MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 4Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.28,-99.55 Latitude: 34.28 Longitude: -99.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 965 433 27.3 20.2 65 7.1 22.2 166 7 303.5 306.4 296.6 349.9 15.63 2 950 572 28.3 19.8 60 8.5 22.2 171 20 305.9 308.8 297.1 352.3 15.49 3 900 1051 25.4 18.2 65 7.1 20.3 183 24 307.7 310.4 297.1 352.4 14.80 4 850 1551 21.0 16.7 76 4.3 17.9 192 25 308.1 310.8 296.8 351.0 14.18 5 800 2072 16.3 14.3 88 2.0 15.0 209 23 308.5 310.9 296.1 347.7 12.94 6 750 2621 14.7 2.8 45 11.8 7.9 220 16 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.1 6.27 7 700 3200 12.1 -16.5 12 28.6 0.8 238 12 315.8 316.1 289.0 320.9 1.50 8 650 3815 8.7 -27.4 6 36.1 -2.6 261 9 318.8 318.9 289.0 321.0 0.62 9 600 4471 4.5 -13.3 26 17.8 -2.9 273 11 321.3 321.7 291.4 328.9 2.28 10 550 5173 0.1 -14.8 32 14.9 -5.8 272 13 324.1 324.6 292.2 331.6 2.20 11 500 5929 -4.4 -23.0 22 18.5 -10.4 264 18 327.6 327.9 292.2 331.9 1.21 12 450 6751 -9.5 -30.8 16 21.3 -14.9 262 24 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.6 0.65 13 400 7648 -16.0 -36.8 15 20.8 -20.0 272 23 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.41 14 350 8639 -23.2 -39.5 21 16.3 -25.8 295 16 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.8 0.35 15 300 9749 -31.1 -44.0 27 12.8 -32.6 294 24 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.5 0.26 16 250 11018 -39.9 -60.3 10 20.3 -40.9 309 26 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.05 17 200 12500 -51.9 -68.1 13 16.2 -52.3 317 34 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14304 -65.7 -78.0 17 12.2 -65.8 318 34 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16723 -71.0 -84.1 13 13.1 -71.0 347 19 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.52 m Freezing level: 549.44 mb = 5181.41 m = 16999.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.30 mb = 3340.25 m = 10958.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.12 C = 89.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.55 mb = 1341.85 m = 4402.36 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 31.46 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.91 mb = 2030.40 m = 6661.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 13.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 411.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 870.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.76 mb = 1830.96 m = 6007.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.76 mb = 4100.46 m = 13452.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.76 mb = 12896.11 m = 42309.57 ft B at Equ Level: 865.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.76 mb = 16277.10 m = 53401.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.5 neg: -8.2 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 23.56 Bulk Shear: 36.94 m/s