MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.25,-96.61 Latitude: 33.25 Longitude: -96.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 993 178 32.3 19.9 48 12.4 23.4 93 6 306.0 308.8 296.8 350.7 14.91 2 950 576 27.6 18.3 57 9.3 21.1 91 7 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.3 14.10 3 900 1052 23.0 17.4 71 5.5 19.1 88 7 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.2 14.06 4 850 1547 18.1 16.5 90 1.7 17.0 85 7 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.1 14.03 5 800 2064 15.5 10.0 70 5.5 12.0 28 9 307.6 309.4 293.6 336.9 9.65 6 750 2610 12.7 4.2 56 8.5 7.8 16 14 310.4 311.7 292.2 331.8 6.92 7 700 3186 9.5 -1.5 46 11.0 3.8 28 13 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.4 4.90 8 650 3796 5.9 -11.4 28 17.3 -1.4 26 16 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.7 2.46 9 600 4446 2.3 -19.9 18 22.2 -5.4 4 17 318.8 319.1 289.8 323.3 1.32 10 550 5143 -1.4 -23.9 16 22.5 -8.4 348 24 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.9 1.01 11 500 5895 -5.2 -43.9 3 38.8 -12.5 348 37 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.16 12 450 6714 -10.8 -45.3 4 34.5 -16.6 345 40 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 13 400 7607 -16.7 -49.6 4 32.9 -21.1 333 42 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 14 350 8595 -23.6 -52.3 5 28.6 -26.7 327 39 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.09 15 300 9703 -32.0 -55.4 8 23.4 -33.7 328 35 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 16 250 10963 -41.3 -65.1 6 23.9 -42.2 327 32 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 17 200 12441 -52.9 -67.4 15 14.6 -53.2 279 19 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14250 -63.5 -83.6 5 20.1 -63.6 259 31 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16702 -68.6 -87.4 5 18.8 -68.7 175 6 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.21 m Freezing level: 569.02 mb = 4877.74 m = 16002.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.86 mb = 3622.38 m = 11884.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.36 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.97 mb = 1740.31 m = 5709.61 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 27.40 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1960.91 m = 6433.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.40 C = 92.11 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 28.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 636.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.61 mb = 1744.05 m = 5721.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.61 mb = 2771.53 m = 9092.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.61 mb = 11943.26 m = 39183.46 ft B at Equ Level: 632.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.61 mb = 14859.84 m = 48752.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 9.9 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 39.9 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 17.60 Bulk Shear: 36.15 m/s