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: 36.01,-86.32 Latitude: 36.01 Longitude: -86.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 204 26.9 23.5 82 3.3 24.5 329 5 300.3 303.7 297.7 355.0 18.64 2 950 629 21.6 21.6 100 -0.0 21.6 342 5 299.1 302.3 296.6 349.9 17.40 3 900 1097 18.4 18.5 100 -0.0 18.5 347 4 300.5 303.3 295.4 344.5 15.02 4 850 1587 16.3 15.3 93 1.1 15.6 302 9 303.3 305.7 294.7 341.6 12.93 5 800 2104 16.4 6.7 53 9.7 10.6 295 13 308.6 310.1 292.3 332.2 7.72 6 750 2650 12.7 7.0 68 5.8 9.2 277 9 310.4 312.0 293.4 336.2 8.39 7 700 3225 8.7 5.6 81 3.1 6.9 262 11 312.2 313.7 293.7 337.6 8.21 8 650 3836 5.2 1.3 76 3.9 3.0 262 14 314.8 316.0 293.1 335.2 6.48 9 600 4485 1.0 -1.0 87 2.0 -0.1 256 17 317.2 318.4 293.3 336.1 5.93 10 550 5180 -2.9 -5.8 81 2.9 -4.3 250 19 320.6 321.5 293.2 335.3 4.51 11 500 5929 -6.9 -12.3 65 5.4 -9.1 244 21 324.7 325.3 293.0 334.7 2.98 12 450 6745 -10.9 -14.8 73 3.9 -12.4 236 16 329.5 330.0 294.0 338.7 2.69 13 400 7641 -16.5 -19.6 77 3.1 -17.6 249 13 333.5 333.9 294.4 340.6 2.02 14 350 8632 -23.0 -28.4 61 5.5 -24.2 268 15 337.8 338.0 294.7 341.7 1.05 15 300 9743 -31.2 -35.4 66 4.3 -31.9 260 23 341.5 341.6 295.3 343.9 0.62 16 250 11009 -40.8 -46.0 57 5.2 -41.2 250 32 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.5 0.25 17 200 12489 -52.2 -61.1 33 8.9 -52.4 245 34 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.4 0.05 18 150 14295 -64.4 -73.6 27 9.2 -64.4 245 28 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16726 -69.9 -84.6 10 14.6 -70.0 253 21 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.38 m Freezing level: 587.82 mb = 4654.03 m = 15268.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.57 mb = 4463.54 m = 14643.98 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.76 mb = 621.95 m = 2040.48 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 22.78 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.97 mb = 693.26 m = 2274.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 35.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 960.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.09 mb = 747.39 m = 2452.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 932.09 mb = 793.68 m = 2603.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 812.09 mb = 1975.77 m = 6482.10 ft B at Equ Level: 38.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.09 mb = 15529.07 m = 50947.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -9.7 tot: -7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 48.37 Bulk Shear: 19.85 m/s