MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 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 186 SFC 975 404 17.0 11.6 70 5.4 13.7 116 5 292.3 293.8 287.9 317.4 8.82 2 950 625 19.5 9.6 53 9.8 13.6 135 20 296.9 298.4 288.8 320.1 7.94 3 900 1088 16.7 8.9 60 7.8 12.0 167 13 298.7 300.1 289.3 322.0 7.95 4 850 1573 14.9 -5.0 25 20.0 5.6 175 9 301.8 302.4 285.8 311.3 3.09 5 800 2084 13.4 -14.3 13 27.7 2.5 179 11 305.5 305.8 285.5 310.6 1.58 6 750 2623 9.6 3.2 64 6.4 6.1 192 9 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.6 6.43 7 700 3194 7.0 6.3 95 0.7 6.5 255 13 310.2 311.8 293.4 336.5 8.58 8 650 3800 4.0 3.5 97 0.5 3.8 268 19 313.5 315.0 293.6 337.3 7.62 9 600 4447 -0.5 -0.8 98 0.3 -0.7 271 22 315.5 316.6 292.9 334.5 6.01 10 550 5141 -2.5 -10.8 53 8.4 -6.0 288 21 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.3 3.05 11 500 5891 -6.5 -29.5 14 23.1 -12.4 295 19 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.6 0.66 12 450 6706 -11.3 -23.0 37 11.7 -14.8 309 26 329.0 329.2 292.7 333.7 1.33 13 400 7599 -17.5 -24.9 53 7.4 -19.5 309 33 332.2 332.4 293.5 336.7 1.26 14 350 8584 -24.6 -28.2 72 3.6 -25.4 305 37 335.6 335.8 294.2 339.5 1.07 15 300 9688 -32.7 -36.7 68 3.9 -33.3 300 40 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.3 0.55 16 250 10944 -43.7 -48.0 62 4.3 -43.9 311 54 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.20 17 200 12402 -54.5 -60.3 48 5.9 -54.6 307 68 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14208 -61.5 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 312 39 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16669 -68.2 -85.9 6 17.7 -68.2 314 29 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.25 m Freezing level: 605.89 mb = 4371.13 m = 14340.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.67 mb = 4344.67 m = 14253.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.27 mb = 1095.35 m = 3593.63 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 11.43 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.55 mb = 3881.02 m = 12732.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.35 C = 101.03 F Cap Strength: 8.95 C Lifted Index: 9.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.58 C Showalter Index: 15.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.40 C Cross Totals Index: 1.43 C K Index: 15.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 36.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9355.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.35 mb = 1996.35 m = 6549.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.5 neg: -3.9 tot: 126.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 99.63 m/s