MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.63,-97.39 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 969 396 24.5 20.4 78 4.2 21.6 131 8 300.3 303.2 295.8 346.4 15.71 2 950 570 22.5 19.5 83 3.0 20.4 131 10 300.0 302.8 295.4 344.3 15.14 3 900 1038 18.3 16.4 89 1.9 17.0 136 11 300.4 302.8 294.0 338.9 13.13 4 850 1530 17.9 12.6 71 5.3 14.4 225 3 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.4 10.86 5 800 2046 15.0 8.8 66 6.2 11.2 278 6 307.1 308.8 292.8 334.1 8.90 6 750 2591 13.2 5.4 59 7.9 8.6 307 9 311.0 312.4 292.8 334.1 7.50 7 700 3169 10.5 0.2 49 10.2 4.9 329 17 314.1 315.1 292.2 331.6 5.56 8 650 3780 5.4 -3.0 55 8.4 1.2 326 19 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.1 4.73 9 600 4428 0.2 -6.5 61 6.7 -2.9 315 22 316.3 317.0 291.4 328.9 3.91 10 550 5119 -5.3 -12.7 56 7.5 -8.2 307 22 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.5 2.61 11 500 5858 -11.0 -19.5 50 8.4 -13.6 298 23 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.1 1.64 12 450 6659 -16.5 -27.1 40 10.6 -19.0 299 22 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.7 0.92 13 400 7532 -22.7 -37.9 24 15.2 -25.1 297 18 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.36 14 350 8496 -30.0 -52.1 10 22.1 -31.8 288 22 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.09 15 300 9574 -38.2 -56.4 13 18.1 -39.2 298 26 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.06 16 250 10808 -44.5 -63.1 11 18.6 -45.1 277 26 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 12300 -43.4 -74.7 2 31.3 -44.3 271 37 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 18 150 14193 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 289 26 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16702 -64.7 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.9 299 7 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.38 m Freezing level: 598.61 mb = 4447.60 m = 14591.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.83 mb = 3958.77 m = 12987.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.12 mb = 922.55 m = 3026.71 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 12.32 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.59 mb = 1954.91 m = 6413.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1117.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.41 mb = 1217.74 m = 3995.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.41 mb = 3951.39 m = 12963.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.41 mb = 10904.61 m = 35775.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1106.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.41 mb = 13125.91 m = 43063.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.7 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 338.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.2 neg: -2.5 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 13.18 Bulk Shear: 84.85 m/s