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: 33.2,-98.59 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -98.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 972 376 34.7 19.5 41 15.2 23.7 160 12 310.4 313.2 297.8 355.6 14.82 2 950 580 32.5 18.5 43 14.0 22.5 161 16 310.2 312.8 297.4 353.6 14.23 3 900 1063 27.8 17.5 53 10.3 20.5 162 17 310.1 312.8 297.3 353.2 14.11 4 850 1567 22.9 16.6 67 6.3 18.5 163 17 310.1 312.8 297.3 353.1 14.08 5 800 2093 20.6 5.7 38 14.9 11.6 156 4 313.1 314.5 293.2 335.6 7.21 6 750 2647 17.9 -4.4 21 22.4 6.5 343 5 316.1 316.8 291.1 327.9 3.67 7 700 3232 13.7 -0.3 38 13.9 6.0 338 13 317.6 318.6 293.0 334.8 5.37 8 650 3850 8.6 1.8 62 6.8 4.8 357 18 318.7 320.0 294.4 340.2 6.75 9 600 4507 3.6 -7.6 43 11.3 -1.6 9 19 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.1 3.59 10 550 5206 -1.4 -16.6 30 15.2 -7.1 18 19 322.4 322.8 291.4 328.8 1.89 11 500 5957 -6.2 -28.1 16 21.9 -12.1 358 25 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.2 0.76 12 450 6773 -10.9 -31.5 17 20.5 -15.8 359 29 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.7 0.61 13 400 7667 -16.8 -35.8 18 18.9 -20.5 355 30 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.8 0.45 14 350 8655 -23.9 -38.8 24 15.0 -26.2 356 23 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.1 0.38 15 300 9762 -32.3 -44.6 29 12.2 -33.6 333 12 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.8 0.24 16 250 11021 -41.8 -64.5 7 22.7 -42.6 337 12 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 17 200 12493 -53.5 -66.0 21 12.4 -53.8 310 19 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14292 -65.2 -76.1 21 10.9 -65.3 332 17 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16731 -69.0 -84.4 9 15.4 -69.1 178 9 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.17 m Freezing level: 564.06 mb = 5009.23 m = 16434.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.69 mb = 4334.95 m = 14222.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.52 % Est. max temperature: 36.09 C = 96.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.81 mb = 2301.06 m = 7549.32 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 27.74 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.78 mb = 3222.35 m = 10571.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.82 C = 107.28 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Showalter Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 31.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1577.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.93 mb = 2354.87 m = 7725.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.93 mb = 3838.37 m = 12592.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.93 mb = 13475.12 m = 44209.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1576.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.4 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 41.4 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.8 neg: -12.8 tot: 58.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 13.08 Bulk Shear: 120.59 m/s