MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.05,-97.40 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -97.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 986 264 29.4 20.8 60 8.7 23.2 115 10 303.8 306.8 296.8 351.0 15.86 2 950 593 26.4 19.5 66 6.8 21.5 126 16 303.9 306.7 296.4 349.1 15.20 3 900 1067 22.1 18.1 78 4.0 19.2 150 20 304.2 306.9 296.1 347.8 14.64 4 850 1562 19.1 16.8 86 2.4 17.5 191 20 306.2 308.9 296.4 349.1 14.28 5 800 2082 16.4 11.9 75 4.4 13.4 211 17 308.6 310.7 294.8 342.0 11.02 6 750 2630 13.9 5.0 55 8.9 8.6 212 14 311.6 313.0 292.9 334.2 7.29 7 700 3208 9.7 5.4 75 4.2 7.1 221 11 313.2 314.7 293.9 338.3 8.08 8 650 3819 5.7 1.9 77 3.7 3.5 242 12 315.4 316.7 293.5 336.7 6.78 9 600 4470 1.7 -1.9 77 3.6 -0.2 254 16 318.1 319.2 293.3 336.0 5.57 10 550 5167 -1.1 -18.2 26 17.1 -7.3 285 19 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.4 1.65 11 500 5921 -4.5 -35.3 7 30.7 -11.8 290 24 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.38 12 450 6742 -9.7 -34.8 11 25.0 -15.3 285 29 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.44 13 400 7639 -16.1 -36.8 15 20.7 -20.1 279 31 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.41 14 350 8628 -23.4 -45.0 12 21.5 -26.3 276 32 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.20 15 300 9739 -30.7 -51.0 12 20.2 -32.6 268 22 342.0 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.12 16 250 11006 -41.2 -50.3 37 9.1 -41.9 284 25 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.4 0.15 17 200 12482 -52.0 -66.3 16 14.2 -52.4 313 29 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14291 -65.1 -78.4 14 13.2 -65.3 298 26 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16713 -71.8 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 333 20 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.92 m Freezing level: 569.83 mb = 4890.30 m = 16044.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.11 mb = 4440.98 m = 14569.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.47 C = 90.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.70 mb = 1363.78 m = 4474.29 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 14.84 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.59 mb = 1990.52 m = 6530.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.76 C = 92.77 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 636.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.93 mb = 1491.85 m = 4894.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.93 mb = 3066.04 m = 10059.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.93 mb = 12098.34 m = 39692.25 ft B at Equ Level: 629.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.93 mb = 15057.95 m = 49402.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.9 neg: -13.3 tot: 167.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 7.68 Bulk Shear: 82.92 m/s