MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 130 SFC 969 406 30.5 19.0 50 11.5 22.3 117 7 306.4 309.0 296.5 349.7 14.43 2 950 584 26.9 17.9 58 8.9 20.6 117 7 304.4 307.0 295.6 345.3 13.71 3 900 1059 22.1 16.9 73 5.2 18.5 119 6 304.3 306.8 295.4 344.8 13.61 4 850 1553 17.7 13.1 75 4.6 14.7 125 5 304.6 306.7 293.9 338.1 11.21 5 800 2069 15.5 5.5 51 9.9 9.6 337 3 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.3 7.10 6 750 2613 12.2 2.9 53 9.3 6.9 306 10 309.8 311.0 291.5 329.2 6.28 7 700 3188 8.5 1.2 60 7.2 4.5 332 16 311.8 313.0 291.9 330.5 5.99 8 650 3794 3.2 -2.7 65 5.9 0.2 351 18 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.7 4.83 9 600 4438 -1.4 -5.4 74 4.0 -3.3 341 20 314.4 315.3 291.2 328.0 4.26 10 550 5126 -4.8 -12.9 53 8.0 -8.0 338 24 318.3 318.8 290.8 326.8 2.58 11 500 5870 -8.5 -24.8 26 16.3 -13.1 338 26 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.2 1.02 12 450 6678 -14.1 -35.9 14 21.8 -18.3 323 28 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.9 0.40 13 400 7560 -20.4 -44.1 10 23.7 -23.7 319 29 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.19 14 350 8534 -27.3 -49.0 11 21.6 -29.5 321 41 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.13 15 300 9625 -35.8 -55.5 11 19.7 -37.1 317 49 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.07 16 250 10867 -44.2 -62.8 11 18.7 -44.8 315 55 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.03 17 200 12343 -48.5 -74.8 3 26.2 -49.1 306 50 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 14199 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.8 272 25 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16703 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -66.0 195 9 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.78 m Freezing level: 615.75 mb = 4234.87 m = 13893.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.83 mb = 3833.48 m = 12576.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.09 mb = 1847.49 m = 6061.26 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 20.53 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2185.27 m = 7169.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.20 C = 89.97 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 32.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1211.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.34 mb = 1762.30 m = 5781.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.34 mb = 2903.25 m = 9524.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.34 mb = 11295.27 m = 37057.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1202.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.34 mb = 14436.41 m = 47362.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.8 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 9.8 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -2.8 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 21.53 Bulk Shear: 56.29 m/s