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: 37.65,-97.36 Latitude: 37.65 Longitude: -97.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 969 396 29.8 18.6 51 11.3 21.9 128 9 305.7 308.3 296.1 347.7 14.00 2 950 574 27.5 17.6 55 9.9 20.6 129 11 305.1 307.6 295.6 345.2 13.42 3 900 1050 22.8 16.5 68 6.3 18.5 129 11 305.0 307.5 295.4 344.7 13.27 4 850 1545 19.6 8.0 47 11.6 12.5 133 7 306.6 308.1 291.9 330.7 7.92 5 800 2064 16.8 6.8 52 10.0 10.8 333 4 309.1 310.5 292.5 332.9 7.78 6 750 2611 13.3 3.2 50 10.1 7.6 349 10 311.0 312.3 292.0 331.0 6.44 7 700 3187 8.8 0.5 56 8.3 4.3 358 13 312.2 313.3 291.7 329.9 5.67 8 650 3795 4.2 -3.1 59 7.2 0.5 341 19 313.7 314.6 291.3 328.5 4.69 9 600 4441 0.2 -13.5 35 13.7 -5.2 343 24 316.3 316.7 289.9 323.7 2.25 10 550 5133 -3.7 -21.4 24 17.7 -9.3 341 27 319.8 320.0 290.0 324.1 1.26 11 500 5878 -8.3 -33.3 11 25.0 -13.9 335 31 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.46 12 450 6686 -14.3 -36.5 13 22.2 -18.4 330 36 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.37 13 400 7567 -20.5 -39.8 16 19.3 -23.4 327 34 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.30 14 350 8542 -26.8 -50.6 9 23.7 -29.1 331 38 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 15 300 9634 -35.2 -56.2 10 21.0 -36.5 324 50 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.06 16 250 10881 -43.3 -62.9 10 19.6 -44.0 320 67 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 12359 -49.0 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.5 306 56 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 14213 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 284 30 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16709 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 259 6 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.26 m Freezing level: 598.03 mb = 4468.25 m = 14659.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.24 mb = 3854.57 m = 12646.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.98 mb = 1821.61 m = 5976.35 ft T: 18.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 17.00 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.14 mb = 2631.86 m = 8634.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.18 C = 95.33 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 16.21 C K Index: 27.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 864.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.94 mb = 1937.31 m = 6355.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.94 mb = 3222.82 m = 10573.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.94 mb = 10962.53 m = 35965.86 ft B at Equ Level: 863.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.94 mb = 13523.49 m = 44367.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.2 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 15.2 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: -14.0 tot: 31.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 8.87 Bulk Shear: 97.51 m/s