MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 146 SFC 971 406 31.7 20.5 52 11.2 23.6 150 13 307.4 310.4 297.7 355.1 15.82 2 950 602 27.9 19.3 60 8.6 21.8 151 14 305.5 308.3 296.7 350.4 15.00 3 900 1079 23.1 18.2 74 4.9 19.6 153 15 305.3 308.1 296.5 349.6 14.80 4 850 1575 20.3 8.4 46 11.9 12.9 185 15 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.1 8.15 5 800 2096 18.0 3.1 37 14.9 9.5 207 16 310.3 311.4 291.4 328.8 5.98 6 750 2644 14.5 -0.3 36 14.7 6.5 210 12 312.3 313.2 291.2 328.0 5.00 7 700 3223 11.2 -3.5 35 14.7 3.7 229 7 314.8 315.6 291.2 328.3 4.21 8 650 3836 6.7 -5.4 42 12.1 0.8 264 5 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.3 3.95 9 600 4488 2.0 -11.5 36 13.5 -3.7 311 12 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.1 2.64 10 550 5183 -2.7 -10.2 57 7.4 -6.0 312 20 320.8 321.5 292.1 331.4 3.21 11 500 5931 -7.4 -23.3 27 15.9 -12.2 309 19 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.1 1.17 12 450 6743 -12.3 -26.1 31 13.8 -16.0 316 25 327.7 327.9 292.1 331.3 1.01 13 400 7633 -18.3 -29.0 39 10.6 -20.8 309 26 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.3 0.87 14 350 8614 -25.8 -36.0 38 10.2 -27.5 303 30 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.9 0.50 15 300 9714 -33.0 -39.4 53 6.4 -33.8 293 33 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.4 0.42 16 250 10972 -42.8 -50.2 44 7.4 -43.2 286 39 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.15 17 200 12435 -54.4 -62.6 35 8.3 -54.5 296 45 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 14244 -62.7 -80.7 7 18.0 -62.8 314 30 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16717 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 205 16 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.56 m Freezing level: 579.22 mb = 4776.60 m = 15671.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.81 mb = 3951.87 m = 12965.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.64 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.34 mb = 1817.17 m = 5961.78 ft T: 19.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 27.13 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.79 mb = 2544.84 m = 8349.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.17 C = 97.11 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 2.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 15.82 C K Index: 21.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1205.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.07 mb = 1809.60 m = 5936.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.07 mb = 3683.70 m = 12085.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.07 mb = 12689.90 m = 41633.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1201.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.07 mb = 15500.89 m = 50855.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.0 neg: -15.6 tot: 63.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 17.74 Bulk Shear: 67.97 m/s