MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.56,-98.37 Latitude: 36.56 Longitude: -98.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 968 413 22.1 20.2 89 1.9 20.8 130 7 298.0 300.8 295.1 343.1 15.54 2 950 574 21.9 19.6 87 2.3 20.4 143 16 299.4 302.2 295.3 344.2 15.32 3 900 1044 19.0 18.6 97 0.5 18.7 168 14 301.1 303.9 295.7 345.7 15.14 4 850 1537 18.2 16.2 88 2.1 16.8 40 2 305.2 307.8 295.8 346.3 13.72 5 800 2054 13.8 13.0 95 0.8 13.3 5 10 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.5 11.85 6 750 2598 12.5 8.3 76 4.2 9.9 357 11 310.1 311.8 293.9 338.3 9.21 7 700 3173 9.2 0.0 53 9.2 4.2 349 12 312.7 313.7 291.7 329.9 5.48 8 650 3783 5.8 -10.3 30 16.0 -1.2 353 16 315.5 316.0 290.0 324.2 2.69 9 600 4432 0.6 -11.6 39 12.2 -4.4 352 16 316.8 317.4 290.4 325.5 2.62 10 550 5123 -4.1 -18.6 31 14.5 -9.0 332 19 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.6 1.60 11 500 5868 -7.8 -31.1 14 23.3 -13.4 334 23 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.57 12 450 6678 -13.3 -36.1 13 22.8 -17.8 324 26 326.5 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.39 13 400 7563 -19.2 -41.5 12 22.3 -22.6 329 39 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.25 14 350 8543 -26.0 -46.6 13 20.6 -28.3 326 47 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.17 15 300 9639 -35.2 -50.4 20 15.3 -36.3 326 68 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.13 16 250 10890 -42.2 -60.7 12 18.5 -43.0 321 78 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 17 200 12368 -49.8 -76.8 3 27.0 -50.3 306 46 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.9 0.01 18 150 14204 -61.6 -79.9 7 18.3 -61.8 298 37 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.00 19 100 16686 -65.3 -85.7 4 20.4 -65.5 326 3 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.62 m Freezing level: 593.38 mb = 4523.28 m = 14839.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.11 mb = 3643.82 m = 11954.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.08 mb = 656.12 m = 2152.61 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 22.04 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.21 mb = 1625.42 m = 5332.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 32.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.71 mb = 1056.04 m = 3464.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.71 mb = 2014.19 m = 6608.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 773.71 mb = 2335.26 m = 7661.51 ft B at Equ Level: 19.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.71 mb = 14047.88 m = 46088.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.5 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 15.5 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.7 neg: -49.5 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 7.97 Bulk Shear: 110.29 m/s