MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 14Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 36.15,-94.21 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 970 394 17.1 15.8 93 1.2 16.3 141 10 292.7 294.8 290.6 326.1 11.75 2 950 572 15.5 14.6 95 0.9 15.0 148 17 292.9 294.9 290.1 324.4 11.07 3 900 1036 19.5 19.6 100 -0.0 19.6 218 38 301.6 304.6 296.4 349.1 16.11 4 850 1529 17.7 17.6 100 0.1 17.7 255 30 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.6 15.06 5 800 2046 15.1 15.0 99 0.2 15.0 261 28 307.3 309.8 296.2 348.0 13.51 6 750 2593 12.7 11.5 92 1.2 11.9 260 29 310.3 312.5 295.6 345.2 11.41 7 700 3170 8.8 4.7 76 4.1 6.4 256 29 312.2 313.7 293.3 336.1 7.69 8 650 3780 5.2 0.1 70 5.1 2.5 259 30 314.9 316.0 292.7 333.6 5.95 9 600 4430 1.5 -4.6 64 6.1 -1.5 262 31 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.4 4.52 10 550 5125 -3.2 -6.4 79 3.2 -4.7 267 29 320.3 321.1 292.9 334.3 4.31 11 500 5873 -7.4 -8.8 90 1.3 -8.1 288 31 324.0 324.7 293.6 337.0 3.94 12 450 6688 -11.6 -12.8 91 1.1 -12.1 290 32 328.6 329.3 294.2 339.4 3.18 13 400 7581 -17.1 -20.2 77 3.1 -18.1 299 34 332.8 333.2 294.2 339.6 1.92 14 350 8570 -23.4 -25.5 83 2.1 -23.9 312 43 337.3 337.5 294.8 342.3 1.38 15 300 9682 -31.0 -33.6 78 2.6 -31.4 335 35 341.7 341.9 295.4 344.5 0.75 16 250 10948 -41.3 -44.3 73 3.0 -41.6 337 37 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.30 17 200 12419 -54.2 -57.9 63 3.7 -54.3 344 48 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14198 -66.9 -71.6 51 4.7 -66.9 324 63 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16653 -67.9 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.0 332 41 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.37 m Freezing level: 584.26 mb = 4648.66 m = 15251.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.87 mb = 4178.34 m = 13708.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.93 mb = 546.02 m = 1791.38 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 17.15 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 970.12 mb = 394.06 m = 1292.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.42 C = 65.15 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 38.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 259.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.28 mb = 881.96 m = 2893.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.28 mb = 5106.16 m = 16752.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 501.28 mb = 5852.83 m = 19201.97 ft B at Equ Level: 55.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 401.28 mb = 7556.66 m = 24791.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 522.1 neg: -6.9 tot: 515.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 161.44 m/s