MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.13,-98.59 Latitude: 34.13 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 111 SFC 977 313 24.5 21.9 86 2.6 22.6 19 1 299.6 302.7 296.5 349.7 17.15 2 950 560 24.7 20.0 75 4.7 21.3 162 16 302.2 305.1 296.3 348.5 15.68 3 900 1034 22.2 18.7 80 3.5 19.7 182 21 304.4 307.2 296.5 349.6 15.21 4 850 1530 19.6 14.7 73 4.9 16.3 194 9 306.7 309.0 295.3 344.1 12.44 5 800 2050 16.1 13.7 86 2.4 14.5 255 7 308.3 310.7 295.7 346.0 12.43 6 750 2598 13.2 12.3 94 0.9 12.6 277 13 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.8 12.06 7 700 3176 10.0 6.6 80 3.4 7.9 307 14 313.5 315.2 294.5 340.8 8.78 8 650 3788 5.3 3.4 87 2.0 4.2 319 24 315.0 316.5 294.0 338.6 7.52 9 600 4437 0.5 -7.6 54 8.2 -3.1 317 29 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.3 3.58 10 550 5129 -3.9 -8.5 71 4.6 -5.9 327 36 319.4 320.2 292.1 331.4 3.67 11 500 5875 -8.4 -19.0 42 10.6 -11.9 325 30 322.8 323.2 291.3 328.7 1.70 12 450 6685 -12.4 -23.0 41 10.6 -15.5 333 25 327.6 327.9 292.3 332.3 1.33 13 400 7577 -17.4 -32.6 25 15.3 -20.5 313 38 332.4 332.6 293.0 334.7 0.62 14 350 8563 -23.7 -29.6 58 5.9 -24.9 339 45 336.8 337.0 294.4 340.3 0.94 15 300 9670 -32.2 -44.7 28 12.5 -33.5 341 61 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.24 16 250 10933 -41.4 -64.5 6 23.1 -42.3 327 61 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 17 200 12406 -52.0 -74.6 5 22.5 -52.4 305 58 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14228 -62.7 -68.4 46 5.7 -62.7 307 24 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.03 19 100 16683 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 46 2 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.75 m Freezing level: 594.02 mb = 4519.36 m = 14827.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.47 mb = 4151.58 m = 13620.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.55 mb = 638.82 m = 2095.83 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 19.47 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1851.44 m = 6074.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 39.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1080.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.96 mb = 1279.11 m = 4196.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.96 mb = 2940.29 m = 9646.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.96 mb = 12085.57 m = 39650.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1072.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.96 mb = 15581.39 m = 51119.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.7 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 338.7 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.9 neg: -30.5 tot: 183.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 7.77 Bulk Shear: 139.09 m/s