MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.88,-84.19 Latitude: 33.88 Longitude: -84.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 143 SFC 981 305 16.9 15.5 92 1.3 16.0 50 9 291.6 293.6 289.9 323.8 11.38 2 950 579 14.0 14.0 100 -0.0 14.0 59 19 291.4 293.3 289.2 321.5 10.64 3 900 1037 15.4 15.5 100 -0.0 15.4 113 28 297.4 299.7 292.6 333.2 12.36 4 850 1525 16.4 16.4 100 -0.0 16.4 180 7 303.3 305.9 295.4 344.7 13.96 5 800 2042 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 190 2 306.8 309.2 295.8 346.2 13.10 6 750 2585 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.7 217 3 308.8 310.8 294.6 341.0 10.59 7 700 3160 8.7 7.3 91 1.4 7.8 242 5 312.1 313.9 294.4 340.6 9.22 8 650 3771 5.6 3.3 85 2.3 4.3 217 8 315.4 316.8 294.0 338.9 7.50 9 600 4423 2.2 -3.8 65 6.0 -0.8 230 12 318.7 319.6 292.9 334.2 4.83 10 550 5122 -1.1 -7.6 61 6.5 -4.1 249 11 322.7 323.5 293.2 335.7 3.91 11 500 5875 -6.1 -12.8 59 6.7 -8.8 258 14 325.6 326.2 293.1 335.3 2.85 12 450 6693 -10.5 -23.0 35 12.4 -14.3 255 18 330.0 330.2 293.0 334.7 1.34 13 400 7588 -16.2 -29.1 32 13.0 -19.3 251 23 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.1 0.86 14 350 8582 -22.1 -33.1 36 11.0 -24.4 247 27 338.9 339.0 294.7 341.4 0.67 15 300 9698 -30.4 -48.8 15 18.3 -32.3 240 22 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.15 16 250 10969 -39.5 -49.9 32 10.4 -40.3 239 44 347.3 347.3 296.2 347.9 0.16 17 200 12453 -51.5 -65.1 18 13.6 -51.8 236 43 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.03 18 150 14261 -62.9 -78.4 11 15.5 -63.1 242 24 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16709 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 244 7 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.39 m Freezing level: 566.92 mb = 4885.05 m = 16026.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.85 mb = 4316.83 m = 14162.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.01 mb = 472.49 m = 1550.15 ft T: 15.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 11.94 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 967.08 mb = 427.86 m = 1403.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.79 C = 62.22 F Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lifted Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.27 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 37.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7701.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.94 mb = 778.03 m = 2552.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.1 neg: -14.5 tot: 251.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 94.35 m/s