MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.46,-98.98 Latitude: 33.46 Longitude: -98.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 968 392 24.2 22.4 89 1.9 22.9 156 6 300.2 303.4 297.2 352.5 17.85 2 950 554 22.5 22.0 97 0.5 22.2 162 9 300.0 303.3 297.1 352.1 17.80 3 900 1025 20.9 21.0 100 -0.0 21.0 202 22 303.1 306.3 297.8 355.4 17.62 4 850 1521 19.7 18.2 91 1.5 18.7 229 20 306.8 309.7 297.5 353.9 15.66 5 800 2043 18.2 9.3 56 8.9 12.6 257 23 310.6 312.3 294.0 338.9 9.22 6 750 2593 14.3 10.2 76 4.1 11.6 282 22 312.1 314.1 295.4 344.3 10.48 7 700 3173 11.3 7.3 76 4.0 8.8 278 25 315.0 316.7 295.2 343.7 9.21 8 650 3787 6.8 -5.6 41 12.4 0.8 284 26 316.7 317.4 291.5 329.2 3.87 9 600 4438 0.8 -6.3 59 7.1 -2.5 298 33 317.1 317.9 291.7 330.0 3.99 10 550 5128 -5.6 -7.9 84 2.3 -6.6 307 42 317.5 318.2 291.7 329.9 3.84 11 500 5867 -11.9 -13.6 87 1.8 -12.5 307 47 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.4 2.67 12 450 6670 -13.8 -15.6 86 1.8 -14.5 318 47 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.4 2.52 13 400 7563 -15.6 -17.6 85 2.0 -16.3 340 46 334.7 335.2 295.1 343.2 2.41 14 350 8559 -21.6 -24.0 81 2.4 -22.3 342 34 339.6 339.9 295.6 345.3 1.57 15 300 9678 -29.5 -32.2 77 2.7 -30.0 356 31 343.8 344.0 296.0 347.0 0.85 16 250 10954 -39.2 -42.3 72 3.1 -39.5 7 40 347.8 347.9 296.5 349.3 0.37 17 200 12441 -51.0 -54.7 65 3.7 -51.1 348 45 352.0 352.1 297.2 352.5 0.11 18 150 14250 -65.0 -70.6 46 5.5 -65.1 327 45 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16703 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 49 8 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.97 m Freezing level: 593.43 mb = 4528.55 m = 14857.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.09 mb = 3937.46 m = 12918.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.44 % Est. max temperature: 33.17 C = 91.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.20 mb = 625.73 m = 2052.89 ft T: 22.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.49 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.50 mb = 1146.55 m = 3761.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -10.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -10.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.58 C Cross Totals Index: 30.06 C K Index: 45.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 705.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1576.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.95 mb = 919.93 m = 3018.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.95 mb = 2751.99 m = 9028.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.95 mb = 12899.14 m = 42319.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1574.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 299.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.83 Bulk Rich Number: 9.58 Bulk Shear: 164.54 m/s