MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F053.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F053.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 53 hour NAM valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 27.91,-90.19 Latitude: 27.91 Longitude: -90.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -0 28.4 26.1 87 2.3 26.6 6 3 300.5 304.4 299.4 363.6 21.43 1 1000 105 27.2 25.5 91 1.6 26.0 10 3 300.3 304.2 299.1 362.1 21.00 2 950 560 23.7 23.4 98 0.3 23.5 338 9 301.3 304.9 298.4 358.6 19.45 3 900 1032 21.3 18.2 83 3.0 19.2 357 11 303.4 306.2 296.1 347.4 14.82 4 850 1527 19.6 12.7 64 7.0 15.1 352 9 306.7 308.8 294.2 339.6 10.89 5 800 2047 16.4 9.9 65 6.6 12.3 351 7 308.7 310.5 293.8 337.9 9.60 6 750 2594 13.5 6.8 64 6.7 9.5 343 6 311.3 312.9 293.6 336.9 8.32 7 700 3171 10.2 5.2 71 5.0 7.2 342 5 313.8 315.3 294.0 338.6 7.97 8 650 3786 7.3 -1.0 56 8.3 2.9 338 2 317.2 318.3 293.0 334.8 5.48 9 600 4440 3.2 -2.4 67 5.5 0.3 336 2 319.8 320.8 293.6 337.1 5.36 10 550 5140 -1.3 -6.2 70 4.8 -3.7 291 2 322.5 323.3 293.6 336.9 4.39 11 500 5893 -6.0 -10.7 69 4.7 -8.1 186 2 325.7 326.3 293.6 337.0 3.37 12 450 6710 -10.9 -13.1 84 2.2 -11.8 178 8 329.5 330.1 294.3 340.1 3.09 13 400 7606 -16.0 -20.8 66 4.8 -17.5 160 9 334.2 334.6 294.5 340.7 1.82 14 350 8599 -22.5 -27.0 67 4.5 -23.6 149 8 338.5 338.7 295.0 342.9 1.20 15 300 9714 -30.2 -36.3 55 6.1 -31.2 133 7 342.8 342.9 295.5 345.0 0.57 16 250 10985 -40.4 -48.4 42 8.0 -40.9 110 15 346.1 346.1 295.9 346.9 0.19 17 200 12464 -52.2 -56.2 62 4.0 -52.3 75 19 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.09 18 150 14259 -66.6 -71.4 51 4.8 -66.7 59 16 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16670 -68.9 -83.6 10 14.7 -68.9 93 20 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.61 m Freezing level: 564.99 mb = 4929.74 m = 16173.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.76 mb = 4483.10 m = 14708.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.77 % Est. max temperature: 33.81 C = 92.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.58 mb = 288.00 m = 944.86 ft T: 25.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 26.69 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 675.69 m = 2216.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.71 C K Index: 33.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2321.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.43 mb = 602.10 m = 1975.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.43 mb = 836.29 m = 2743.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.43 mb = 14651.36 m = 48068.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2285.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.5 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 14.5 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -4.8 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 33495.70 Bulk Shear: 0.07 m/s