MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 26 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 215 SFC 978 405 18.6 14.4 77 4.2 16.0 89 5 293.6 295.5 290.0 324.0 10.63 2 950 653 17.2 11.0 67 6.2 13.4 115 14 294.6 296.2 288.6 319.8 8.72 3 900 1113 14.9 6.9 59 8.0 10.3 93 16 296.9 298.1 287.8 317.1 6.92 4 850 1594 12.1 3.3 55 8.8 7.4 93 15 298.8 299.9 287.3 315.8 5.72 5 800 2100 10.5 -4.8 34 15.3 3.4 98 8 302.4 303.0 286.3 312.7 3.34 6 750 2634 7.2 2.4 71 4.8 4.6 30 7 304.4 305.5 289.6 322.8 6.07 7 700 3200 5.3 2.9 85 2.3 3.9 318 16 308.3 309.6 291.5 329.0 6.76 8 650 3803 3.3 -16.1 23 19.4 -3.8 314 21 312.7 313.0 288.2 318.2 1.68 9 600 4448 0.2 -19.3 22 19.4 -6.4 307 28 316.3 316.6 289.0 321.0 1.39 10 550 5140 -3.5 -17.4 33 13.9 -8.4 304 32 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.8 1.77 11 500 5886 -8.0 -21.3 34 13.2 -12.2 292 35 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.1 1.40 12 450 6695 -13.4 -34.2 16 20.8 -17.7 297 35 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.1 0.47 13 400 7580 -19.5 -37.8 18 18.3 -22.6 311 38 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.37 14 350 8558 -26.2 -36.6 37 10.4 -27.9 319 49 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.2 0.47 15 300 9657 -33.5 -48.8 20 15.3 -34.8 315 62 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.15 16 250 10908 -44.0 -50.0 51 6.1 -44.3 305 70 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.16 17 200 12368 -54.8 -59.0 60 4.2 -54.9 279 82 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14168 -62.8 -79.8 8 17.0 -63.0 310 68 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16647 -64.7 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 330 31 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.32 m Freezing level: 597.97 mb = 4475.85 m = 14684.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.69 mb = 3499.80 m = 11482.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.31 C = 77.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.39 mb = 931.60 m = 3056.38 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.34 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.25 mb = 3127.21 m = 10259.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.85 F Cap Strength: 8.27 C Lifted Index: 8.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.23 C Showalter Index: 10.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.15 C Cross Totals Index: 11.38 C K Index: 21.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9096.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.74 mb = 1705.12 m = 5594.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.0 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 344.0 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.5 neg: -68.8 tot: -23.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 141.12 m/s