MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 162 SFC 972 405 16.9 15.9 94 1.0 16.3 124 13 292.5 294.6 290.5 325.8 11.76 2 950 598 14.8 14.8 100 -0.0 14.8 127 23 292.2 294.2 290.0 324.0 11.22 3 900 1056 15.0 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 158 26 297.0 299.2 292.2 331.5 11.92 4 850 1542 16.6 16.6 100 -0.0 16.6 235 17 303.5 306.1 295.6 345.3 14.10 5 800 2059 15.6 12.8 84 2.8 13.8 269 27 307.8 310.0 295.1 343.3 11.73 6 750 2605 12.2 11.3 94 0.9 11.6 276 28 309.9 312.0 295.4 344.3 11.30 7 700 3182 9.7 7.2 84 2.5 8.2 277 30 313.2 315.0 294.7 341.6 9.15 8 650 3795 6.2 4.3 88 1.9 5.1 283 30 316.0 317.5 294.6 341.2 8.04 9 600 4446 1.9 -0.1 86 2.0 0.8 291 36 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.6 6.34 10 550 5143 -3.1 -5.4 84 2.3 -4.3 294 37 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.5 4.65 11 500 5891 -6.6 -12.9 61 6.3 -9.2 289 36 324.9 325.5 292.9 334.5 2.83 12 450 6705 -12.4 -17.2 67 4.8 -14.0 282 38 327.7 328.1 293.1 335.3 2.21 13 400 7596 -17.4 -21.9 68 4.4 -18.7 287 36 332.3 332.7 293.9 338.2 1.66 14 350 8584 -23.2 -28.3 63 5.1 -24.4 292 36 337.5 337.7 294.7 341.4 1.06 15 300 9695 -31.5 -37.1 58 5.5 -32.3 296 34 340.9 341.0 295.0 343.0 0.53 16 250 10956 -42.8 -46.8 64 4.0 -43.0 296 36 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.4 0.23 17 200 12421 -53.0 -62.9 29 9.8 -53.3 300 47 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14226 -64.9 -78.6 13 13.7 -65.0 309 53 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16672 -66.2 -85.6 5 19.4 -66.3 333 22 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.68 m Freezing level: 580.94 mb = 4711.64 m = 15457.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.76 mb = 4556.88 m = 14950.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.14 mb = 534.14 m = 1752.42 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 9.86 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 960.22 mb = 506.86 m = 1662.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.80 C = 62.23 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.63 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6443.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.55 mb = 882.88 m = 2896.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.1 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 307.1 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 448.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 448.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 319.07 m/s