MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 154 SFC 971 405 17.0 15.9 93 1.1 16.3 129 14 292.6 294.7 290.6 326.1 11.80 2 950 590 14.9 14.9 100 -0.0 14.9 131 22 292.3 294.3 290.1 324.3 11.29 3 900 1049 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.2 170 23 297.3 299.5 292.3 332.4 12.12 4 850 1537 18.0 16.2 89 1.9 16.8 249 18 305.0 307.6 295.7 346.1 13.72 5 800 2056 16.5 11.9 74 4.6 13.5 271 24 308.7 310.8 294.8 342.3 11.04 6 750 2603 12.7 10.0 84 2.6 11.0 272 24 310.3 312.3 294.8 342.0 10.35 7 700 3180 10.0 7.6 85 2.3 8.5 279 27 313.5 315.3 295.0 342.7 9.42 8 650 3794 6.5 3.4 81 3.1 4.7 286 31 316.3 317.8 294.4 340.2 7.56 9 600 4446 1.7 -0.4 86 2.1 0.5 289 35 318.1 319.3 293.8 337.9 6.20 10 550 5143 -2.7 -5.8 79 3.2 -4.2 289 36 320.9 321.8 293.2 335.6 4.51 11 500 5891 -7.7 -10.5 80 2.8 -8.8 290 40 323.7 324.4 293.1 335.2 3.45 12 450 6703 -12.3 -14.0 87 1.7 -12.9 292 34 327.8 328.3 293.7 337.6 2.88 13 400 7595 -17.1 -19.5 82 2.4 -17.9 288 38 332.8 333.2 294.3 340.0 2.04 14 350 8585 -23.5 -26.6 76 3.1 -24.2 291 39 337.1 337.3 294.7 341.6 1.24 15 300 9695 -31.6 -36.0 65 4.4 -32.2 296 41 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.2 0.59 16 250 10955 -42.8 -49.2 50 6.3 -43.3 286 40 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.17 17 200 12422 -52.5 -65.3 20 12.8 -52.8 302 51 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14229 -64.2 -79.2 11 15.0 -64.4 307 54 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16683 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 326 22 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.76 m Freezing level: 580.41 mb = 4718.83 m = 15481.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.24 mb = 4523.15 m = 14839.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.94 mb = 537.22 m = 1762.53 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 4.07 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 960.30 mb = 498.58 m = 1635.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.85 C = 62.34 F Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lifted Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.60 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 39.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6637.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.38 mb = 905.39 m = 2970.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 401.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 401.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 288.09 m/s