MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F056.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F056.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 56 hour NAM valid 14Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.38,-84.48 Latitude: 33.38 Longitude: -84.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 987 259 19.8 19.6 98 0.3 19.6 60 7 294.1 296.7 293.3 336.0 14.67 2 950 585 19.1 19.0 99 0.1 19.1 91 22 296.6 299.3 294.1 339.1 14.73 3 900 1052 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 139 14 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.8 15.03 4 850 1543 16.7 16.3 97 0.4 16.4 128 14 303.7 306.2 295.4 344.8 13.83 5 800 2058 13.7 13.0 96 0.7 13.3 144 17 305.8 308.0 294.6 341.3 11.87 6 750 2601 11.4 10.4 94 1.0 10.8 158 15 308.9 310.9 294.6 341.3 10.65 7 700 3175 8.1 6.6 90 1.5 7.2 151 16 311.5 313.1 293.9 338.5 8.77 8 650 3784 4.3 1.9 84 2.4 2.9 155 17 313.8 315.1 293.0 335.0 6.77 9 600 4432 1.3 0.7 96 0.6 1.0 155 15 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.1 6.74 10 550 5129 -2.3 -2.4 99 0.1 -2.4 156 12 321.4 322.5 294.4 340.3 5.84 11 500 5881 -6.2 -6.4 99 0.2 -6.3 136 13 325.4 326.4 294.6 341.1 4.75 12 450 6700 -10.4 -10.5 100 0.1 -10.4 164 10 330.1 330.9 295.1 343.2 3.84 13 400 7598 -15.9 -15.9 100 0.0 -15.9 221 13 334.3 334.9 295.3 344.0 2.77 14 350 8590 -22.6 -22.6 100 0.0 -22.6 239 19 338.3 338.7 295.4 344.7 1.78 15 300 9705 -30.3 -33.0 77 2.7 -30.8 253 28 342.7 342.8 295.7 345.7 0.79 16 250 10976 -39.7 -47.5 43 7.8 -40.4 259 40 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.9 0.21 17 200 12459 -52.1 -59.4 41 7.3 -52.4 244 45 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.06 18 150 14262 -64.7 -75.6 21 10.9 -64.8 258 30 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16692 -70.4 -84.5 11 14.1 -70.5 335 4 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.07 m Freezing level: 581.61 mb = 4688.30 m = 15381.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.05 mb = 4634.01 m = 15203.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.03 mb = 290.42 m = 952.81 ft T: 19.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 9.82 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1224.94 m = 4018.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 37.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.58 mb = 735.20 m = 2412.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.58 mb = 3310.37 m = 10860.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.58 mb = 5593.08 m = 18349.76 ft B at Equ Level: 52.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 408.58 mb = 7436.13 m = 24396.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.6 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 172.6 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.3 neg: -3.6 tot: 115.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.10 Bulk Shear: 24.91 m/s