MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 114 SFC 978 309 22.9 22.2 96 0.7 22.4 84 12 297.9 301.1 296.3 348.6 17.45 2 950 562 22.7 21.8 94 0.9 22.1 125 21 300.2 303.4 297.0 351.7 17.54 3 900 1033 21.0 19.5 92 1.4 20.0 134 20 303.1 306.1 296.8 350.9 16.10 4 850 1527 18.5 15.1 80 3.4 16.2 113 16 305.5 307.9 295.3 343.9 12.80 5 800 2046 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 13.9 111 12 308.4 310.6 295.2 343.7 11.64 6 750 2594 13.5 8.0 69 5.5 10.1 94 3 311.2 312.9 294.1 339.0 9.01 7 700 3170 9.4 2.4 62 7.0 5.5 345 10 312.9 314.1 292.6 333.2 6.52 8 650 3781 5.9 1.4 73 4.5 3.4 348 20 315.7 316.9 293.4 336.4 6.55 9 600 4432 1.7 -3.0 71 4.7 -0.7 337 27 318.0 319.0 292.9 334.4 5.10 10 550 5130 -1.7 -8.8 58 7.1 -4.9 321 28 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.8 3.57 11 500 5880 -6.7 -18.1 40 11.3 -10.7 323 23 324.8 325.2 292.0 331.2 1.84 12 450 6693 -12.7 -19.7 56 7.0 -14.9 317 24 327.3 327.7 292.7 333.5 1.78 13 400 7581 -18.6 -20.9 82 2.3 -19.3 319 24 330.9 331.2 293.6 337.3 1.82 14 350 8567 -23.6 -26.2 79 2.6 -24.2 340 24 336.9 337.2 294.7 341.6 1.29 15 300 9678 -30.8 -33.5 77 2.7 -31.3 345 39 342.0 342.1 295.5 344.8 0.75 16 250 10944 -41.4 -44.6 71 3.2 -41.6 343 50 344.5 344.6 295.7 345.7 0.29 17 200 12417 -53.2 -57.1 62 3.9 -53.4 326 52 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14228 -62.9 -69.7 39 6.8 -63.0 290 33 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.02 19 100 16692 -69.1 -85.2 8 16.1 -69.2 40 9 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.59 m Freezing level: 575.59 mb = 4772.83 m = 15658.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.92 mb = 4311.90 m = 14146.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.57 mb = 392.78 m = 1288.63 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 18.45 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.48 mb = 1311.28 m = 4302.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 33.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1219.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.76 mb = 929.34 m = 3048.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.76 mb = 2754.03 m = 9035.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.76 mb = 12881.83 m = 42262.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1203.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.76 mb = 15802.34 m = 51844.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.6 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 20.6 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 5.3 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.9 neg: -26.3 tot: 75.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 8.12 Bulk Shear: 150.27 m/s