MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 32.36,-90.05 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -90.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 95 34.0 24.3 57 9.7 26.7 340 3 306.6 310.3 299.7 365.0 19.37 1 1000 147 32.7 23.2 58 9.4 25.6 343 3 305.8 309.2 298.8 360.5 18.23 2 950 607 28.0 22.1 70 5.9 23.6 327 4 305.6 308.9 298.5 359.2 17.90 3 900 1085 23.4 21.1 87 2.3 21.7 321 4 305.6 308.9 298.4 358.7 17.72 4 850 1582 19.7 14.6 73 5.0 16.3 14 3 306.7 309.0 295.3 344.0 12.40 5 800 2101 15.6 12.5 82 3.1 13.6 21 4 307.7 309.9 294.8 342.3 11.44 6 750 2646 12.2 9.2 82 3.0 10.3 25 7 309.8 311.6 294.3 339.7 9.80 7 700 3222 9.5 5.0 74 4.4 6.8 84 4 312.9 314.4 293.7 337.4 7.86 8 650 3834 5.8 2.3 78 3.6 3.8 137 1 315.6 316.9 293.7 337.5 6.97 9 600 4485 2.1 -2.4 72 4.4 -0.2 210 4 318.5 319.6 293.3 335.7 5.36 10 550 5184 -0.8 -7.8 59 7.0 -4.1 238 10 323.1 323.9 293.3 335.9 3.85 11 500 5940 -4.2 -17.4 35 13.2 -9.1 234 16 327.9 328.3 293.0 334.6 1.95 12 450 6763 -9.1 -22.1 34 13.0 -13.3 235 15 331.8 332.1 293.6 336.9 1.44 13 400 7664 -14.9 -26.1 38 11.2 -18.0 236 13 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.7 1.13 14 350 8659 -22.0 -30.8 45 8.9 -23.9 239 11 339.2 339.3 294.8 342.3 0.84 15 300 9775 -30.2 -38.7 43 8.5 -31.4 223 7 342.7 342.8 295.4 344.5 0.45 16 250 11045 -40.3 -54.0 22 13.6 -41.2 237 6 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.5 0.10 17 200 12525 -52.3 -67.5 14 15.3 -52.6 229 13 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14327 -64.8 -78.0 14 13.3 -64.8 338 1 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16752 -71.6 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.6 143 3 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.47 m Freezing level: 564.02 mb = 4988.07 m = 16364.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.65 mb = 4448.99 m = 14596.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.97 % Est. max temperature: 33.96 C = 93.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.51 mb = 1324.43 m = 4345.20 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 27.66 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1448.75 m = 4753.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.64 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2451.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.78 mb = 1351.59 m = 4434.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.78 mb = 1502.33 m = 4928.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.78 mb = 14416.39 m = 47297.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2445.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 527.54 Bulk Shear: 4.65 m/s