MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 183 SFC 974 405 16.6 15.4 92 1.2 15.8 114 4 291.9 294.0 290.0 324.1 11.36 2 950 621 17.5 17.4 99 0.1 17.5 161 18 295.0 297.4 292.6 333.1 13.28 3 900 1082 14.8 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 159 18 296.8 298.8 291.7 330.0 11.49 4 850 1567 13.9 13.5 98 0.4 13.6 185 9 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.5 11.51 5 800 2079 12.9 12.7 99 0.2 12.8 269 20 304.9 307.1 294.2 339.6 11.62 6 750 2621 10.4 9.8 96 0.6 10.0 268 27 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.8 10.20 7 700 3194 7.9 7.6 98 0.3 7.7 270 20 311.2 313.0 294.4 340.2 9.42 8 650 3803 4.1 2.0 86 2.1 2.9 279 15 313.6 314.9 293.0 335.0 6.84 9 600 4450 1.3 -1.2 83 2.5 0.0 292 19 317.7 318.8 293.4 336.4 5.87 10 550 5145 -2.8 -3.9 92 1.1 -3.4 278 23 320.8 321.8 293.7 337.6 5.20 11 500 5897 -7.3 -11.0 74 3.8 -8.8 290 22 324.2 324.8 293.1 335.2 3.29 12 450 6710 -12.6 -17.7 66 5.1 -14.4 292 24 327.3 327.8 293.0 334.6 2.11 13 400 7598 -18.5 -25.2 56 6.7 -20.2 308 35 331.0 331.2 293.2 335.4 1.24 14 350 8581 -23.4 -25.9 80 2.5 -24.0 303 43 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.0 1.32 15 300 9690 -32.1 -34.8 77 2.7 -32.5 293 48 340.1 340.3 295.0 342.7 0.67 16 250 10950 -42.4 -45.6 71 3.2 -42.7 284 56 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.26 17 200 12412 -56.0 -59.7 63 3.7 -56.1 284 57 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.06 18 150 14202 -63.7 -77.1 15 13.4 -63.8 316 51 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16666 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 320 27 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.15 m Freezing level: 583.89 mb = 4673.83 m = 15333.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.71 mb = 4453.62 m = 14611.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.00 mb = 558.19 m = 1831.32 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 990.14 m = 3248.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.06 C = 69.91 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: 3.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5582.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.95 mb = 913.79 m = 2997.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.8 neg: -15.4 tot: 167.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 102.97 m/s