MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.98,-98.5 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 977 309 24.3 21.8 86 2.5 22.5 146 6 299.5 302.6 296.5 349.5 17.10 2 950 556 26.1 19.6 67 6.5 21.5 165 25 303.7 306.5 296.4 349.1 15.29 3 900 1032 24.2 16.5 62 7.7 18.8 180 16 306.4 308.9 295.7 346.0 13.19 4 850 1530 20.8 11.2 54 9.7 14.6 197 5 308.0 309.8 293.8 337.9 9.86 5 800 2051 16.7 13.2 80 3.5 14.3 237 7 309.0 311.2 295.6 345.3 11.98 6 750 2600 14.6 10.3 76 4.3 11.8 295 17 312.4 314.4 295.5 344.9 10.54 7 700 3181 11.7 -2.0 39 13.6 4.5 334 19 315.4 316.3 291.9 330.5 4.74 8 650 3794 6.1 -1.8 57 7.9 2.0 329 26 315.9 316.9 292.3 332.4 5.17 9 600 4444 1.1 -9.8 44 10.9 -3.6 326 29 317.4 318.0 290.9 327.3 3.02 10 550 5136 -4.9 -8.6 75 3.8 -6.5 324 39 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.1 3.62 11 500 5877 -10.5 -12.9 83 2.4 -11.4 329 36 320.3 320.8 291.6 329.7 2.85 12 450 6684 -13.7 -20.7 56 7.0 -15.8 345 38 326.0 326.4 292.2 331.7 1.64 13 400 7570 -18.3 -25.9 51 7.6 -20.3 341 26 331.2 331.4 293.2 335.3 1.16 14 350 8557 -23.5 -35.7 32 12.2 -25.6 340 42 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.0 0.52 15 300 9665 -31.7 -52.4 11 20.7 -33.4 350 65 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.10 16 250 10930 -40.8 -61.7 9 20.9 -41.8 322 56 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 17 200 12413 -51.0 -57.3 47 6.3 -51.2 298 45 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.3 0.08 18 150 14233 -62.4 -66.1 61 3.7 -62.5 312 27 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.7 0.03 19 100 16689 -69.2 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.3 194 3 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.62 m Freezing level: 590.69 mb = 4572.77 m = 15002.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.12 mb = 4020.62 m = 13190.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.21 mb = 628.62 m = 2062.37 ft T: 25.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 14.86 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.50 mb = 2459.29 m = 8068.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.29 C = 97.32 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -6.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 28.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 912.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 186.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.58 mb = 1626.14 m = 5335.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.58 mb = 3723.41 m = 12215.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.58 mb = 11048.35 m = 36247.41 ft B at Equ Level: 910.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.58 mb = 14845.33 m = 48704.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.5 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 348.5 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.2 neg: -4.1 tot: 199.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 4.03 Bulk Shear: 226.31 m/s