MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F003.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 32.43,-90.00 Latitude: 32.43 Longitude: -90.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 84 32.4 25.2 66 7.2 27.0 311 4 305.0 308.8 299.9 366.4 20.49 1 1000 141 31.7 24.2 64 7.6 26.0 310 4 304.9 308.5 299.2 362.7 19.30 2 950 600 27.6 21.9 71 5.7 23.5 308 5 305.2 308.5 298.4 358.3 17.72 3 900 1078 23.2 20.8 86 2.4 21.5 307 6 305.5 308.7 298.2 357.8 17.46 4 850 1575 19.6 15.3 77 4.2 16.7 329 4 306.6 309.1 295.7 345.7 13.00 5 800 2094 15.9 12.5 80 3.5 13.7 7 3 308.1 310.3 295.0 342.8 11.44 6 750 2640 12.9 7.7 71 5.2 9.7 18 5 310.6 312.3 293.7 337.7 8.83 7 700 3218 10.0 3.3 63 6.7 6.1 28 4 313.6 314.9 293.1 335.3 6.94 8 650 3831 6.5 1.1 68 5.5 3.5 340 1 316.4 317.6 293.4 336.5 6.37 9 600 4484 3.1 -2.9 65 5.9 -0.0 253 3 319.6 320.7 293.4 336.3 5.16 10 550 5185 -0.1 -8.5 53 8.4 -4.0 237 13 324.0 324.7 293.3 336.1 3.66 11 500 5942 -4.3 -15.9 40 11.6 -8.8 229 17 327.7 328.2 293.2 335.3 2.21 12 450 6764 -9.0 -22.7 32 13.7 -13.3 226 14 331.9 332.1 293.5 336.7 1.37 13 400 7665 -14.8 -27.4 34 12.5 -18.1 233 12 335.7 335.9 294.1 339.4 1.01 14 350 8661 -21.7 -31.8 40 10.0 -23.9 240 10 339.4 339.6 294.9 342.3 0.76 15 300 9777 -30.0 -38.7 43 8.7 -31.3 233 6 343.0 343.1 295.4 344.8 0.45 16 250 11049 -40.2 -53.3 23 13.1 -41.0 251 7 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.8 0.11 17 200 12528 -52.5 -67.7 14 15.1 -52.9 241 9 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14331 -64.8 -77.3 16 12.4 -65.0 50 4 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16747 -72.7 -84.5 15 11.8 -72.7 116 3 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.46 m Freezing level: 551.28 mb = 5166.62 m = 16950.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.55 mb = 4476.01 m = 14684.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.79 % Est. max temperature: 33.90 C = 93.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.08 mb = 998.77 m = 3276.78 ft T: 23.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 31.18 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.87 mb = 1393.67 m = 4572.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.63 C = 92.54 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 32.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2358.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.33 mb = 1259.91 m = 4133.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.33 mb = 1510.05 m = 4954.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.33 mb = 14478.57 m = 47501.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2349.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.7 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 301.7 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1242.25 Bulk Shear: 1.90 m/s