MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 28 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 143 SFC 970 405 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.9 129 7 291.7 293.8 290.2 324.9 11.73 2 950 579 15.1 15.1 100 -0.0 15.1 141 16 292.5 294.5 290.2 324.8 11.40 3 900 1044 21.9 18.3 80 3.6 19.4 198 35 304.0 306.8 296.2 348.2 14.83 4 850 1539 18.1 17.0 94 1.1 17.3 218 32 305.1 307.8 296.3 348.4 14.49 5 800 2057 16.4 15.4 94 1.0 15.7 228 29 308.7 311.3 296.8 350.8 13.89 6 750 2605 13.8 6.0 59 7.9 9.1 243 19 311.6 313.1 293.3 335.9 7.84 7 700 3182 9.1 6.1 81 3.0 7.3 244 14 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.8 8.46 8 650 3793 5.7 3.5 86 2.2 4.4 253 17 315.4 316.9 294.1 339.3 7.61 9 600 4445 1.9 -1.0 81 3.0 0.4 274 16 318.4 319.5 293.6 337.3 5.92 10 550 5142 -2.7 -5.1 84 2.3 -3.8 284 15 320.8 321.8 293.4 336.4 4.78 11 500 5891 -7.2 -9.7 82 2.5 -8.3 297 19 324.3 325.0 293.4 336.5 3.67 12 450 6705 -12.0 -14.2 84 2.1 -12.9 296 23 328.1 328.7 293.7 337.8 2.84 13 400 7597 -17.4 -20.9 74 3.5 -18.4 303 25 332.4 332.7 294.0 338.8 1.81 14 350 8583 -24.6 -32.0 50 7.4 -26.0 305 27 335.6 335.7 293.9 338.4 0.75 15 300 9685 -32.4 -37.3 62 4.9 -33.0 303 36 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.8 0.52 16 250 10950 -41.1 -44.4 70 3.3 -41.4 299 51 345.0 345.0 295.8 346.1 0.29 17 200 12425 -53.0 -56.8 63 3.8 -53.1 299 56 348.8 348.9 296.4 349.2 0.09 18 150 14225 -63.2 -70.6 36 7.4 -63.3 311 56 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.02 19 100 16692 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 315 25 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.32 m Freezing level: 579.25 mb = 4733.95 m = 15531.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.60 mb = 4503.73 m = 14775.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.37 C = 88.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.65 mb = 431.39 m = 1415.30 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 14.91 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 969.66 mb = 405.06 m = 1328.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.81 C = 64.06 F Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 39.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4225.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.53 mb = 1086.97 m = 3566.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.5 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 274.5 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 399.3 neg: -13.6 tot: 385.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 91.16 m/s