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: 31.82,-96.43 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -96.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 132 21.3 21.2 100 0.1 21.2 314 9 294.2 297.0 294.3 339.9 16.02 1 1000 158 21.1 21.2 100 -0.0 21.2 300 8 294.3 297.2 294.3 340.0 16.01 2 950 604 21.0 20.5 97 0.5 20.6 281 8 298.5 301.4 295.6 345.4 16.13 3 900 1072 19.0 17.9 94 1.1 18.3 321 7 301.1 303.8 295.3 343.8 14.53 4 850 1563 17.0 15.6 92 1.4 16.1 348 13 303.9 306.4 295.1 343.3 13.23 5 800 2080 15.2 13.9 92 1.2 14.3 355 23 307.3 309.7 295.6 345.3 12.60 6 750 2625 12.3 11.4 94 0.9 11.7 355 31 310.0 312.1 295.4 344.7 11.38 7 700 3202 8.7 7.7 94 0.9 8.1 354 34 312.1 313.9 294.6 341.3 9.49 8 650 3812 4.1 3.7 97 0.4 3.9 353 35 313.6 315.1 293.7 337.7 7.71 9 600 4459 1.4 1.1 98 0.3 1.2 352 37 317.7 319.0 294.2 339.7 6.91 10 550 5156 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.3 349 37 321.5 322.6 294.4 340.3 5.82 11 500 5909 -6.1 -6.2 99 0.1 -6.1 349 32 325.6 326.6 294.7 341.6 4.82 12 450 6729 -9.7 -9.7 100 0.0 -9.7 350 25 331.0 331.8 295.5 344.8 4.06 13 400 7631 -14.6 -14.6 100 0.0 -14.6 351 18 336.0 336.7 295.9 346.8 3.08 14 350 8631 -20.5 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.5 330 15 341.1 341.5 296.4 348.8 2.13 15 300 9759 -26.6 -26.6 100 -0.0 -26.6 288 16 347.8 348.1 297.3 353.3 1.44 16 250 11049 -37.6 -38.2 93 0.7 -37.7 258 18 350.2 350.3 297.1 352.5 0.56 17 200 12538 -52.1 -55.9 64 3.7 -52.2 253 21 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.6 0.10 18 150 14332 -66.7 -71.9 47 5.3 -66.7 252 15 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16771 -69.1 -85.5 8 16.4 -69.2 74 8 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.37 m Freezing level: 580.72 mb = 4727.99 m = 15511.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.05 mb = 4688.75 m = 15382.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.65 mb = 134.72 m = 442.00 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 7.65 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 985.67 m = 3233.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.72 C = 81.89 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 37.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 140.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.47 mb = 645.04 m = 2116.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.47 mb = 3195.92 m = 10485.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 460.47 mb = 6550.06 m = 21489.45 ft B at Equ Level: 139.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 340.47 mb = 8832.88 m = 28978.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 19.5 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.6 neg: -11.6 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.91 Bulk Shear: 73.45 m/s