MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 167 SFC 973 405 26.3 20.5 70 5.8 22.2 153 7 301.8 304.7 296.3 348.3 15.79 2 950 617 23.0 19.4 80 3.6 20.5 166 10 300.6 303.3 295.5 344.9 15.13 3 900 1088 20.6 18.0 85 2.6 18.8 197 12 302.7 305.4 295.7 345.9 14.59 4 850 1581 17.5 15.7 89 1.8 16.3 209 7 304.4 306.9 295.3 344.0 13.27 5 800 2098 15.9 6.3 53 9.7 10.2 178 7 308.1 309.5 292.0 331.0 7.48 6 750 2643 12.9 2.1 48 10.8 6.9 219 5 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.1 5.96 7 700 3219 9.8 -3.7 38 13.5 3.0 305 7 313.3 314.1 290.7 326.5 4.14 8 650 3829 5.2 -0.9 65 6.0 2.0 333 11 314.8 315.8 292.3 332.3 5.53 9 600 4477 0.5 -7.4 56 7.9 -3.1 338 17 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.4 3.65 10 550 5170 -3.8 -16.5 37 12.7 -8.4 334 22 319.5 319.9 290.6 325.9 1.91 11 500 5914 -8.8 -27.7 20 19.0 -13.6 339 21 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.2 0.78 12 450 6724 -12.5 -36.1 12 23.6 -17.3 342 18 327.5 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.39 13 400 7614 -17.6 -35.2 20 17.5 -21.0 334 21 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.9 0.48 14 350 8598 -24.7 -31.0 56 6.3 -25.9 309 31 335.5 335.6 294.0 338.5 0.82 15 300 9701 -32.8 -36.7 68 3.9 -33.4 307 38 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.2 0.55 16 250 10956 -43.6 -48.6 58 5.0 -43.9 306 43 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.0 0.19 17 200 12419 -53.8 -65.0 24 11.2 -54.1 317 42 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14228 -61.5 -85.0 3 23.5 -61.7 311 34 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16704 -64.1 -85.1 4 21.0 -64.3 172 11 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.77 m Freezing level: 594.77 mb = 4549.83 m = 14927.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.84 mb = 4071.65 m = 13358.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.76 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.16 mb = 1144.34 m = 3754.34 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.62 mb = 1675.42 m = 5496.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.30 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 28.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.28 mb = 1288.95 m = 4228.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.28 mb = 3406.25 m = 11175.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.28 mb = 11966.38 m = 39259.30 ft B at Equ Level: 815.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.28 mb = 14904.17 m = 48897.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.9 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 349.9 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.6 neg: -15.5 tot: 63.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 12.96 Bulk Shear: 63.32 m/s