MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.07,-83.22 Latitude: 31.07 Longitude: -83.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 23.5 22.8 96 0.7 23.0 18 10 296.0 299.2 295.9 346.7 17.61 1 1000 138 22.9 22.2 96 0.6 22.5 19 12 296.0 299.1 295.6 345.4 17.14 2 950 586 22.7 17.9 75 4.8 19.4 14 4 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.4 13.72 3 900 1056 20.9 17.0 78 3.9 18.2 230 2 303.0 305.6 295.1 343.4 13.63 4 850 1550 18.4 15.7 84 2.7 16.6 218 6 305.4 307.9 295.6 345.4 13.36 5 800 2068 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 218 8 307.9 310.2 295.6 345.4 12.41 6 750 2615 13.1 11.3 89 1.8 11.9 216 12 310.8 312.9 295.6 345.3 11.26 7 700 3193 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 217 16 313.3 315.1 295.0 343.0 9.59 8 650 3805 6.3 2.6 78 3.6 4.2 225 19 316.1 317.4 294.0 338.6 7.14 9 600 4459 3.2 -0.8 75 4.0 1.0 232 21 319.8 321.0 294.1 339.2 6.02 10 550 5160 -0.4 -5.6 68 5.2 -3.0 244 21 323.6 324.5 294.0 338.6 4.57 11 500 5916 -5.3 -11.1 63 5.8 -7.8 244 24 326.6 327.2 293.7 337.6 3.27 12 450 6734 -11.0 -15.2 71 4.1 -12.6 249 21 329.4 329.9 293.9 338.4 2.62 13 400 7630 -15.5 -16.8 90 1.3 -15.9 280 15 334.9 335.4 295.3 344.0 2.58 14 350 8630 -20.4 -20.8 96 0.4 -20.5 309 14 341.3 341.7 296.4 348.9 2.09 15 300 9756 -27.8 -28.7 92 0.9 -28.0 324 14 346.3 346.5 296.8 350.8 1.19 16 250 11040 -38.0 -40.4 78 2.5 -38.2 314 16 349.6 349.7 297.0 351.4 0.45 17 200 12532 -50.8 -54.5 65 3.7 -51.0 307 14 352.3 352.3 297.2 352.8 0.12 18 150 14335 -66.7 -70.8 57 4.0 -66.8 283 8 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16732 -67.8 -84.2 8 16.3 -67.9 29 19 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.10 m Freezing level: 555.86 mb = 5077.74 m = 16659.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.25 mb = 4631.97 m = 15196.58 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.32 mb = 152.34 m = 499.80 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.73 mb = 1859.95 m = 6102.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.95 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 37.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 273.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.68 mb = 934.23 m = 3065.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 467.68 mb = 6434.76 m = 21111.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.68 mb = 7121.23 m = 23363.32 ft B at Equ Level: 29.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.68 mb = 8060.03 m = 26443.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 48.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 61.15 m/s