MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 163 SFC 973 406 28.1 21.0 65 7.1 23.0 165 9 303.6 306.6 297.1 352.1 16.31 2 950 615 24.6 20.0 76 4.6 21.3 168 10 302.1 305.0 296.3 348.5 15.70 3 900 1087 20.6 17.9 84 2.7 18.7 189 14 302.7 305.4 295.7 345.6 14.48 4 850 1579 16.8 16.1 95 0.7 16.3 195 8 303.7 306.2 295.3 344.2 13.63 5 800 2097 16.0 5.1 48 11.0 9.6 173 9 308.3 309.5 291.5 329.3 6.88 6 750 2642 13.1 1.7 46 11.4 6.8 208 6 310.8 311.9 291.4 328.8 5.79 7 700 3219 10.1 -3.8 37 13.8 3.1 305 6 313.6 314.4 290.8 326.7 4.12 8 650 3830 5.7 -2.4 56 8.0 1.5 335 9 315.4 316.3 292.0 331.1 4.94 9 600 4478 1.1 -9.0 47 10.1 -3.4 336 16 317.3 318.0 291.1 327.8 3.22 10 550 5172 -3.6 -13.4 47 9.7 -7.4 325 22 319.8 320.2 291.2 328.0 2.48 11 500 5917 -8.4 -28.3 18 19.9 -13.5 338 17 322.8 322.9 290.4 325.4 0.74 12 450 6729 -11.5 -35.2 12 23.6 -16.6 327 19 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.3 0.43 13 400 7620 -18.2 -29.0 38 10.8 -20.7 319 24 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.87 14 350 8602 -25.4 -32.2 53 6.8 -26.7 320 30 334.5 334.7 293.6 337.2 0.73 15 300 9704 -33.2 -37.1 68 4.0 -33.7 299 40 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.7 0.53 16 250 10959 -43.0 -52.6 34 9.7 -43.5 307 39 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.7 0.12 17 200 12423 -54.0 -62.1 37 8.0 -54.2 312 45 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.05 18 150 14230 -62.5 -83.1 5 20.6 -62.6 308 37 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16707 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 184 11 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.73 m Freezing level: 588.82 mb = 4633.60 m = 15201.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.32 mb = 4027.49 m = 13213.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.94 mb = 1300.90 m = 4267.99 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 25.36 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.87 mb = 1440.11 m = 4724.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 27.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1015.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.51 mb = 1344.50 m = 4411.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.51 mb = 1493.69 m = 4900.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.51 mb = 1695.60 m = 5562.92 ft B at Equ Level: 4.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 808.51 mb = 2006.42 m = 6582.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.1 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 341.1 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.6 neg: -14.8 tot: 41.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 16.53 Bulk Shear: 61.42 m/s