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: 37.86,-96.85 Latitude: 37.86 Longitude: -96.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 971 409 26.8 19.2 63 7.6 21.4 104 7 302.5 305.1 295.6 345.4 14.53 2 950 600 23.4 17.4 69 6.0 19.3 105 7 301.0 303.4 294.3 340.1 13.31 3 900 1069 19.5 13.9 70 5.6 15.8 136 4 301.6 303.7 292.9 334.5 11.14 4 850 1559 16.7 10.0 64 6.8 12.6 77 5 303.7 305.4 291.9 330.9 9.10 5 800 2073 13.8 7.2 64 6.6 9.9 38 3 305.9 307.3 291.7 330.0 7.99 6 750 2614 10.7 3.6 61 7.2 6.7 348 7 308.2 309.5 291.3 328.5 6.60 7 700 3186 7.2 0.4 62 6.8 3.6 319 15 310.5 311.6 291.2 328.1 5.65 8 650 3791 3.0 -0.7 76 3.7 1.1 329 20 312.4 313.4 291.7 329.9 5.59 9 600 4434 -1.9 -5.5 77 3.6 -3.6 330 23 313.9 314.7 290.9 327.3 4.23 10 550 5120 -6.3 -9.0 81 2.7 -7.5 331 23 316.5 317.2 291.1 327.9 3.52 11 500 5862 -9.3 -13.5 71 4.3 -10.9 331 21 321.8 322.3 291.9 330.7 2.69 12 450 6670 -14.1 -21.7 53 7.5 -16.4 329 21 325.4 325.7 291.9 330.7 1.50 13 400 7552 -19.8 -38.7 17 18.9 -22.8 322 25 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.34 14 350 8528 -27.4 -47.6 13 20.2 -29.5 321 39 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.4 0.15 15 300 9617 -35.7 -54.6 13 18.9 -36.9 317 38 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 16 250 10861 -44.4 -62.4 12 18.0 -45.0 317 50 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 17 200 12335 -48.6 -75.6 3 27.0 -49.1 311 49 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.8 0.01 18 150 14190 -56.5 -82.1 3 25.6 -56.8 315 20 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16702 -64.9 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 177 8 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.03 m Freezing level: 619.68 mb = 4181.33 m = 13718.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.54 mb = 3934.29 m = 12907.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.97 mb = 1369.76 m = 4493.92 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.72 mb = 2213.58 m = 7262.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.36 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 29.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 270.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.56 mb = 1633.57 m = 5359.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.56 mb = 3452.27 m = 11326.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.56 mb = 9673.20 m = 31735.84 ft B at Equ Level: 267.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.56 mb = 11779.44 m = 38646.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 4.9 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: -9.1 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.19 Bulk Shear: 52.06 m/s