Rich Number: 8.21 Bulk Shear: 186.03 m/s