MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 151 SFC 972 406 31.2 20.8 54 10.4 23.6 157 12 306.9 309.9 297.7 355.2 16.07 2 950 606 27.2 19.6 63 7.6 21.8 157 13 304.8 307.7 296.7 350.5 15.30 3 900 1082 22.5 18.5 78 4.0 19.6 159 14 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.4 15.01 4 850 1577 19.6 8.6 49 10.9 12.8 188 14 306.6 308.2 292.2 331.7 8.28 5 800 2096 17.1 5.2 45 11.9 10.1 205 14 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.7 6.95 6 750 2643 13.8 0.5 40 13.3 6.5 226 12 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.1 5.28 7 700 3221 10.6 -3.9 36 14.5 3.3 233 6 314.2 315.0 290.9 327.2 4.09 8 650 3833 6.5 -3.7 48 10.2 1.3 295 4 316.3 317.1 291.9 330.6 4.47 9 600 4485 1.8 -9.7 42 11.4 -3.3 311 13 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.2 3.06 10 550 5180 -2.9 -12.2 49 9.2 -6.7 306 20 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.7 2.73 11 500 5927 -7.7 -19.7 38 11.9 -11.6 320 16 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.1 1.61 12 450 6740 -12.0 -22.5 42 10.4 -15.2 307 24 328.1 328.4 292.5 333.0 1.40 13 400 7630 -18.0 -34.4 22 16.4 -21.2 311 27 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.5 0.52 14 350 8612 -25.5 -36.8 34 11.4 -27.3 308 31 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.2 0.46 15 300 9713 -33.0 -44.0 33 11.0 -34.2 294 31 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.26 16 250 10971 -42.8 -52.4 34 9.5 -43.4 292 36 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.12 17 200 12434 -54.5 -60.8 45 6.4 -54.6 297 43 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14242 -62.5 -80.6 7 18.2 -62.6 312 28 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16709 -65.5 -85.0 5 19.5 -65.7 200 14 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.13 m Freezing level: 581.36 mb = 4743.63 m = 15562.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.68 mb = 4014.57 m = 13171.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.50 C = 90.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.70 mb = 1722.03 m = 5649.63 ft T: 18.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 27.98 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2316.31 m = 7599.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.58 C = 94.24 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 2.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.31 C Cross Totals Index: 16.36 C K Index: 21.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1204.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.28 mb = 1695.63 m = 5563.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.28 mb = 3420.69 m = 11222.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.28 mb = 12648.98 m = 41498.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1204.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.28 mb = 15435.84 m = 50641.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.8 neg: -13.7 tot: 53.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 20.71 Bulk Shear: 58.18 m/s