MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 156 SFC 972 406 30.4 21.2 58 9.2 23.7 167 11 306.0 309.1 297.8 355.6 16.53 2 950 610 26.4 20.2 69 6.2 21.9 168 13 304.0 306.9 296.8 351.1 15.84 3 900 1085 21.6 19.1 86 2.5 19.8 169 13 303.8 306.7 296.7 350.3 15.63 4 850 1578 18.3 11.9 66 6.4 14.2 188 12 305.3 307.3 293.4 336.4 10.38 5 800 2097 16.2 8.0 59 8.1 11.2 193 13 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.2 8.46 6 750 2643 13.6 1.0 42 12.7 6.7 216 10 311.4 312.4 291.3 328.5 5.47 7 700 3220 10.2 -3.4 38 13.7 3.3 257 5 313.8 314.6 290.9 327.3 4.23 8 650 3832 6.1 -0.3 64 6.4 2.7 334 6 315.8 316.9 292.8 334.1 5.77 9 600 4483 1.5 -9.5 44 10.9 -3.3 320 15 317.8 318.4 291.1 327.9 3.10 10 550 5177 -3.4 -13.9 44 10.5 -7.4 320 19 320.1 320.5 291.2 328.0 2.38 11 500 5923 -8.0 -24.4 25 16.4 -12.8 329 16 323.2 323.4 290.8 326.9 1.06 12 450 6736 -12.0 -23.9 36 11.9 -15.4 309 21 328.2 328.5 292.4 332.6 1.24 13 400 7627 -17.6 -25.1 52 7.4 -19.6 302 22 332.0 332.3 293.4 336.5 1.25 14 350 8610 -25.3 -34.9 41 9.6 -27.0 309 31 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.7 0.56 15 300 9711 -33.0 -41.8 41 8.8 -34.0 298 32 338.9 338.9 294.3 340.1 0.32 16 250 10967 -43.0 -52.6 34 9.6 -43.5 296 34 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.7 0.12 17 200 12431 -54.5 -61.4 42 7.0 -54.6 300 41 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14237 -62.2 -79.2 8 17.1 -62.3 321 28 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16705 -65.5 -85.1 5 19.5 -65.7 187 12 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.05 m Freezing level: 585.00 mb = 4690.90 m = 15389.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.78 mb = 4114.84 m = 13499.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.14 mb = 1566.89 m = 5140.64 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 28.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1753.01 m = 5751.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 24.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1432.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.84 mb = 1489.05 m = 4885.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.84 mb = 3056.28 m = 10027.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.84 mb = 12960.12 m = 42519.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1416.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.84 mb = 15916.17 m = 52217.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.4 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 310.4 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 24.87 Bulk Shear: 57.60 m/s