MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 4Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.00,-96.38 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -96.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 SFC 997 203 21.3 17.7 80 3.6 18.9 60 7 294.7 297.0 292.2 331.6 12.88 2 950 623 21.7 15.5 68 6.1 17.6 105 19 299.2 301.3 292.7 333.5 11.75 3 900 1092 20.0 15.5 75 4.5 17.0 150 13 302.1 304.4 294.0 338.7 12.39 4 850 1584 18.0 12.6 71 5.3 14.5 213 7 304.9 307.0 293.7 337.5 10.88 5 800 2101 14.5 13.5 93 1.1 13.8 251 5 306.6 308.9 295.1 343.4 12.22 6 750 2645 11.8 10.1 89 1.7 10.7 263 10 309.4 311.3 294.6 341.0 10.38 7 700 3220 8.8 7.6 92 1.1 8.1 301 13 312.2 314.0 294.6 341.3 9.43 8 650 3831 4.9 4.4 96 0.5 4.6 300 14 314.5 316.1 294.3 339.8 8.09 9 600 4480 1.7 1.6 99 0.1 1.7 306 24 318.1 319.5 294.6 341.0 7.20 10 550 5177 -2.6 -3.3 95 0.7 -3.0 307 23 321.0 322.0 294.0 338.6 5.45 11 500 5927 -7.0 -7.6 95 0.6 -7.3 311 20 324.4 325.3 294.0 338.7 4.31 12 450 6745 -10.5 -13.6 78 3.1 -11.7 304 22 330.1 330.7 294.4 340.2 2.97 13 400 7641 -16.5 -21.0 68 4.4 -17.9 307 28 333.5 333.9 294.3 339.9 1.80 14 350 8632 -23.2 -30.5 51 7.4 -24.7 302 30 337.5 337.7 294.5 340.7 0.86 15 300 9742 -31.8 -40.1 43 8.3 -32.8 312 32 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.1 0.39 16 250 11002 -42.8 -52.0 36 9.2 -43.4 316 36 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.13 17 200 12463 -53.7 -63.8 28 10.1 -53.9 312 36 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.04 18 150 14271 -63.5 -80.1 9 16.6 -63.6 329 37 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16706 -69.8 -85.0 9 15.2 -69.9 326 14 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.29 m Freezing level: 580.12 mb = 4757.19 m = 15607.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.06 mb = 4723.25 m = 15496.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.35 mb = 665.68 m = 2183.97 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 2.43 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.75 mb = 2436.60 m = 7994.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.91 C = 94.85 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 2.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.85 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4910.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.48 mb = 1310.43 m = 4299.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.2 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 328.2 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.8 neg: -5.2 tot: 194.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 109.31 m/s