MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 155 SFC 971 404 19.1 18.2 94 0.9 18.5 119 6 294.7 297.1 292.7 333.7 13.63 2 950 599 23.2 18.2 73 5.1 19.7 161 19 300.8 303.3 294.7 341.7 13.95 3 900 1070 20.7 17.4 82 3.3 18.5 195 15 302.8 305.4 295.4 344.5 14.06 4 850 1563 17.6 15.3 86 2.3 16.1 213 6 304.6 307.0 295.1 343.3 12.97 5 800 2080 16.1 6.6 53 9.4 10.4 133 6 308.3 309.7 292.2 331.7 7.67 6 750 2626 13.4 2.6 48 10.8 7.3 237 0 311.1 312.2 291.7 330.2 6.14 7 700 3203 9.8 -3.7 38 13.5 3.0 330 9 313.3 314.1 290.7 326.5 4.15 8 650 3813 5.7 -6.6 41 12.4 -0.0 1 17 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.0 3.58 9 600 4462 0.8 -9.7 45 10.6 -3.7 333 21 317.1 317.7 290.9 327.0 3.04 10 550 5155 -3.4 -17.6 32 14.2 -8.4 335 24 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.0 1.75 11 500 5902 -7.2 -33.7 10 26.5 -13.3 333 23 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.8 0.44 12 450 6714 -13.0 -23.6 41 10.6 -16.0 330 27 326.8 327.1 292.0 331.3 1.26 13 400 7601 -18.1 -46.4 6 28.3 -22.0 347 25 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.15 14 350 8583 -25.2 -38.2 29 13.0 -27.2 349 27 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.3 0.40 15 300 9688 -32.5 -41.1 42 8.7 -33.5 327 40 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.0 0.35 16 250 10945 -42.8 -56.3 21 13.5 -43.5 320 51 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.07 17 200 12410 -53.8 -64.1 27 10.3 -54.0 321 40 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14220 -62.8 -81.8 6 19.0 -63.0 321 43 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16688 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.0 187 9 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.31 m Freezing level: 590.02 mb = 4600.29 m = 15092.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.64 mb = 3805.16 m = 12483.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.37 mb = 522.65 m = 1714.71 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 17.99 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.66 mb = 2287.35 m = 7504.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.63 C = 92.53 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 26.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.09 mb = 1331.71 m = 4369.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.09 mb = 3963.08 m = 13002.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.09 mb = 9731.96 m = 31928.60 ft B at Equ Level: 317.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.09 mb = 13140.19 m = 43110.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.6 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 1.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.6 neg: -37.1 tot: 124.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 2.54 Bulk Shear: 125.82 m/s