MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 8Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 35.12,-98.40 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -98.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 974 398 18.8 18.1 96 0.7 18.3 46 8 294.1 296.5 292.4 332.6 13.50 2 950 615 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.2 62 15 294.7 297.0 292.3 332.0 13.05 3 900 1078 16.7 16.7 100 -0.0 16.7 108 17 298.7 301.2 293.7 337.8 13.42 4 850 1566 15.5 15.1 98 0.4 15.3 173 17 302.4 304.8 294.4 340.3 12.83 5 800 2081 13.8 12.6 92 1.2 13.0 237 19 305.8 308.0 294.4 340.4 11.52 6 750 2623 10.6 10.6 100 0.0 10.6 233 20 308.1 310.1 294.4 340.6 10.74 7 700 3196 7.7 7.7 100 0.0 7.8 273 25 311.1 312.9 294.4 340.2 9.48 8 650 3805 5.1 4.1 93 1.0 4.5 308 20 314.7 316.2 294.2 339.5 7.91 9 600 4455 1.4 -2.4 76 3.8 -0.5 323 21 317.8 318.8 293.0 334.9 5.36 10 550 5152 -2.0 -6.7 70 4.7 -4.3 323 17 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.5 4.20 11 500 5903 -6.3 -11.9 65 5.5 -8.6 323 20 325.3 326.0 293.2 335.7 3.08 12 450 6720 -10.8 -17.8 56 7.0 -13.3 307 25 329.6 330.0 293.5 336.9 2.09 13 400 7615 -16.6 -21.6 65 5.0 -18.1 296 31 333.4 333.7 294.2 339.4 1.70 14 350 8605 -23.6 -27.8 68 4.3 -24.5 305 27 337.0 337.2 294.6 341.0 1.11 15 300 9714 -31.9 -37.5 58 5.5 -32.7 302 32 340.4 340.5 294.9 342.3 0.51 16 250 10972 -42.9 -48.9 51 6.1 -43.2 301 40 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.18 17 200 12434 -54.7 -60.8 46 6.2 -54.8 302 53 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.05 18 150 14236 -64.0 -80.5 9 16.5 -64.1 316 28 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16672 -69.6 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.7 317 26 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.74 m Freezing level: 579.26 mb = 4743.69 m = 15563.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.10 mb = 4385.96 m = 14389.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.26 mb = 487.58 m = 1599.64 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 5.64 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.25 mb = 585.90 m = 1922.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.28 C = 66.70 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: 2.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 36.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4887.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.52 mb = 875.50 m = 2872.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.9 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 323.9 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 469.5 neg: -18.9 tot: 450.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 125.67 m/s