MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 30.23,-88.84 Latitude: 30.23 Longitude: -88.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 -0 28.5 26.1 87 2.3 26.7 176 8 300.4 304.3 299.4 363.6 21.47 1 1000 128 27.0 25.4 91 1.6 25.8 177 9 300.2 304.0 299.0 361.4 20.84 2 950 583 25.7 19.4 68 6.3 21.2 115 3 303.2 306.0 296.2 348.1 15.11 3 900 1058 22.3 19.4 84 2.9 20.2 46 5 304.5 307.4 297.0 351.9 15.91 4 850 1554 19.4 15.8 80 3.6 17.0 49 7 306.5 309.0 295.9 346.8 13.43 5 800 2074 16.5 8.3 58 8.2 11.4 39 7 308.7 310.3 293.0 334.9 8.59 6 750 2620 12.9 8.6 75 4.3 10.2 38 4 310.6 312.3 294.1 339.3 9.37 7 700 3197 9.9 5.9 76 4.0 7.5 37 3 313.4 315.0 294.1 339.4 8.34 8 650 3810 6.7 0.2 63 6.6 3.2 316 1 316.6 317.8 293.2 335.6 5.98 9 600 4463 3.1 -1.8 70 4.9 0.5 274 3 319.7 320.8 293.7 337.8 5.61 10 550 5164 -0.3 -6.7 62 6.4 -3.4 254 8 323.7 324.5 293.7 337.6 4.21 11 500 5921 -4.5 -16.8 38 12.2 -9.1 264 12 327.5 327.9 292.9 334.6 2.06 12 450 6742 -9.6 -26.8 23 17.1 -14.4 250 10 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.6 0.95 13 400 7641 -15.6 -30.1 28 14.5 -19.0 237 8 334.7 334.9 293.7 337.6 0.78 14 350 8634 -22.3 -34.1 34 11.8 -24.6 243 8 338.7 338.8 294.6 341.0 0.61 15 300 9749 -30.0 -46.0 20 16.0 -31.8 242 7 343.0 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.21 16 250 11021 -39.7 -52.7 24 13.0 -40.5 271 10 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.12 17 200 12505 -52.0 -57.5 52 5.5 -52.1 250 11 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.8 0.08 18 150 14301 -67.0 -73.0 42 6.1 -67.0 339 4 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16712 -70.6 -85.1 10 14.6 -70.6 87 6 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.29 m Freezing level: 554.62 mb = 5099.58 m = 16730.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.36 mb = 4553.07 m = 14937.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.03 % Est. max temperature: 34.01 C = 93.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.55 mb = 293.14 m = 961.74 ft T: 26.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 17.00 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1423.39 m = 4669.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.09 C = 93.36 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1241.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.57 mb = 955.59 m = 3135.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.57 mb = 2120.72 m = 6957.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.57 mb = 14073.26 m = 46171.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1235.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.0 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 356.0 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -21.6 tot: -19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 63.11 Bulk Shear: 19.67 m/s