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 the city database file for: KSPS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: KSPS 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 104 SFC 977 309 24.3 21.8 86 2.6 22.5 128 7 299.5 302.6 296.5 349.3 17.03 2 950 554 25.1 20.5 76 4.6 21.8 160 24 302.7 305.6 296.8 350.6 16.22 3 900 1029 23.6 17.3 68 6.3 19.2 174 20 305.8 308.4 296.1 347.7 13.96 4 850 1526 20.6 13.7 65 6.9 16.0 175 8 307.7 309.9 295.0 343.0 11.66 5 800 2047 16.5 14.3 87 2.2 15.0 200 7 308.8 311.2 296.2 347.9 12.92 6 750 2595 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.7 278 10 311.6 314.1 297.1 352.2 13.26 7 700 3176 10.6 4.0 64 6.5 6.8 350 17 314.2 315.6 293.6 337.1 7.32 8 650 3787 5.3 0.8 73 4.5 2.9 343 23 315.0 316.2 293.0 334.8 6.27 9 600 4436 0.2 -6.1 62 6.3 -2.7 338 25 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.3 4.03 10 550 5128 -4.1 -6.4 84 2.3 -5.2 332 35 319.2 320.0 292.6 333.2 4.30 11 500 5874 -8.0 -14.3 60 6.4 -10.4 339 35 323.3 323.8 292.2 331.8 2.52 12 450 6686 -12.4 -21.7 46 9.3 -15.2 346 32 327.7 328.0 292.5 333.0 1.50 13 400 7575 -18.3 -25.3 54 7.0 -20.1 331 34 331.2 331.4 293.2 335.5 1.22 14 350 8560 -23.9 -30.3 56 6.3 -25.2 329 53 336.5 336.7 294.3 339.8 0.88 15 300 9668 -31.6 -48.5 17 16.9 -33.2 340 60 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.16 16 250 10932 -41.3 -63.9 7 22.5 -42.2 331 63 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 17 200 12411 -51.2 -72.6 6 21.4 -51.6 304 51 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14232 -63.4 -68.9 47 5.5 -63.5 305 28 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.02 19 100 16682 -68.7 -85.1 8 16.5 -68.8 62 1 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.98 m Freezing level: 597.75 mb = 4466.82 m = 14654.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.30 mb = 4114.01 m = 13497.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.07 mb = 636.78 m = 2089.14 ft T: 24.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 22.91 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.54 mb = 2020.10 m = 6627.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.27 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1059.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.93 mb = 1435.23 m = 4708.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.93 mb = 3367.45 m = 11047.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.93 mb = 11662.12 m = 38261.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1056.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.93 mb = 15385.72 m = 50477.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.3 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 1.3 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.8 neg: -7.9 tot: 204.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.78 Bulk Shear: 221.63 m/s