MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 5Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.67,-97.35 Latitude: 37.67 Longitude: -97.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 970 399 22.9 21.0 89 1.9 21.5 134 7 298.6 301.5 295.7 346.0 16.31 2 950 581 20.9 20.5 97 0.4 20.6 138 12 298.4 301.3 295.6 345.3 16.15 3 900 1048 17.7 17.7 100 -0.0 17.7 167 15 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.6 14.32 4 850 1537 17.0 13.7 81 3.3 14.8 238 7 303.9 306.1 294.0 338.6 11.67 5 800 2054 14.6 11.9 84 2.7 12.9 275 9 306.7 308.7 294.3 339.8 11.00 6 750 2598 12.6 5.0 60 7.6 8.1 316 8 310.3 311.6 292.4 332.7 7.30 7 700 3174 9.2 1.3 58 7.9 4.8 3 9 312.6 313.8 292.1 331.4 6.01 8 650 3783 4.5 -1.0 67 5.5 1.7 333 9 314.1 315.1 292.1 331.4 5.49 9 600 4429 -0.8 -5.6 70 4.8 -3.0 327 11 315.2 316.0 291.3 328.6 4.20 10 550 5118 -5.8 -12.4 60 6.5 -8.4 319 14 317.1 317.7 290.6 326.0 2.69 11 500 5856 -11.1 -18.3 55 7.2 -13.4 325 19 319.5 319.9 290.5 325.7 1.81 12 450 6657 -16.8 -23.4 57 6.6 -18.5 331 19 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.6 1.29 13 400 7529 -23.0 -25.7 79 2.7 -23.7 340 20 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.2 1.18 14 350 8495 -29.9 -32.8 76 2.9 -30.4 340 22 328.4 328.5 292.0 330.9 0.69 15 300 9572 -38.9 -46.5 44 7.7 -39.4 350 26 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.20 16 250 10802 -44.4 -64.6 9 20.2 -45.1 327 37 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 12298 -45.1 -76.0 2 30.9 -45.9 313 42 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 18 150 14187 -53.7 -71.7 9 18.0 -54.1 294 34 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.02 19 100 16705 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 306 5 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.44 m Freezing level: 607.41 mb = 4333.62 m = 14217.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.29 mb = 4006.31 m = 13143.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.94 mb = 635.91 m = 2086.30 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 14.15 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 917.55 m = 3010.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.64 C = 74.55 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 24.76 C K Index: 33.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1459.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.68 mb = 936.44 m = 3072.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.68 mb = 983.96 m = 3228.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 876.68 mb = 1272.71 m = 4175.51 ft B at Equ Level: 15.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 816.68 mb = 1877.94 m = 6161.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.6 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 346.6 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -65.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.5 neg: -2.7 tot: 106.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.62 Bulk Shear: 70.76 m/s