MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 13Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.36,-99.55 Latitude: 34.36 Longitude: -99.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 439 23.1 22.2 95 0.9 22.5 117 21 299.6 302.8 297.0 351.7 17.81 2 950 549 21.8 21.8 100 -0.0 21.8 114 31 299.3 302.5 296.8 350.7 17.59 3 900 1019 19.4 19.5 100 -0.0 19.5 126 36 301.5 304.5 296.3 348.7 16.02 4 850 1512 19.0 16.3 84 2.7 17.2 174 23 306.1 308.7 296.1 347.7 13.88 5 800 2032 16.3 15.5 95 0.8 15.7 209 25 308.5 311.1 296.8 350.7 13.94 6 750 2579 12.7 12.4 98 0.3 12.5 233 27 310.3 312.6 296.1 347.5 12.16 7 700 3159 11.8 10.3 90 1.5 10.9 269 28 315.6 317.8 296.8 351.0 11.35 8 650 3776 6.8 2.4 73 4.5 4.3 280 30 316.7 318.1 294.0 338.9 7.00 9 600 4427 1.2 -8.3 49 9.6 -3.0 300 34 317.5 318.2 291.3 328.6 3.40 10 550 5121 -2.7 -18.6 28 15.9 -8.2 310 35 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.3 1.60 11 500 5870 -6.3 -29.8 14 23.5 -12.4 318 36 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.64 12 450 6687 -10.4 -23.9 32 13.5 -14.4 322 42 330.2 330.4 292.9 334.6 1.23 13 400 7585 -14.9 -36.2 15 21.3 -19.3 326 45 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.3 0.43 14 350 8582 -21.2 -26.9 60 5.7 -22.6 336 42 340.2 340.5 295.4 344.7 1.21 15 300 9700 -29.8 -32.7 76 2.9 -30.3 349 44 343.4 343.6 295.8 346.5 0.82 16 250 10974 -39.6 -42.9 71 3.2 -39.9 1 53 347.1 347.2 296.3 348.5 0.35 17 200 12456 -52.2 -56.1 63 3.9 -52.3 3 44 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.6 0.10 18 150 14259 -64.3 -79.2 11 14.9 -64.4 320 34 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16698 -68.4 -85.5 7 17.1 -68.5 68 12 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.42 m Freezing level: 584.32 mb = 4644.65 m = 15238.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.67 mb = 4151.58 m = 13620.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.11 mb = 548.37 m = 1799.10 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 3.93 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 921.19 m = 3022.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 540.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.13 mb = 959.63 m = 3148.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.13 mb = 1007.64 m = 3305.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 891.13 mb = 1104.05 m = 3622.18 ft B at Equ Level: 22.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 821.13 mb = 1808.50 m = 5933.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 718.3 neg: -25.7 tot: 692.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 230.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 506.14 m/s