MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.72,-97.36 Latitude: 37.72 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 137 SFC 970 405 30.0 17.7 48 12.3 21.4 108 5 305.8 308.2 295.6 345.5 13.25 2 950 589 25.9 17.1 58 8.8 19.9 110 5 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.3 13.06 3 900 1062 21.1 16.0 73 5.1 17.7 112 5 303.3 305.6 294.6 341.3 12.83 4 850 1554 17.2 12.3 73 4.8 14.0 110 5 304.1 306.1 293.3 335.9 10.66 5 800 2069 14.5 7.7 64 6.8 10.3 22 2 306.6 308.1 292.2 331.6 8.26 6 750 2612 11.3 2.4 54 8.9 6.4 301 5 308.9 310.0 291.0 327.6 6.08 7 700 3184 7.8 1.8 65 6.1 4.5 308 14 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.5 6.23 8 650 3791 3.1 -1.6 71 4.7 0.7 337 19 312.5 313.5 291.4 328.9 5.24 9 600 4434 -1.8 -6.0 73 4.2 -3.7 343 20 314.0 314.8 290.9 327.0 4.06 10 550 5120 -5.6 -9.9 71 4.3 -7.4 339 24 317.4 318.1 291.2 328.1 3.27 11 500 5864 -8.5 -23.1 30 14.6 -12.8 335 29 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.7 1.19 12 450 6672 -14.0 -31.4 21 17.4 -17.9 326 29 325.6 325.8 291.1 327.9 0.61 13 400 7555 -19.7 -45.7 8 26.0 -23.2 323 30 329.3 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.16 14 350 8530 -27.3 -51.7 8 24.4 -29.5 321 36 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.09 15 300 9623 -35.5 -56.4 10 20.9 -36.7 316 45 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.06 16 250 10868 -43.9 -63.4 10 19.5 -44.6 318 61 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12338 -50.1 -73.5 5 23.4 -50.5 310 58 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14187 -56.6 -82.2 3 25.5 -56.9 293 23 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16698 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 171 10 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.09 m Freezing level: 618.51 mb = 4195.51 m = 13764.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.88 mb = 3891.46 m = 12767.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.78 mb = 1944.67 m = 6380.06 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 17.84 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2159.78 m = 7085.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 31.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 734.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.14 mb = 1764.79 m = 5789.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.14 mb = 3018.32 m = 9902.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.14 mb = 10755.52 m = 35286.71 ft B at Equ Level: 733.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.14 mb = 13228.08 m = 43398.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.2 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 7.2 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 56.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 15.28 Bulk Shear: 48.06 m/s