MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 19Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 31.05,-83.30 Latitude: 31.05 Longitude: -83.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 72 31.3 25.5 71 5.8 26.9 196 3 303.8 307.6 299.8 365.6 20.74 1 1000 140 29.2 24.6 76 4.6 25.7 198 3 302.3 306.0 298.9 361.1 19.83 2 950 595 24.5 23.3 93 1.2 23.7 201 3 302.1 305.7 298.5 359.3 19.34 3 900 1068 21.8 16.8 73 5.0 18.4 224 8 304.0 306.5 295.3 344.2 13.50 4 850 1563 20.3 6.0 39 14.4 11.8 257 8 307.5 308.8 291.3 328.5 6.90 5 800 2083 17.1 2.1 36 15.0 8.8 268 9 309.4 310.5 290.7 326.6 5.57 6 750 2630 14.0 -0.1 38 14.0 6.4 271 10 311.7 312.7 291.0 327.6 5.08 7 700 3207 10.1 0.6 52 9.5 4.9 270 9 313.6 314.7 292.2 331.6 5.71 8 650 3819 6.1 -1.0 60 7.1 2.4 271 8 315.9 316.9 292.6 333.3 5.48 9 600 4470 2.1 -3.0 69 5.1 -0.6 273 8 318.5 319.5 293.0 334.9 5.11 10 550 5168 -1.6 -8.3 61 6.6 -4.7 269 12 322.1 322.9 292.9 334.4 3.72 11 500 5921 -6.0 -10.7 69 4.7 -8.1 269 16 325.7 326.3 293.6 337.0 3.38 12 450 6738 -10.9 -16.8 62 5.9 -13.0 273 16 329.6 330.1 293.7 337.5 2.29 13 400 7634 -16.0 -35.9 16 19.9 -19.9 269 16 334.3 334.3 293.3 336.0 0.45 14 350 8626 -22.1 -39.7 19 17.5 -25.0 267 10 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.3 0.35 15 300 9744 -29.5 -39.2 39 9.7 -30.9 279 7 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.4 0.42 16 250 11020 -38.8 -47.7 39 8.9 -39.5 182 2 348.5 348.5 296.5 349.3 0.21 17 200 12508 -51.9 -57.0 54 5.1 -52.1 133 11 350.5 350.6 296.8 350.9 0.09 18 150 14304 -67.2 -70.8 60 3.6 -67.3 142 25 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16702 -70.5 -81.5 18 11.0 -70.5 145 7 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.64 m Freezing level: 572.30 mb = 4856.89 m = 15934.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.66 mb = 4340.39 m = 14239.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.28 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 93.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.83 mb = 811.26 m = 2661.60 ft T: 23.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 39.00 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1181.80 m = 3877.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 12.02 C K Index: 22.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1992.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.33 mb = 901.36 m = 2957.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.33 mb = 2058.05 m = 6752.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.33 mb = 14614.20 m = 47946.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1972.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 230.91 Bulk Shear: 8.63 m/s