MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F049.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F049.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 49 hour NAM valid 13Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 36.15,-94.30 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -94.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 973 371 16.9 15.6 92 1.3 16.1 160 10 292.3 294.4 290.3 325.1 11.54 2 950 578 15.7 14.6 93 1.1 15.0 164 19 293.1 295.0 290.2 324.6 11.05 3 900 1042 20.1 19.4 96 0.7 19.6 227 38 302.3 305.2 296.5 349.4 15.95 4 850 1535 17.5 17.5 100 -0.0 17.5 255 34 304.5 307.3 296.4 349.2 15.01 5 800 2052 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 267 34 306.6 309.0 295.6 345.1 12.82 6 750 2597 12.3 11.1 92 1.2 11.5 255 25 309.9 312.0 295.2 343.8 11.11 7 700 3172 8.5 4.9 78 3.7 6.3 251 29 311.9 313.4 293.3 336.0 7.76 8 650 3782 5.6 -2.3 57 7.9 1.5 259 32 315.3 316.2 292.0 331.0 4.96 9 600 4432 1.5 -4.0 67 5.5 -1.2 267 30 317.9 318.8 292.6 333.1 4.74 10 550 5126 -3.5 -6.3 81 2.8 -4.8 271 28 319.9 320.7 292.8 334.0 4.34 11 500 5875 -7.3 -8.8 89 1.5 -7.9 286 33 324.2 324.9 293.6 337.2 3.94 12 450 6689 -12.1 -13.2 91 1.2 -12.5 290 34 328.1 328.7 294.0 338.5 3.07 13 400 7581 -17.5 -20.3 79 2.8 -18.4 290 30 332.2 332.6 294.0 338.9 1.90 14 350 8567 -23.6 -26.0 80 2.5 -24.2 319 40 337.0 337.3 294.7 341.8 1.31 15 300 9677 -31.5 -34.4 76 2.8 -32.0 323 36 340.9 341.1 295.2 343.6 0.69 16 250 10941 -41.4 -45.2 66 3.8 -41.6 331 36 344.6 344.6 295.7 345.7 0.27 17 200 12411 -54.2 -59.3 53 5.2 -54.3 341 40 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14200 -65.3 -73.0 34 7.7 -65.4 317 60 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16648 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 327 40 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.63 m Freezing level: 585.07 mb = 4639.58 m = 15221.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.76 mb = 4129.94 m = 13549.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.75 mb = 535.19 m = 1755.85 ft T: 15.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 973.29 mb = 371.47 m = 1218.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.20 C = 64.76 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 38.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 276.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.17 mb = 917.12 m = 3008.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 548.17 mb = 5152.69 m = 16904.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 528.17 mb = 5444.60 m = 17862.65 ft B at Equ Level: 54.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 408.17 mb = 7428.10 m = 24370.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 520.8 neg: -37.5 tot: 483.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 145.52 m/s