MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 14Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 27.52,-91.96 Latitude: 27.52 Longitude: -91.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -1 27.6 25.8 90 1.8 26.3 283 8 299.2 303.0 298.8 360.7 20.98 1 1000 158 25.8 25.0 95 0.8 25.2 283 9 299.0 302.7 298.4 358.4 20.33 2 950 611 23.6 19.4 77 4.2 20.7 293 9 301.2 303.9 295.7 345.7 15.13 3 900 1082 20.8 16.7 78 4.1 18.0 316 5 302.9 305.4 295.0 342.7 13.44 4 850 1575 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.1 314 4 305.4 307.5 294.2 339.6 11.42 5 800 2094 16.1 8.2 59 7.9 11.2 303 7 308.3 309.9 292.9 334.3 8.53 6 750 2640 13.8 3.1 48 10.7 7.8 301 8 311.6 312.8 292.1 331.5 6.41 7 700 3218 11.1 -0.3 45 11.4 4.9 296 10 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.6 5.35 8 650 3833 7.6 -2.7 48 10.3 2.2 288 10 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.1 4.82 9 600 4487 3.3 -6.2 49 9.6 -1.3 295 8 320.0 320.8 292.5 333.0 4.00 10 550 5188 -0.7 -9.1 53 8.3 -4.5 332 6 323.2 323.9 293.0 334.8 3.50 11 500 5942 -5.7 -13.3 55 7.7 -8.7 307 6 326.2 326.7 293.2 335.4 2.74 12 450 6760 -10.7 -16.5 62 5.8 -12.8 320 6 329.8 330.3 293.8 337.9 2.34 13 400 7656 -16.3 -28.4 34 12.1 -19.3 14 6 333.9 334.1 293.6 337.2 0.92 14 350 8647 -23.3 -31.0 49 7.7 -24.9 9 9 337.3 337.5 294.4 340.4 0.82 15 300 9760 -30.6 -46.1 21 15.4 -32.3 352 1 342.2 342.2 295.0 343.0 0.20 16 250 11027 -41.0 -53.7 24 12.7 -41.7 114 4 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.6 0.10 17 200 12502 -53.2 -60.9 39 7.6 -53.4 105 17 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.05 18 150 14293 -67.7 -70.9 63 3.2 -67.7 65 20 353.5 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16695 -71.8 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 67 18 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.21 m Freezing level: 559.06 mb = 5060.75 m = 16603.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.05 mb = 4244.90 m = 13926.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.40 % Est. max temperature: 32.91 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.82 mb = 221.32 m = 726.11 ft T: 25.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 29.13 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1138.53 m = 3735.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 26.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 943.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.85 mb = 788.52 m = 2586.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.85 mb = 3509.57 m = 11514.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.85 mb = 13302.97 m = 43644.37 ft B at Equ Level: 941.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.85 mb = 16357.77 m = 53666.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.8 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 330.8 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1263.75 Bulk Shear: 0.75 m/s