MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.60,-97.36 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -97.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 391 27.8 19.8 62 8.0 22.1 118 6 303.3 306.1 296.2 348.1 15.11 2 950 597 24.2 18.3 69 6.0 20.1 118 6 301.8 304.4 295.1 343.2 14.05 3 900 1068 20.4 13.9 66 6.5 16.1 139 4 302.5 304.6 293.2 335.6 11.16 4 850 1560 17.6 10.9 65 6.7 13.3 104 6 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.5 9.68 5 800 2075 14.5 7.4 62 7.1 10.2 49 3 306.6 308.1 292.0 331.1 8.08 6 750 2618 11.4 1.8 52 9.5 6.1 353 3 308.9 310.0 290.8 326.9 5.84 7 700 3190 7.6 0.9 63 6.7 4.0 316 11 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.1 5.86 8 650 3796 3.3 -2.2 67 5.5 0.5 334 17 312.7 313.7 291.3 328.5 5.02 9 600 4439 -2.2 -3.7 89 1.6 -2.9 334 21 313.6 314.6 291.4 328.9 4.84 10 550 5126 -5.6 -10.5 68 4.9 -7.6 331 26 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.7 3.13 11 500 5869 -8.9 -19.9 40 11.0 -12.4 331 29 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.6 1.57 12 450 6676 -14.0 -28.5 28 14.5 -17.4 328 28 325.7 325.8 291.3 328.6 0.81 13 400 7561 -19.3 -46.6 7 27.3 -22.9 326 35 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.14 14 350 8536 -27.0 -51.5 8 24.4 -29.3 320 36 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 15 300 9629 -35.3 -56.2 10 21.0 -36.5 318 46 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 16 250 10875 -43.8 -63.7 9 19.9 -44.5 320 60 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12347 -49.9 -73.4 5 23.5 -50.4 310 59 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14195 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.7 302 24 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16702 -64.5 -85.4 4 20.8 -64.7 158 7 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.05 m Freezing level: 619.63 mb = 4186.87 m = 13736.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.09 mb = 3894.63 m = 12777.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.35 mb = 1395.68 m = 4578.94 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 21.22 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.98 mb = 2245.12 m = 7365.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.80 C K Index: 30.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 453.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.41 mb = 1666.17 m = 5466.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.41 mb = 3255.68 m = 10681.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.41 mb = 10238.44 m = 33590.28 ft B at Equ Level: 450.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.41 mb = 12529.35 m = 41106.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -10.7 tot: 26.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.05 Bulk Shear: 50.13 m/s