MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 970 406 30.0 19.1 52 10.9 22.2 109 6 305.8 308.5 296.5 349.3 14.49 2 950 589 26.3 18.0 61 8.2 20.5 109 7 303.8 306.4 295.5 344.9 13.81 3 900 1062 21.5 16.8 75 4.6 18.3 110 6 303.6 306.1 295.2 343.8 13.53 4 850 1555 17.5 11.7 69 5.8 13.8 106 4 304.5 306.4 293.1 335.1 10.25 5 800 2071 15.0 6.4 56 8.6 9.9 357 3 307.1 308.5 291.7 330.0 7.55 6 750 2614 11.9 2.0 51 9.8 6.4 303 8 309.4 310.6 291.1 327.7 5.92 7 700 3188 8.2 1.3 62 6.9 4.4 314 16 311.6 312.7 291.8 330.4 6.03 8 650 3794 3.2 -2.5 66 5.7 0.3 344 19 312.5 313.5 291.1 328.0 4.90 9 600 4438 -1.6 -5.5 75 3.9 -3.4 344 20 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.7 4.23 10 550 5125 -5.2 -11.4 62 6.2 -7.7 340 24 317.9 318.4 291.0 327.4 2.90 11 500 5869 -8.4 -24.9 25 16.5 -13.0 339 29 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.4 1.01 12 450 6677 -14.1 -33.6 17 19.5 -18.1 327 29 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.3 0.50 13 400 7559 -20.1 -44.0 10 23.8 -23.4 322 29 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.19 14 350 8534 -27.1 -50.5 9 23.4 -29.4 320 38 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 15 300 9626 -35.7 -55.8 11 20.1 -36.9 317 46 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 16 250 10869 -44.0 -62.7 11 18.7 -44.7 316 60 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.03 17 200 12342 -49.7 -74.0 4 24.3 -50.2 309 56 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14194 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.8 285 24 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16699 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -66.0 184 9 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.63 m Freezing level: 617.19 mb = 4216.48 m = 13833.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3846.19 m = 12618.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.89 mb = 1779.29 m = 5837.48 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 21.53 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.85 mb = 2093.62 m = 6868.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.37 C = 88.46 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 30.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1059.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.00 mb = 1706.57 m = 5598.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.00 mb = 2839.19 m = 9314.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.00 mb = 11139.03 m = 36544.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1057.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.00 mb = 14194.29 m = 46568.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.6 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 9.6 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 66.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 19.32 Bulk Shear: 54.86 m/s