MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 34.00,-95.49 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -95.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 998 155 24.2 19.6 76 4.5 21.0 94 3 297.4 300.1 294.2 339.5 14.53 2 950 593 24.4 17.0 63 7.5 19.3 132 14 302.0 304.4 294.3 340.1 12.90 3 900 1064 20.4 16.3 77 4.2 17.6 146 6 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.1 13.05 4 850 1555 17.3 10.6 65 6.7 13.1 205 2 304.3 306.1 292.4 332.7 9.51 5 800 2072 15.7 6.6 55 9.1 10.2 7 7 307.8 309.3 292.0 331.2 7.64 6 750 2617 13.0 1.9 47 11.2 6.8 9 9 310.7 311.8 291.4 328.9 5.84 7 700 3192 9.0 -0.1 53 9.0 4.1 347 10 312.4 313.4 291.6 329.5 5.44 8 650 3801 4.6 -5.2 49 9.8 -0.1 346 15 314.1 314.9 290.8 326.9 3.99 9 600 4448 0.8 -14.3 31 15.2 -5.0 347 21 317.1 317.5 290.0 324.1 2.10 10 550 5142 -2.3 -27.9 12 25.6 -9.4 346 31 321.4 321.6 289.9 323.9 0.70 11 500 5892 -6.4 -38.2 6 31.8 -13.1 347 31 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.2 0.28 12 450 6706 -11.8 -38.5 9 26.8 -16.9 340 27 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.30 13 400 7599 -16.1 -51.7 3 35.6 -20.8 331 33 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 14 350 8589 -23.5 -43.7 14 20.2 -26.3 334 36 337.0 337.1 293.8 337.9 0.23 15 300 9697 -31.5 -39.3 46 7.8 -32.5 332 42 341.0 341.1 295.0 342.7 0.42 16 250 10963 -40.5 -53.6 23 13.1 -41.3 342 49 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.10 17 200 12443 -52.1 -56.8 57 4.7 -52.2 324 33 350.3 350.4 296.8 350.7 0.09 18 150 14253 -63.7 -79.5 10 15.8 -63.8 303 28 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16703 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 145 5 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.63 m Freezing level: 586.48 mb = 4635.49 m = 15208.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.15 mb = 3786.52 m = 12422.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.38 mb = 737.18 m = 2418.54 ft T: 23.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2367.72 m = 7768.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.12 C = 97.01 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 17.09 C K Index: 25.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.21 mb = 1363.13 m = 4472.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.21 mb = 3748.08 m = 12296.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 554.21 mb = 5081.53 m = 16671.48 ft B at Equ Level: 35.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 394.21 mb = 7707.51 m = 25286.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.3 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 22.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.9 neg: -18.5 tot: 59.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 68.48 m/s