MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.95,-121.13 Latitude: 38.95 Longitude: -121.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 968 395 27.9 11.8 37 16.1 17.5 176 9 303.8 305.5 291.9 330.8 9.01 2 950 563 23.6 11.4 46 12.2 15.8 171 9 301.1 302.7 291.0 327.5 8.93 3 900 1034 23.2 9.5 42 13.8 14.6 169 13 305.5 307.0 291.8 330.4 8.28 4 850 1531 21.2 9.4 47 11.8 13.7 180 2 308.3 310.0 293.0 334.9 8.73 5 800 2052 17.2 8.4 56 8.8 11.7 291 9 309.5 311.2 293.3 336.1 8.68 6 750 2599 13.5 5.7 59 7.8 8.8 281 12 311.2 312.7 293.0 334.9 7.66 7 700 3176 8.7 3.0 67 5.8 5.5 285 12 312.2 313.5 292.6 333.3 6.79 8 650 3783 3.7 -1.6 68 5.3 1.0 311 10 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.6 5.23 9 600 4427 -1.8 -3.7 87 1.9 -2.7 311 8 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.4 4.85 10 550 5113 -6.7 -8.4 87 1.7 -7.4 355 7 316.2 316.9 291.2 328.1 3.70 11 500 5850 -11.9 -12.0 99 0.1 -11.9 10 10 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.6 3.05 12 450 6649 -17.2 -20.6 75 3.4 -18.2 82 4 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.2 1.64 13 400 7523 -21.9 -38.6 21 16.7 -24.4 161 8 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.34 14 350 8491 -29.5 -45.2 20 15.6 -31.2 174 13 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.19 15 300 9571 -38.0 -44.1 53 6.1 -38.5 175 25 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.25 16 250 10804 -45.8 -63.0 13 17.1 -46.4 190 26 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.03 17 200 12276 -48.8 -76.0 3 27.2 -49.3 206 31 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14139 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 199 24 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16676 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 195 8 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.81 m Freezing level: 616.45 mb = 4215.32 m = 13829.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.03 mb = 3945.42 m = 12944.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.44 % Est. max temperature: 33.12 C = 91.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.31 mb = 2427.92 m = 7965.51 ft T: 14.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 7.98 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.43 mb = 3541.78 m = 11619.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.74 C = 98.13 F Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.45 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 36.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 457.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.39 mb = 2549.89 m = 8365.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 549.39 mb = 5122.04 m = 16804.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.39 mb = 6996.69 m = 22954.75 ft B at Equ Level: 51.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 359.39 mb = 8298.88 m = 27226.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.8 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 332.8 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -4.8 tot: 27.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 41.04 m/s