MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 127 SFC 969 406 30.7 18.9 50 11.8 22.3 120 7 306.6 309.3 296.5 349.7 14.36 2 950 582 27.3 17.8 56 9.5 20.6 120 7 304.9 307.4 295.6 345.5 13.60 3 900 1057 22.5 16.7 70 5.8 18.5 122 7 304.7 307.2 295.4 344.6 13.37 4 850 1552 17.8 15.2 85 2.5 16.1 124 6 304.7 307.1 295.1 343.3 12.91 5 800 2069 16.0 4.8 47 11.2 9.5 332 4 308.2 309.5 291.4 329.0 6.78 6 750 2614 12.5 4.1 57 8.4 7.6 309 12 310.2 311.4 292.1 331.3 6.86 7 700 3189 8.4 0.2 56 8.1 4.0 348 15 311.7 312.8 291.5 329.1 5.55 8 650 3795 3.5 -2.9 63 6.4 0.3 350 17 312.9 313.8 291.1 327.8 4.74 9 600 4439 -1.1 -6.1 69 5.0 -3.4 337 20 314.8 315.6 291.0 327.7 4.03 10 550 5129 -4.4 -15.8 41 11.3 -8.5 336 24 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.6 2.03 11 500 5873 -8.6 -26.3 22 17.7 -13.4 333 24 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.6 0.89 12 450 6681 -14.2 -40.3 9 26.1 -18.7 321 32 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.25 13 400 7562 -20.5 -41.8 13 21.3 -23.5 317 32 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.24 14 350 8535 -27.9 -45.5 17 17.6 -29.8 323 41 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.19 15 300 9625 -36.0 -55.3 12 19.3 -37.1 319 49 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 16 250 10868 -44.2 -62.2 12 18.0 -44.8 316 54 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 17 200 12344 -48.3 -75.6 3 27.4 -48.8 305 51 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 14197 -57.0 -80.5 4 23.6 -57.2 280 27 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16698 -65.8 -85.8 5 20.1 -65.9 217 7 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.47 m Freezing level: 612.50 mb = 4278.35 m = 14036.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.56 mb = 3838.04 m = 12591.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.42 mb = 1885.25 m = 6185.13 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 20.78 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.91 mb = 2294.67 m = 7528.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.11 C = 91.60 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 33.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1289.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.03 mb = 1806.11 m = 5925.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.03 mb = 2838.86 m = 9313.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.03 mb = 11418.39 m = 37461.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1273.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.03 mb = 14621.26 m = 47969.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.5 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 9.5 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -5.1 tot: 47.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 20.76 Bulk Shear: 62.10 m/s