MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 141 SFC 971 406 31.8 20.6 51 11.2 23.6 149 13 307.5 310.5 297.8 355.5 15.88 2 950 598 28.3 19.4 59 8.9 21.9 150 16 305.9 308.7 296.8 351.0 15.06 3 900 1075 23.5 18.3 73 5.2 19.8 152 17 305.7 308.5 296.7 350.2 14.86 4 850 1571 20.0 11.3 58 8.6 14.4 174 16 307.0 308.9 293.6 337.1 9.96 5 800 2093 18.6 3.4 37 15.1 9.9 208 16 310.9 312.1 291.7 330.0 6.13 6 750 2643 15.0 0.0 36 15.0 6.9 223 13 312.9 313.8 291.4 329.0 5.12 7 700 3223 11.8 -5.3 30 17.1 3.4 227 7 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.4 3.69 8 650 3837 7.0 -5.1 42 12.0 1.1 270 6 316.8 317.6 291.7 329.9 4.04 9 600 4489 2.1 -6.7 52 8.8 -2.1 315 12 318.5 319.2 292.0 331.0 3.86 10 550 5186 -2.2 -12.0 47 9.8 -6.2 319 20 321.5 322.0 291.9 330.7 2.76 11 500 5934 -7.4 -24.9 23 17.5 -12.4 315 23 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.02 12 450 6746 -12.4 -27.6 27 15.2 -16.3 319 28 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.7 0.88 13 400 7635 -18.5 -41.6 11 23.2 -22.1 310 27 331.0 331.1 292.2 332.0 0.25 14 350 8616 -25.8 -34.2 46 8.3 -27.3 306 31 333.9 334.0 293.4 336.2 0.61 15 300 9716 -33.0 -41.8 41 8.9 -34.0 299 35 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.2 0.32 16 250 10974 -42.8 -49.4 48 6.7 -43.2 284 38 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.17 17 200 12437 -54.5 -62.1 38 7.7 -54.6 292 46 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14245 -62.3 -78.6 10 16.3 -62.5 304 26 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16714 -65.9 -85.9 5 20.0 -66.0 219 15 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.33 m Freezing level: 575.86 mb = 4825.36 m = 15831.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.02 mb = 4052.45 m = 13295.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.21 % Est. max temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.46 mb = 1823.68 m = 5983.13 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 28.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.44 mb = 2615.18 m = 8579.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.98 C = 98.57 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.35 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 21.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1362.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.46 mb = 1813.26 m = 5948.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.46 mb = 3691.95 m = 12112.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.46 mb = 13048.32 m = 42808.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1337.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.46 mb = 16053.39 m = 52667.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.6 neg: -17.0 tot: 85.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 15.47 Bulk Shear: 88.04 m/s