MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.98,-97.88 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -97.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 983 278 19.6 18.7 95 0.9 19.0 251 7 294.2 296.6 292.8 333.9 13.93 2 950 576 19.1 18.0 93 1.1 18.4 251 15 296.6 299.1 293.4 336.5 13.81 3 900 1042 18.7 14.5 76 4.3 15.9 275 6 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.8 11.57 4 850 1532 17.3 11.3 68 6.0 13.5 328 8 304.3 306.1 292.8 334.0 9.93 5 800 2049 15.8 8.8 63 7.0 11.4 353 8 308.0 309.7 293.1 335.0 8.90 6 750 2595 13.2 5.5 59 7.7 8.6 7 6 310.9 312.4 292.9 334.3 7.57 7 700 3172 10.0 0.5 51 9.5 4.8 27 9 313.6 314.7 292.1 331.5 5.68 8 650 3784 5.8 -5.5 44 11.4 0.4 17 21 315.6 316.3 291.2 328.1 3.90 9 600 4432 0.4 -10.8 43 11.2 -4.3 2 36 316.6 317.1 290.5 325.7 2.79 10 550 5123 -4.1 -7.3 78 3.2 -5.5 339 41 319.3 320.0 292.4 332.4 4.04 11 500 5871 -8.0 -9.7 88 1.7 -8.7 324 32 323.3 324.0 293.2 335.5 3.67 12 450 6684 -12.1 -13.7 88 1.6 -12.7 308 32 328.1 328.6 293.9 338.1 2.95 13 400 7577 -16.8 -18.6 86 1.8 -17.4 293 29 333.2 333.6 294.6 340.9 2.21 14 350 8567 -23.1 -25.4 81 2.3 -23.7 289 32 337.7 338.0 295.0 342.7 1.39 15 300 9678 -31.4 -34.1 77 2.7 -31.9 294 37 341.1 341.3 295.3 343.8 0.71 16 250 10943 -41.3 -44.4 72 3.1 -41.6 291 37 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.9 0.30 17 200 12415 -53.2 -56.9 63 3.8 -53.3 296 39 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.0 0.09 18 150 14242 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.6 305 37 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16701 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 36 12 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.75 m Freezing level: 595.68 mb = 4491.81 m = 14736.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.04 mb = 3833.08 m = 12575.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.79 mb = 389.90 m = 1279.19 ft T: 19.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.41 mb = 2601.48 m = 8534.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.35 C = 97.43 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: 0.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.87 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.28 C K Index: 27.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4948.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.42 mb = 1047.40 m = 3436.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.0 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 13.0 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -46.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -30.0 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 71.90 m/s