MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.92,-121.97 Latitude: 38.92 Longitude: -121.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 32 29.0 14.0 40 15.0 19.1 145 8 301.4 303.2 292.0 330.9 10.01 1 1000 109 26.6 13.9 46 12.7 18.3 147 8 299.7 301.5 291.5 329.1 10.01 2 950 560 24.9 13.4 49 11.4 17.4 214 6 302.4 304.3 292.4 332.8 10.24 3 900 1033 23.2 11.0 46 12.2 15.4 252 3 305.4 307.1 292.6 333.1 9.21 4 850 1531 21.8 10.7 49 11.1 14.7 263 7 309.0 310.8 293.9 338.1 9.55 5 800 2054 18.2 7.8 51 10.3 11.8 256 11 310.5 312.1 293.4 336.2 8.35 6 750 2603 14.0 4.5 53 9.4 8.4 252 10 311.7 313.1 292.7 333.7 7.07 7 700 3179 9.1 2.2 62 6.8 5.2 269 8 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.6 6.44 8 650 3788 4.0 -2.7 62 6.7 0.6 278 4 313.4 314.4 291.3 328.7 4.82 9 600 4432 -1.8 -3.7 87 1.9 -2.8 313 5 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.3 4.84 10 550 5118 -6.5 -8.4 87 1.8 -7.3 334 4 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.3 3.70 11 500 5856 -11.9 -13.3 89 1.5 -12.4 27 2 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.6 2.74 12 450 6653 -17.9 -19.6 86 1.7 -18.3 72 10 320.8 321.2 290.8 326.9 1.80 13 400 7526 -22.0 -45.2 10 23.3 -24.8 120 8 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.17 14 350 8493 -29.5 -47.0 17 17.4 -31.2 145 7 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.16 15 300 9570 -38.9 -56.5 14 17.6 -39.8 170 14 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.06 16 250 10800 -45.9 -65.8 9 19.9 -46.4 184 18 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.02 17 200 12271 -48.4 -75.7 3 27.3 -48.9 202 25 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 14134 -55.0 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 203 21 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16672 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 194 11 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.83 m Freezing level: 615.91 mb = 4226.81 m = 13867.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.09 mb = 3899.04 m = 12791.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.01 % Est. max temperature: 35.99 C = 96.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.04 mb = 1935.55 m = 6350.15 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 9.44 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.48 mb = 3267.96 m = 10721.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.28 C = 104.50 F Cap Strength: 7.80 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.11 C Showalter Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 37.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 556.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.14 mb = 2030.69 m = 6662.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.14 mb = 4469.15 m = 14662.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 397.14 mb = 7578.32 m = 24862.95 ft B at Equ Level: 143.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.14 mb = 10875.98 m = 35681.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.3 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 297.3 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -2.8 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 10.54 Bulk Shear: 13.69 m/s