MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F053.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F053.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 53 hour NAM valid 17Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.22,-96.28 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 986 236 29.3 23.7 72 5.5 25.2 205 13 303.6 307.2 298.8 360.4 19.07 2 950 566 24.7 22.1 85 2.6 22.8 208 17 302.3 305.6 297.7 355.3 17.90 3 900 1040 23.2 17.2 69 6.0 19.1 248 30 305.4 308.0 296.0 346.9 13.86 4 850 1537 21.3 9.3 46 12.1 13.7 262 29 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.9 8.66 5 800 2059 17.1 12.8 76 4.3 14.3 273 21 309.4 311.6 295.5 345.0 11.70 6 750 2607 13.1 8.8 75 4.3 10.4 275 10 310.8 312.6 294.3 340.0 9.52 7 700 3184 9.7 -2.0 44 11.7 3.7 267 15 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.2 4.73 8 650 3794 5.8 -6.9 39 12.7 -0.1 266 23 315.6 316.2 290.8 326.9 3.51 9 600 4444 1.8 -9.8 42 11.6 -3.3 262 29 318.2 318.8 291.2 328.1 3.02 10 550 5140 -2.0 -17.6 29 15.6 -7.6 274 30 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.6 1.74 11 500 5892 -5.8 -17.4 39 11.6 -10.0 289 32 325.9 326.3 292.4 332.6 1.95 12 450 6708 -11.0 -27.8 24 16.8 -15.4 290 33 329.4 329.5 292.4 332.5 0.86 13 400 7603 -16.3 -28.0 36 11.7 -19.2 291 28 333.8 334.0 293.6 337.3 0.95 14 350 8594 -23.2 -42.2 16 18.9 -26.0 285 25 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.5 0.27 15 300 9705 -31.0 -40.4 39 9.4 -32.2 292 24 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.2 0.38 16 250 10974 -40.4 -43.7 71 3.2 -40.7 313 31 345.9 346.0 296.0 347.2 0.32 17 200 12450 -53.3 -57.6 59 4.3 -53.5 333 40 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.7 0.08 18 150 14248 -65.0 -73.1 32 8.1 -65.1 327 43 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16672 -69.5 -84.7 9 15.2 -69.6 336 40 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.54 m Freezing level: 576.35 mb = 4773.24 m = 15660.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.30 mb = 3777.33 m = 12392.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.68 % Est. max temperature: 34.34 C = 93.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.49 mb = 937.97 m = 3077.28 ft T: 23.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 25.55 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.99 mb = 1920.44 m = 6300.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.75 C = 94.55 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.11 C K Index: 24.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1369.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.60 mb = 1268.96 m = 4163.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.60 mb = 2365.78 m = 7761.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.60 mb = 13407.45 m = 43987.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1356.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.5 neg: -24.7 tot: 163.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 25.49 Bulk Shear: 53.72 m/s