MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F001.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F001.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 1 hour NAM valid 13Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.64,-96.58 Latitude: 31.64 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 999 154 21.4 21.3 100 0.1 21.3 17 15 294.6 297.5 294.6 340.9 16.17 2 950 593 21.1 20.9 99 0.2 20.9 33 14 298.6 301.6 295.9 346.8 16.57 3 900 1061 19.4 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 45 13 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.4 15.61 4 850 1553 16.9 16.7 99 0.2 16.8 44 17 303.9 306.5 295.7 346.0 14.19 5 800 2068 13.3 13.2 99 0.2 13.2 41 21 305.4 307.6 294.6 341.2 11.98 6 750 2611 11.3 11.3 100 -0.0 11.3 41 20 308.8 311.0 295.1 343.1 11.29 7 700 3187 9.1 9.1 100 0.0 9.1 46 17 312.6 314.6 295.4 344.8 10.44 8 650 3801 6.4 6.4 100 0.0 6.5 47 12 316.3 318.1 295.7 345.6 9.35 9 600 4454 3.3 3.3 100 0.0 3.3 48 7 319.9 321.5 295.7 345.8 8.11 10 550 5157 0.3 0.3 100 0.0 0.3 9 3 324.5 325.9 296.1 347.7 7.14 11 500 5918 -3.5 -3.5 100 0.0 -3.5 296 5 328.8 330.0 296.3 348.5 5.92 12 450 6743 -9.6 -9.6 100 0.0 -9.6 294 10 331.2 332.0 295.6 345.2 4.12 13 400 7642 -15.3 -15.3 100 0.0 -15.3 310 13 335.1 335.7 295.6 345.3 2.92 14 350 8641 -20.6 -20.6 100 0.0 -20.6 328 18 341.0 341.5 296.4 348.7 2.12 15 300 9767 -28.2 -28.2 100 -0.0 -28.2 334 24 345.7 346.0 296.7 350.4 1.25 16 250 11047 -38.8 -39.8 91 0.9 -38.9 331 32 348.3 348.4 296.7 350.3 0.48 17 200 12530 -52.8 -56.4 64 3.7 -52.9 339 36 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.6 0.09 18 150 14325 -64.2 -74.6 23 10.4 -64.3 341 12 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16749 -69.8 -85.3 9 15.6 -69.8 108 8 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.39 m Freezing level: 545.82 mb = 5220.80 m = 17128.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 545.89 mb = 5217.08 m = 17116.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.50 mb = 159.71 m = 523.98 ft T: 21.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 6.21 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 999.19 mb = 153.63 m = 504.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.39 C = 70.50 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 37.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.79 mb = 631.29 m = 2071.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.79 mb = 1747.14 m = 5732.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 620.79 mb = 4176.04 m = 13700.75 ft B at Equ Level: 62.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 350.79 mb = 8624.03 m = 28293.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 38.1 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 68.1 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 38.50 Bulk Shear: 1.79 m/s