MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F054.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F054.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.79,-84.22 Latitude: 33.79 Longitude: -84.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 145 SFC 983 296 18.9 17.3 90 1.6 17.8 60 11 293.5 295.8 291.6 329.8 12.72 2 950 584 15.6 15.6 100 -0.0 15.7 61 20 293.0 295.2 290.8 326.7 11.84 3 900 1044 16.9 16.9 100 -0.0 16.9 106 27 298.9 301.4 294.0 338.5 13.60 4 850 1533 16.6 16.6 100 -0.0 16.6 146 15 303.5 306.2 295.6 345.5 14.14 5 800 2050 14.6 14.6 100 -0.0 14.6 194 10 306.7 309.1 295.8 346.2 13.15 6 750 2593 11.5 11.3 98 0.3 11.3 216 9 309.1 311.2 295.1 343.3 11.26 7 700 3169 8.4 6.0 85 2.4 7.0 237 11 311.8 313.4 293.8 337.8 8.42 8 650 3778 4.9 1.6 79 3.3 3.1 218 11 314.5 315.8 293.2 335.4 6.64 9 600 4427 1.8 -1.5 79 3.2 0.1 236 11 318.2 319.3 293.4 336.5 5.74 10 550 5125 -2.0 -8.4 61 6.4 -4.9 240 17 321.7 322.5 292.7 333.9 3.69 11 500 5875 -7.1 -11.6 70 4.5 -9.0 234 17 324.3 325.0 293.0 334.9 3.15 12 450 6689 -11.7 -16.1 70 4.4 -13.3 229 23 328.5 328.9 293.5 336.8 2.41 13 400 7582 -17.0 -26.7 43 9.7 -19.4 229 29 332.9 333.2 293.5 336.9 1.08 14 350 8571 -23.3 -44.7 12 21.4 -26.2 226 34 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.1 0.20 15 300 9681 -31.2 -63.6 3 32.3 -33.2 241 42 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 16 250 10949 -40.0 -54.5 20 14.4 -40.9 232 42 346.5 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.09 17 200 12430 -52.7 -58.9 47 6.2 -52.9 235 40 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.07 18 150 14237 -64.0 -78.0 13 14.0 -64.1 246 34 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16688 -68.0 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.1 307 3 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.12 m Freezing level: 576.42 mb = 4756.29 m = 15604.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.21 mb = 4437.77 m = 14559.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.32 mb = 500.28 m = 1641.31 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 10.83 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 963.76 mb = 460.86 m = 1511.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.64 C = 65.56 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 37.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5627.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.59 mb = 777.56 m = 2551.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 234.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 253.1 neg: -2.6 tot: 250.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 125.28 m/s