MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 14Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 26.36,-97.42 Latitude: 26.36 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1018 0 27.3 25.6 90 1.7 26.0 145 4 298.9 302.7 298.6 359.4 20.69 1 1000 158 25.6 25.0 96 0.6 25.2 142 5 298.7 302.4 298.3 357.9 20.28 2 950 611 22.1 22.0 99 0.2 22.1 147 11 299.6 302.9 297.0 351.6 17.75 3 900 1083 21.6 16.1 71 5.4 17.9 151 11 303.7 306.1 294.8 342.2 12.92 4 850 1577 19.2 11.2 60 8.0 14.1 144 11 306.3 308.2 293.3 336.1 9.88 5 800 2097 17.0 2.7 38 14.3 9.0 142 11 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.3 5.82 6 750 2643 14.1 -5.6 25 19.6 4.5 135 9 311.8 312.5 289.5 322.6 3.37 7 700 3220 10.1 -0.6 47 10.7 4.4 130 7 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.1 5.23 8 650 3832 6.3 1.5 71 4.8 3.7 100 4 316.1 317.4 293.6 337.0 6.59 9 600 4485 2.7 -5.0 57 7.7 -1.1 75 9 319.2 320.1 292.6 333.4 4.39 10 550 5184 -1.4 -8.7 57 7.4 -4.7 77 10 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.4 3.60 11 500 5937 -6.0 -14.3 52 8.2 -9.2 66 11 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.3 2.54 12 450 6753 -11.4 -23.7 35 12.3 -15.0 91 12 329.0 329.2 292.6 333.4 1.26 13 400 7645 -17.9 -20.7 79 2.8 -18.8 96 15 331.7 332.0 293.9 338.1 1.83 14 350 8629 -24.5 -29.0 66 4.5 -25.5 91 15 335.7 335.9 294.1 339.4 1.00 15 300 9734 -32.4 -38.4 55 6.0 -33.1 102 16 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.6 0.46 16 250 10996 -41.4 -47.7 50 6.4 -41.8 93 14 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.4 0.20 17 200 12472 -52.8 -58.6 49 5.8 -52.9 86 12 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.07 18 150 14271 -66.0 -73.4 34 7.5 -66.0 76 13 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16686 -72.9 -82.9 21 9.9 -73.0 66 16 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.30 m Freezing level: 566.85 mb = 4948.24 m = 16234.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.52 mb = 4329.90 m = 14205.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.92 mb = 212.13 m = 695.94 ft T: 25.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 36.85 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.23 mb = 544.34 m = 1785.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.21 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: 2.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.26 C K Index: 25.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1670.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.01 mb = 564.83 m = 1853.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 950.01 mb = 611.19 m = 2005.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 930.01 mb = 796.79 m = 2614.12 ft B at Equ Level: 12.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 880.01 mb = 1277.20 m = 4190.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.4 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 146.4 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -4.6 tot: -3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 610.68 Bulk Shear: 2.74 m/s