MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 27.39,-92.68 Latitude: 27.39 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1018 -1 28.0 24.9 83 3.1 25.7 52 2 299.7 303.3 298.3 358.0 19.89 1 1000 156 26.3 23.7 86 2.5 24.5 53 2 299.4 302.8 297.6 354.5 18.82 2 950 609 23.5 18.5 74 5.0 20.0 26 1 301.0 303.6 295.0 342.8 14.25 3 900 1081 22.0 13.5 58 8.6 16.4 12 3 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.6 10.84 4 850 1576 19.9 11.0 57 8.8 14.2 350 2 306.9 308.8 293.4 336.4 9.76 5 800 2096 17.2 4.8 44 12.4 9.9 309 2 309.5 310.7 291.8 330.3 6.75 6 750 2644 14.1 -1.1 35 15.2 6.1 244 2 311.9 312.8 290.8 326.8 4.71 7 700 3221 10.2 2.5 59 7.7 5.8 223 6 313.8 315.0 292.9 334.3 6.57 8 650 3834 6.5 -0.2 62 6.6 2.9 223 12 316.3 317.4 293.0 334.8 5.83 9 600 4486 2.7 -3.9 62 6.6 -0.7 223 14 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.6 4.76 10 550 5185 -1.5 -6.7 68 5.1 -4.0 234 14 322.3 323.1 293.3 336.2 4.22 11 500 5937 -6.7 -11.1 71 4.4 -8.5 241 13 324.9 325.5 293.3 335.9 3.29 12 450 6752 -12.0 -14.2 83 2.3 -12.9 249 9 328.2 328.7 293.8 337.8 2.82 13 400 7644 -16.9 -30.1 31 13.2 -20.0 267 5 333.0 333.1 293.3 335.8 0.78 14 350 8633 -23.2 -54.1 4 31.0 -26.3 311 7 337.5 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.07 15 300 9743 -31.4 -51.7 12 20.3 -33.2 331 10 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.5 0.11 16 250 11008 -41.4 -50.3 38 8.9 -42.0 354 11 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.2 0.15 17 200 12481 -53.3 -60.3 43 6.9 -53.5 163 2 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.06 18 150 14269 -67.0 -71.3 55 4.3 -67.1 29 7 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16704 -68.8 -85.4 7 16.6 -68.9 111 16 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.04 m Freezing level: 568.25 mb = 4930.09 m = 16174.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.56 mb = 4357.57 m = 14296.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.36 C = 93.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.67 mb = 391.80 m = 1285.43 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 31.22 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 2008.92 m = 6590.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.48 C = 99.46 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 29.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 570.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 176.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.42 mb = 980.81 m = 3217.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.42 mb = 3516.81 m = 11537.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.42 mb = 11690.76 m = 38355.04 ft B at Equ Level: 569.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.42 mb = 15343.69 m = 50339.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -2.9 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 52.88 Bulk Shear: 10.78 m/s