MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.58,-95.23 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -95.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 997 127 31.4 22.1 58 9.3 24.6 146 2 304.8 307.9 297.8 355.7 17.04 2 950 561 29.0 20.7 61 8.3 22.9 187 13 306.6 309.6 297.8 355.8 16.39 3 900 1040 24.4 19.7 75 4.7 21.0 192 14 306.6 309.6 297.8 355.4 16.21 4 850 1538 19.7 18.9 95 0.9 19.1 194 14 306.8 309.9 297.9 356.0 16.35 5 800 2059 15.8 14.9 95 0.9 15.3 224 11 308.0 310.5 296.4 348.8 13.48 6 750 2606 13.4 6.0 61 7.4 9.0 266 16 311.2 312.7 293.2 335.4 7.86 7 700 3183 9.8 4.7 71 5.1 6.8 273 18 313.3 314.7 293.6 337.2 7.67 8 650 3795 5.5 2.6 82 2.9 3.8 270 20 315.1 316.5 293.7 337.4 7.10 9 600 4444 1.6 -3.4 70 4.9 -0.9 268 21 318.0 318.9 292.8 334.0 4.98 10 550 5142 -1.8 -11.3 48 9.5 -5.8 269 24 322.0 322.6 292.2 331.7 2.93 11 500 5893 -6.3 -14.3 53 8.0 -9.4 269 28 325.4 325.9 292.8 334.0 2.53 12 450 6710 -11.3 -22.8 38 11.4 -14.8 275 31 329.0 329.2 292.7 333.8 1.36 13 400 7603 -16.7 -43.5 8 26.8 -20.9 275 31 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.20 14 350 8592 -24.0 -27.9 70 4.0 -24.9 282 35 336.5 336.7 294.4 340.5 1.10 15 300 9706 -29.7 -32.4 77 2.7 -30.2 297 42 343.5 343.7 295.9 346.7 0.84 16 250 10982 -39.0 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.4 309 48 348.1 348.1 296.5 349.6 0.38 17 200 12470 -51.2 -54.8 65 3.7 -51.3 323 54 351.8 351.8 297.1 352.2 0.11 18 150 14271 -66.6 -70.7 56 4.1 -66.7 318 58 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16708 -68.0 -83.8 9 15.8 -68.1 7 18 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.42 m Freezing level: 576.38 mb = 4774.03 m = 15662.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.67 mb = 4314.77 m = 14155.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.03 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.53 mb = 1310.21 m = 4298.53 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 20.58 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1661.45 m = 5450.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.68 C = 92.63 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 39.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1792.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.24 mb = 1545.93 m = 5071.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.24 mb = 1802.51 m = 5913.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.24 mb = 14506.59 m = 47593.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1752.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 92.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 44.09 Bulk Shear: 40.65 m/s