MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 11Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.87,-98.48 Latitude: 33.87 Longitude: -98.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 979 302 24.0 22.0 89 2.0 22.6 33 8 298.9 302.1 296.4 349.1 17.22 2 950 567 24.0 20.8 82 3.2 21.8 138 10 301.6 304.6 296.7 350.2 16.51 3 900 1040 21.5 20.2 92 1.4 20.6 174 21 303.7 306.8 297.4 353.6 16.77 4 850 1535 18.7 17.7 94 1.0 18.0 178 10 305.7 308.5 296.9 351.2 15.17 5 800 2054 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.5 199 6 307.4 309.7 295.7 345.9 12.76 6 750 2599 12.1 11.5 96 0.6 11.7 251 5 309.7 311.8 295.4 344.4 11.41 7 700 3175 9.1 7.3 88 1.8 8.0 318 13 312.6 314.3 294.6 341.0 9.19 8 650 3787 5.7 1.0 72 4.7 3.1 337 19 315.4 316.6 293.2 335.4 6.34 9 600 4436 1.2 -3.8 69 5.0 -1.3 333 27 317.5 318.4 292.5 333.0 4.82 10 550 5129 -4.3 -9.2 69 4.8 -6.4 331 30 319.0 319.6 291.8 330.3 3.48 11 500 5874 -8.4 -15.2 58 6.8 -10.9 343 31 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.7 2.35 12 450 6687 -12.0 -18.3 59 6.3 -14.2 349 31 328.1 328.5 293.1 335.1 2.01 13 400 7577 -17.9 -22.5 67 4.6 -19.2 318 38 331.7 332.0 293.6 337.3 1.57 14 350 8565 -24.1 -29.8 59 5.7 -25.3 327 42 336.3 336.5 294.3 339.7 0.92 15 300 9673 -31.6 -43.0 31 11.5 -32.9 332 54 340.9 341.0 294.8 342.0 0.28 16 250 10937 -41.7 -71.5 2 29.8 -42.6 330 60 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.01 17 200 12408 -52.9 -72.1 8 19.2 -53.2 310 57 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14224 -62.3 -67.2 52 4.9 -62.4 318 35 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.03 19 100 16682 -69.0 -84.9 8 15.9 -69.1 49 7 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.33 m Freezing level: 589.20 mb = 4585.97 m = 15045.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.64 mb = 4240.66 m = 13912.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.30 mb = 554.84 m = 1820.31 ft T: 24.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 23.25 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1408.69 m = 4621.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 26.10 C K Index: 42.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1588.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.53 mb = 1044.29 m = 3426.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.53 mb = 1795.39 m = 5890.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.53 mb = 12915.86 m = 42374.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1573.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.4 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 358.4 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.7 neg: -3.8 tot: 174.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 14.01 Bulk Shear: 113.44 m/s