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: 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 124 SFC 969 406 30.1 18.8 51 11.3 22.1 123 8 306.0 308.7 296.4 348.8 14.27 2 950 578 27.5 17.8 56 9.7 20.7 124 9 305.1 307.6 295.7 345.9 13.64 3 900 1054 22.8 16.7 69 6.1 18.6 126 9 305.0 307.5 295.6 345.1 13.43 4 850 1549 19.1 9.3 53 9.8 13.0 126 7 306.1 307.7 292.3 332.3 8.67 5 800 2068 16.5 5.3 48 11.2 9.9 334 4 308.7 310.1 291.7 330.2 7.01 6 750 2614 13.3 2.9 49 10.4 7.4 319 12 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.5 6.29 7 700 3189 8.4 0.7 58 7.7 4.2 352 12 311.8 312.9 291.6 329.8 5.77 8 650 3797 4.0 -1.7 66 5.7 1.0 346 20 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.8 5.19 9 600 4442 -0.4 -10.1 48 9.7 -4.6 338 23 315.6 316.2 290.3 325.2 2.94 10 550 5132 -3.9 -20.5 26 16.5 -9.3 339 25 319.4 319.7 290.0 324.1 1.36 11 500 5877 -8.3 -33.5 11 25.3 -13.9 332 30 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.6 0.45 12 450 6686 -14.3 -35.4 15 21.0 -18.4 327 36 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.7 0.42 13 400 7566 -20.5 -40.5 15 19.9 -23.5 322 33 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.28 14 350 8540 -27.5 -47.0 14 19.4 -29.6 328 37 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 15 300 9631 -35.5 -56.8 9 21.4 -36.7 324 48 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.06 16 250 10876 -43.7 -64.0 9 20.3 -44.5 318 58 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12353 -48.9 -74.1 4 25.2 -49.4 306 52 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 14206 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 278 30 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16702 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 245 7 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.77 m Freezing level: 605.11 mb = 4375.73 m = 14355.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.88 mb = 3910.60 m = 12829.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.77 mb = 1827.42 m = 5995.39 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 18.58 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.88 mb = 2558.86 m = 8395.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.78 C = 94.61 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.53 C K Index: 28.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1051.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.56 mb = 1902.74 m = 6242.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.56 mb = 3064.23 m = 10053.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.56 mb = 11130.66 m = 36517.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1049.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.56 mb = 14181.96 m = 46528.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 10.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.5 neg: -8.3 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 12.74 Bulk Shear: 82.50 m/s