MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 149 SFC 971 404 18.9 18.2 96 0.7 18.4 113 6 294.5 297.0 292.7 333.7 13.69 2 950 594 23.5 18.6 74 5.0 20.1 159 20 301.1 303.7 295.1 343.1 14.30 3 900 1065 20.9 17.5 81 3.4 18.6 192 14 303.0 305.7 295.5 345.0 14.14 4 850 1558 18.9 10.3 57 8.6 13.4 206 6 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.8 9.27 5 800 2077 16.3 6.9 54 9.4 10.6 142 4 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.5 7.85 6 750 2623 13.4 2.6 48 10.8 7.3 274 1 311.1 312.3 291.8 330.3 6.16 7 700 3200 9.7 -3.3 40 13.0 3.1 327 9 313.2 314.1 290.8 326.8 4.29 8 650 3810 6.0 -9.5 32 15.5 -0.8 350 19 315.8 316.4 290.3 325.1 2.86 9 600 4459 0.7 -8.6 50 9.2 -3.4 330 23 316.9 317.5 291.0 327.7 3.33 10 550 5151 -3.7 -17.2 34 13.6 -8.5 334 26 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.8 1.80 11 500 5897 -7.8 -28.6 17 20.8 -13.1 337 25 323.6 323.7 290.6 326.2 0.72 12 450 6709 -12.4 -33.1 16 20.6 -17.0 329 25 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.5 0.52 13 400 7597 -18.5 -30.3 35 11.8 -21.1 335 26 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.8 0.77 14 350 8579 -25.5 -37.4 32 11.9 -27.4 348 26 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.0 0.44 15 300 9681 -33.2 -40.4 48 7.2 -34.1 338 46 338.5 338.6 294.3 340.0 0.37 16 250 10936 -42.4 -55.3 23 12.9 -43.1 324 53 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.08 17 200 12404 -53.2 -62.3 32 9.0 -53.4 323 35 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.04 18 150 14219 -60.3 -82.0 4 21.7 -60.5 318 41 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16694 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.6 216 8 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.52 m Freezing level: 592.39 mb = 4564.47 m = 14975.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.20 mb = 3681.82 m = 12079.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.67 mb = 487.27 m = 1598.65 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 19.83 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.31 mb = 2396.93 m = 7863.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.74 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 23.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 355.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.23 mb = 1395.14 m = 4577.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.23 mb = 4047.68 m = 13279.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.23 mb = 10125.73 m = 33220.50 ft B at Equ Level: 354.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.23 mb = 13026.27 m = 42736.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.1 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 0.1 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.0 neg: -25.4 tot: 122.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 2.74 Bulk Shear: 129.80 m/s