MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.83,-86.50 Latitude: 35.83 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 SFC 999 189 26.9 23.6 82 3.3 24.5 339 6 300.1 303.5 297.7 354.9 18.68 2 950 629 21.4 21.4 100 -0.0 21.4 349 6 298.9 302.0 296.4 348.8 17.13 3 900 1097 19.3 19.3 100 -0.0 19.3 319 4 301.4 304.3 296.2 348.0 15.84 4 850 1588 16.8 15.1 90 1.6 15.7 294 10 303.7 306.1 294.8 341.9 12.83 5 800 2105 15.7 10.8 72 5.0 12.6 291 12 307.9 309.9 294.0 338.9 10.21 6 750 2651 12.4 8.3 76 4.1 9.8 275 8 310.0 311.7 293.9 338.1 9.18 7 700 3226 8.7 6.3 85 2.3 7.2 265 12 312.1 313.7 294.0 338.6 8.60 8 650 3836 5.2 1.4 76 3.9 3.1 262 14 314.9 316.2 293.2 335.4 6.51 9 600 4486 1.0 -0.6 89 1.6 0.1 254 16 317.2 318.4 293.4 336.6 6.09 10 550 5181 -2.9 -5.9 80 2.9 -4.4 248 18 320.6 321.5 293.1 335.2 4.48 11 500 5930 -6.9 -12.5 65 5.5 -9.2 240 21 324.6 325.2 292.9 334.5 2.94 12 450 6746 -10.9 -14.8 73 3.9 -12.4 239 18 329.5 330.0 294.0 338.7 2.68 13 400 7642 -16.4 -19.9 75 3.4 -17.6 253 14 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.6 1.98 14 350 8633 -23.0 -27.8 64 4.9 -24.1 270 15 337.8 338.0 294.8 341.9 1.11 15 300 9745 -31.0 -35.5 65 4.4 -31.7 260 23 341.6 341.8 295.3 344.0 0.62 16 250 11012 -40.7 -46.2 55 5.6 -41.1 250 30 345.6 345.7 295.9 346.6 0.24 17 200 12491 -52.2 -61.1 33 8.9 -52.5 243 32 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.05 18 150 14297 -64.2 -73.8 26 9.5 -64.3 245 26 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16727 -70.2 -84.8 10 14.6 -70.2 252 20 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.96 m Freezing level: 587.82 mb = 4654.94 m = 15271.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.12 mb = 4497.36 m = 14754.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.17 mb = 599.67 m = 1967.38 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.76 mb = 621.85 m = 2040.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 36.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1034.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.27 mb = 736.43 m = 2416.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.27 mb = 782.67 m = 2567.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 803.27 mb = 2070.19 m = 6791.89 ft B at Equ Level: 32.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.27 mb = 15980.17 m = 52427.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -4.7 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 46.61 Bulk Shear: 22.20 m/s