MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 30.16,-93.46 Latitude: 30.16 Longitude: -93.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1019 2 28.1 25.2 84 2.9 26.0 294 3 299.7 303.3 298.5 358.9 20.22 1 1000 168 25.6 24.0 91 1.5 24.5 292 3 298.7 302.2 297.6 354.6 19.14 2 950 622 23.9 22.8 94 1.0 23.1 299 12 301.4 304.8 298.0 356.7 18.75 3 900 1095 21.3 17.7 80 3.7 18.8 248 3 303.5 306.1 295.7 345.9 14.27 4 850 1589 17.8 16.1 90 1.7 16.6 161 2 304.7 307.3 295.6 345.5 13.67 5 800 2105 14.4 13.5 94 0.9 13.8 45 8 306.5 308.8 295.1 343.3 12.24 6 750 2649 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 38 14 308.8 310.7 294.1 339.4 10.07 7 700 3223 8.7 4.3 74 4.4 6.2 32 14 312.2 313.6 293.2 335.4 7.48 8 650 3834 5.5 3.3 86 2.2 4.2 35 13 315.1 316.6 294.0 338.6 7.49 9 600 4486 3.2 -2.0 69 5.2 0.4 25 14 319.8 320.9 293.7 337.5 5.51 10 550 5187 -0.8 -3.6 81 2.8 -2.3 10 7 323.1 324.1 294.4 340.5 5.34 11 500 5943 -4.8 -11.6 59 6.8 -7.7 73 3 327.2 327.9 293.8 337.9 3.15 12 450 6763 -9.9 -23.9 31 13.9 -14.1 148 5 330.7 331.0 293.1 335.1 1.23 13 400 7662 -14.9 -38.7 11 23.8 -19.4 141 6 335.6 335.6 293.5 336.9 0.34 14 350 8657 -22.3 -41.7 15 19.4 -25.3 126 8 338.6 338.7 294.3 339.7 0.28 15 300 9770 -30.8 -51.5 11 20.7 -32.6 147 5 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.5 0.11 16 250 11036 -40.9 -44.5 68 3.6 -41.2 196 6 345.2 345.3 295.8 346.4 0.29 17 200 12513 -53.0 -56.2 68 3.3 -53.1 341 6 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.09 18 150 14307 -66.6 -76.5 23 10.0 -66.6 172 7 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16713 -71.5 -85.9 10 14.4 -71.6 99 19 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.88 m Freezing level: 560.39 mb = 5041.22 m = 16539.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.02 mb = 4593.82 m = 15071.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.08 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.60 mb = 368.71 m = 1209.67 ft T: 24.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 21.31 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.06 mb = 959.40 m = 3147.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.22 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 34.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1798.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.22 mb = 657.30 m = 2156.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.22 mb = 1277.02 m = 4189.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.22 mb = 14257.05 m = 46774.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1786.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 23.4 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 53.4 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -50.3 tot: -33.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 125.47 Bulk Shear: 14.34 m/s