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 the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: KIAB 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 198 SFC 977 405 25.1 13.1 47 11.9 17.4 105 8 300.2 302.0 291.4 329.0 9.76 2 950 644 20.8 11.7 56 9.1 15.1 105 9 298.3 300.0 290.3 325.0 9.14 3 900 1108 16.1 10.7 71 5.4 12.8 104 9 298.1 299.7 290.1 324.5 9.04 4 850 1591 13.0 1.8 46 11.2 7.1 80 12 299.7 300.6 287.1 315.0 5.11 5 800 2098 11.0 -3.1 37 14.1 4.2 75 7 302.9 303.6 286.9 314.5 3.79 6 750 2634 8.7 -4.9 38 13.6 2.4 38 1 306.0 306.7 287.8 317.1 3.55 7 700 3201 5.7 -0.0 66 5.7 2.7 302 8 308.8 309.8 290.5 325.7 5.45 8 650 3806 4.1 -4.7 53 8.7 -0.2 314 18 313.5 314.3 290.8 326.8 4.16 9 600 4453 1.1 -22.6 15 23.7 -6.5 318 21 317.3 317.5 289.0 320.9 1.03 10 550 5146 -3.1 -19.6 27 16.5 -8.6 311 23 320.5 320.7 290.4 325.5 1.48 11 500 5894 -7.5 -23.3 27 15.8 -12.2 304 29 323.8 324.1 291.1 327.9 1.17 12 450 6706 -12.3 -34.8 14 22.4 -17.0 295 31 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.4 0.44 13 400 7594 -18.8 -34.1 25 15.4 -21.7 301 33 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.6 0.53 14 350 8574 -25.7 -37.6 32 11.9 -27.6 308 37 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.7 0.43 15 300 9674 -33.7 -46.3 27 12.6 -34.8 315 53 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.20 16 250 10923 -44.3 -48.6 62 4.3 -44.6 297 61 340.1 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.19 17 200 12376 -56.2 -60.3 60 4.1 -56.3 297 67 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14185 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 313 60 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16656 -67.9 -86.1 6 18.2 -68.0 317 34 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.13 m Freezing level: 587.20 mb = 4630.21 m = 15190.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.72 mb = 3772.03 m = 12375.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.99 C = 78.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.62 mb = 1895.21 m = 6217.82 ft T: 11.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 14.47 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.73 mb = 2881.42 m = 9453.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.02 C = 89.64 F Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lifted Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 11.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.50 C Cross Totals Index: 9.30 C K Index: 16.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7770.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.18 mb = 1859.03 m = 6099.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.5 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 349.5 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: -28.3 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 71.55 m/s