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: 34.00,-98.41 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -98.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 286 22.8 22.3 97 0.5 22.5 75 12 297.6 300.8 296.3 348.6 17.57 2 950 567 23.3 21.2 88 2.1 21.8 126 17 300.8 303.9 296.8 350.6 16.94 3 900 1038 21.4 16.9 75 4.6 18.3 129 12 303.6 306.1 295.2 343.8 13.54 4 850 1533 18.9 11.9 64 7.0 14.3 109 13 305.9 307.8 293.6 336.9 10.32 5 800 2051 15.7 10.2 70 5.4 12.2 108 13 307.9 309.7 293.7 337.7 9.84 6 750 2597 13.1 8.9 76 4.2 10.4 53 2 310.7 312.6 294.4 340.2 9.59 7 700 3174 9.4 6.0 80 3.3 7.3 308 12 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.0 8.44 8 650 3785 5.2 0.4 71 4.8 2.6 315 15 314.9 316.0 292.8 334.0 6.07 9 600 4433 1.4 -3.9 68 5.2 -1.3 326 20 317.7 318.6 292.6 333.1 4.79 10 550 5130 -2.6 -8.8 62 6.3 -5.4 313 26 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.8 3.57 11 500 5878 -7.6 -14.8 56 7.2 -10.3 312 24 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.0 2.43 12 450 6690 -13.2 -16.8 74 3.6 -14.4 318 23 326.7 327.2 292.9 334.5 2.28 13 400 7578 -17.9 -19.5 87 1.6 -18.4 333 24 331.7 332.1 294.0 338.9 2.04 14 350 8565 -23.6 -25.5 84 1.9 -24.1 342 32 337.0 337.2 294.8 342.0 1.37 15 300 9676 -31.3 -34.1 76 2.8 -31.7 341 50 341.3 341.4 295.3 344.0 0.71 16 250 10940 -41.8 -45.1 70 3.3 -42.1 340 59 344.0 344.0 295.5 345.1 0.27 17 200 12411 -52.8 -56.4 65 3.6 -52.9 323 51 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.6 0.09 18 150 14227 -62.7 -67.9 49 5.2 -62.8 289 32 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.03 19 100 16691 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 31 8 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.10 m Freezing level: 582.69 mb = 4674.54 m = 15336.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.41 mb = 4214.83 m = 13828.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.16 mb = 347.43 m = 1139.85 ft T: 22.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 13.70 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.71 mb = 1749.37 m = 5739.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.44 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 747.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.94 mb = 1125.84 m = 3693.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.94 mb = 2985.93 m = 9796.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.94 mb = 11607.02 m = 38080.31 ft B at Equ Level: 744.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.94 mb = 14825.33 m = 48638.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.1 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 357.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.7 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.6 neg: -29.6 tot: 63.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 6.18 Bulk Shear: 121.10 m/s