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: 33.98,-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 119 SFC 978 309 23.7 22.1 91 1.6 22.6 72 7 298.7 301.9 296.5 349.3 17.36 2 950 567 23.3 21.0 87 2.3 21.6 139 14 300.8 303.9 296.6 349.9 16.70 3 900 1040 21.7 19.7 89 2.0 20.3 164 18 303.9 306.9 297.1 352.3 16.28 4 850 1535 18.8 15.6 82 3.2 16.6 154 8 305.8 308.3 295.6 345.5 13.24 5 800 2053 15.6 13.0 85 2.6 13.9 175 3 307.8 310.0 295.2 343.7 11.88 6 750 2600 13.0 11.1 88 1.9 11.8 276 6 310.7 312.8 295.5 344.9 11.18 7 700 3178 9.5 5.0 74 4.5 6.8 311 18 313.0 314.5 293.7 337.4 7.84 8 650 3788 5.0 -3.6 54 8.6 0.7 326 23 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.0 4.51 9 600 4436 1.6 -8.1 48 9.7 -2.8 330 27 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.3 3.47 10 550 5131 -3.5 -9.8 62 6.3 -6.2 328 27 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.7 3.29 11 500 5878 -7.6 -12.3 69 4.7 -9.5 331 23 323.8 324.4 292.7 333.8 2.98 12 450 6691 -12.6 -15.7 78 3.1 -13.7 348 23 327.4 327.9 293.3 335.9 2.50 13 400 7580 -17.4 -26.9 43 9.5 -19.8 314 28 332.3 332.5 293.3 336.2 1.06 14 350 8568 -23.7 -28.1 67 4.4 -24.7 331 34 336.8 337.0 294.5 340.8 1.09 15 300 9675 -31.8 -48.0 19 16.2 -33.3 335 51 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.17 16 250 10939 -41.7 -60.4 11 18.7 -42.5 332 56 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 17 200 12409 -53.1 -70.1 11 17.0 -53.5 311 54 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14223 -62.7 -76.6 14 13.9 -62.9 315 41 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16683 -68.5 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.6 60 8 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.04 m Freezing level: 584.09 mb = 4657.05 m = 15278.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.63 mb = 3917.84 m = 12853.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.60 C = 88.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.76 mb = 514.21 m = 1687.01 ft T: 23.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 15.92 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.88 mb = 1484.98 m = 4871.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1357.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.40 mb = 1045.38 m = 3429.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.40 mb = 2006.18 m = 6581.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.40 mb = 12921.28 m = 42392.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1337.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.40 mb = 15866.35 m = 52054.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.2 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 353.2 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.9 neg: -5.0 tot: 165.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 11.35 Bulk Shear: 119.59 m/s