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: 37.56,-97.39 Latitude: 37.56 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 977 389 16.3 15.4 95 0.9 15.7 136 8 291.4 293.4 289.8 323.4 11.34 2 950 625 15.7 13.5 87 2.1 14.3 141 18 293.1 294.9 289.5 322.5 10.31 3 900 1083 13.4 11.9 90 1.6 12.4 134 15 295.3 297.1 289.8 323.4 9.74 4 850 1564 12.5 12.3 99 0.2 12.3 176 20 299.2 301.1 291.7 330.2 10.60 5 800 2074 13.8 13.8 100 -0.0 13.8 255 25 305.8 308.2 295.1 343.3 12.49 6 750 2617 10.8 10.5 98 0.3 10.6 273 30 308.3 310.3 294.4 340.6 10.66 7 700 3190 7.7 7.7 100 0.0 7.7 294 23 311.0 312.8 294.3 340.1 9.47 8 650 3800 4.9 4.0 94 0.8 4.4 300 25 314.5 316.0 294.1 339.1 7.88 9 600 4449 1.6 -0.9 84 2.5 0.3 298 22 317.9 319.1 293.6 337.0 5.98 10 550 5146 -2.3 -8.2 64 5.9 -5.0 298 24 321.4 322.1 292.7 333.8 3.76 11 500 5896 -6.5 -14.4 53 8.0 -9.5 282 21 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.6 2.50 12 450 6711 -12.0 -17.9 61 5.9 -14.0 278 20 328.1 328.6 293.2 335.3 2.07 13 400 7601 -18.2 -23.5 63 5.4 -19.6 292 30 331.4 331.7 293.4 336.5 1.43 14 350 8586 -24.4 -31.7 51 7.3 -25.8 299 34 335.9 336.0 294.0 338.7 0.77 15 300 9692 -32.7 -35.9 73 3.2 -33.1 302 33 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.6 0.60 16 250 10950 -42.5 -45.6 71 3.2 -42.7 304 57 342.9 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.26 17 200 12416 -54.6 -58.4 63 3.8 -54.7 296 67 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.6 0.07 18 150 14216 -63.5 -79.1 10 15.6 -63.6 319 54 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16673 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 324 29 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.39 m Freezing level: 579.52 mb = 4734.31 m = 15532.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.56 mb = 4481.31 m = 14702.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.62 mb = 495.18 m = 1624.57 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.37 mb = 2882.93 m = 9458.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.75 F Cap Strength: 7.32 C Lifted Index: 8.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.86 C Showalter Index: 4.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.93 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 31.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8554.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.66 mb = 1048.67 m = 3440.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.4 neg: -15.5 tot: 389.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 160.66 m/s