MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F023.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 11Z WED 27 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 185 SFC 975 404 15.5 13.4 87 2.1 14.2 220 3 290.8 292.6 288.4 318.9 9.95 2 950 622 16.6 16.2 97 0.4 16.3 235 15 294.0 296.2 291.4 329.0 12.25 3 900 1083 15.3 14.6 95 0.8 14.8 172 15 297.3 299.4 292.0 331.1 11.65 4 850 1565 11.5 2.5 54 9.0 6.8 146 10 298.2 299.2 286.8 314.2 5.40 5 800 2072 12.4 10.7 89 1.7 11.3 185 12 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.7 10.16 6 750 2614 10.7 10.7 100 0.1 10.7 212 15 308.2 310.3 294.6 341.1 10.83 7 700 3189 8.0 7.9 100 0.0 7.9 232 20 311.3 313.1 294.6 340.9 9.63 8 650 3797 4.5 4.5 100 0.0 4.5 247 22 314.1 315.6 294.2 339.5 8.15 9 600 4447 0.4 0.4 100 0.0 0.4 265 23 316.5 317.8 293.6 337.3 6.56 10 550 5143 -2.0 -2.1 100 0.0 -2.0 275 21 321.7 322.8 294.6 341.1 5.99 11 500 5893 -8.1 -8.8 95 0.7 -8.4 278 22 323.2 324.0 293.4 336.2 3.94 12 450 6708 -11.9 -12.8 93 0.9 -12.3 295 18 328.3 328.9 294.1 339.0 3.17 13 400 7599 -17.7 -21.5 72 3.8 -18.8 300 29 332.0 332.4 293.9 338.1 1.72 14 350 8585 -24.6 -28.2 72 3.7 -25.4 295 42 335.6 335.9 294.2 339.6 1.07 15 300 9690 -32.7 -36.5 68 3.9 -33.2 300 34 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.5 0.56 16 250 10944 -43.7 -47.2 67 3.6 -43.9 289 41 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.22 17 200 12405 -54.5 -58.3 62 3.9 -54.6 310 64 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.9 0.07 18 150 14208 -61.6 -82.9 4 21.3 -61.7 316 48 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16666 -68.5 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 322 31 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.27 m Freezing level: 592.39 mb = 4552.48 m = 14935.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.27 mb = 4550.29 m = 14928.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.67 % Est. max temperature: 25.91 C = 78.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.03 mb = 675.67 m = 2216.74 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 16.87 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1309.17 m = 4295.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.40 C = 72.32 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.53 C Showalter Index: 11.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.60 C Cross Totals Index: 10.61 C K Index: 22.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6874.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.78 mb = 1019.07 m = 3343.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.5 neg: -82.1 tot: 45.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 9.75 m/s