MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 11Z WED 27 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 184 SFC 974 405 16.0 13.4 84 2.6 14.4 120 3 291.3 293.1 288.5 319.4 9.93 2 950 623 18.0 17.6 97 0.4 17.8 179 14 295.5 297.9 292.8 334.1 13.45 3 900 1085 15.7 13.5 87 2.1 14.3 168 20 297.6 299.6 291.5 329.2 10.87 4 850 1569 13.6 10.7 83 2.9 11.8 182 17 300.3 302.1 291.3 328.4 9.54 5 800 2080 13.4 -1.7 35 15.0 5.8 189 11 305.4 306.2 288.2 318.4 4.22 6 750 2620 9.8 9.2 96 0.6 9.4 234 13 307.2 309.0 293.5 336.8 9.77 7 700 3192 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 265 16 310.9 312.6 294.1 339.1 9.19 8 650 3800 4.1 2.3 88 1.8 3.1 279 19 313.6 314.9 293.2 335.3 6.95 9 600 4447 0.3 -0.7 93 1.0 -0.2 284 21 316.5 317.6 293.3 335.7 6.08 10 550 5141 -3.7 -4.3 95 0.6 -4.0 285 23 319.8 320.7 293.3 336.2 5.07 11 500 5888 -7.3 -12.3 67 5.1 -9.3 300 22 324.2 324.8 292.8 334.1 2.96 12 450 6702 -12.3 -16.9 69 4.6 -14.0 308 29 327.7 328.2 293.2 335.5 2.25 13 400 7592 -17.9 -20.2 82 2.3 -18.6 304 35 331.7 332.1 293.9 338.5 1.92 14 350 8577 -24.7 -27.0 81 2.3 -25.2 297 33 335.5 335.7 294.3 339.8 1.19 15 300 9682 -33.0 -36.1 73 3.2 -33.4 304 35 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.2 0.58 16 250 10936 -43.2 -48.6 55 5.4 -43.6 300 56 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.5 0.19 17 200 12398 -54.7 -58.6 62 3.9 -54.8 300 73 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14199 -62.2 -78.9 9 16.7 -62.3 311 47 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16658 -68.7 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.7 327 29 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.24 m Freezing level: 596.21 mb = 4499.81 m = 14762.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.27 mb = 4403.29 m = 14446.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.86 mb = 742.00 m = 2434.35 ft T: 17.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 15.74 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1537.79 m = 5045.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.81 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: 31.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6414.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.58 mb = 1060.65 m = 3479.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.3 neg: -9.6 tot: 122.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 62.84 m/s