MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 121 SFC 968 406 29.2 19.0 54 10.2 21.9 124 9 305.1 307.8 296.3 348.2 14.41 2 950 575 27.3 17.6 56 9.7 20.5 125 11 304.8 307.3 295.5 345.0 13.45 3 900 1050 22.7 16.7 69 6.0 18.5 128 12 304.9 307.3 295.5 344.9 13.40 4 850 1545 19.5 7.9 47 11.6 12.4 130 7 306.6 308.1 291.9 330.5 7.90 5 800 2064 16.7 6.2 50 10.5 10.4 343 4 308.9 310.3 292.2 331.7 7.45 6 750 2611 13.2 3.2 50 10.0 7.5 343 10 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.8 6.41 7 700 3187 8.7 0.5 56 8.3 4.3 355 13 312.2 313.2 291.7 329.9 5.66 8 650 3795 4.1 -2.7 61 6.8 0.7 342 19 313.6 314.5 291.4 328.8 4.83 9 600 4440 0.1 -12.3 39 12.3 -4.9 343 24 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.3 2.48 10 550 5132 -3.7 -20.9 25 17.2 -9.2 341 26 319.6 319.9 290.0 324.1 1.31 11 500 5877 -8.3 -34.5 10 26.2 -14.0 334 31 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.5 0.41 12 450 6686 -14.3 -36.0 14 21.7 -18.4 330 35 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.39 13 400 7566 -20.5 -40.4 15 19.9 -23.5 327 34 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.28 14 350 8541 -26.9 -50.4 9 23.4 -29.2 331 39 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.11 15 300 9634 -35.2 -57.1 9 21.8 -36.5 324 51 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 16 250 10880 -43.3 -63.7 9 20.4 -44.0 319 65 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 12358 -48.8 -74.0 4 25.2 -49.3 305 55 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 14214 -57.5 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 283 30 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16709 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 260 6 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.39 m Freezing level: 599.34 mb = 4449.57 m = 14598.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.03 mb = 3869.24 m = 12694.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.04 mb = 1697.24 m = 5568.31 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 17.64 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.56 mb = 2593.45 m = 8508.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.86 C = 94.74 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: 2.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 16.18 C K Index: 27.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 872.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.25 mb = 1902.65 m = 6242.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.25 mb = 3183.52 m = 10444.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.25 mb = 11143.31 m = 36558.98 ft B at Equ Level: 859.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.25 mb = 13787.05 m = 45232.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.3 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 15.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.5 neg: -12.1 tot: 37.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 9.12 Bulk Shear: 95.64 m/s