MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 33.59,-89.68 Latitude: 33.59 Longitude: -89.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 99 23.2 23.3 100 -0.0 23.3 10 1 295.7 298.9 296.1 347.7 18.10 1 1000 172 23.6 23.2 97 0.4 23.3 15 5 296.8 300.1 296.5 349.3 18.17 2 950 622 22.4 20.6 89 1.9 21.1 48 9 300.0 302.9 296.1 347.6 16.26 3 900 1092 19.5 17.5 88 2.0 18.1 45 4 301.6 304.2 295.1 343.2 14.10 4 850 1583 17.5 14.8 85 2.6 15.7 322 7 304.4 306.8 294.8 341.9 12.58 5 800 2100 15.1 12.7 85 2.4 13.5 319 8 307.3 309.4 294.8 342.3 11.60 6 750 2645 12.1 9.8 86 2.3 10.6 326 8 309.7 311.6 294.5 340.8 10.20 7 700 3221 9.5 4.8 73 4.6 6.7 328 5 312.9 314.4 293.6 337.0 7.73 8 650 3833 5.7 2.1 77 3.6 3.7 311 5 315.4 316.7 293.6 336.9 6.84 9 600 4484 2.2 -1.7 75 3.9 0.1 314 8 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.8 5.64 10 550 5183 -1.3 -6.2 69 4.9 -3.7 319 7 322.5 323.3 293.5 336.8 4.37 11 500 5936 -5.7 -11.4 64 5.8 -8.1 338 8 326.2 326.8 293.6 336.9 3.19 12 450 6755 -10.9 -15.2 71 4.3 -12.6 310 9 329.5 330.0 293.9 338.4 2.60 13 400 7650 -16.3 -20.2 72 3.9 -17.5 278 11 333.9 334.2 294.5 340.7 1.92 14 350 8642 -22.3 -27.1 65 4.8 -23.5 267 11 338.6 338.9 295.0 343.0 1.18 15 300 9757 -30.3 -35.6 60 5.3 -31.2 265 15 342.6 342.7 295.5 345.0 0.61 16 250 11027 -40.3 -47.0 49 6.6 -40.9 258 17 346.1 346.1 296.0 347.0 0.22 17 200 12505 -52.8 -61.0 36 8.2 -53.0 254 15 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14306 -63.8 -76.9 15 13.0 -64.0 286 12 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16738 -71.4 -85.0 12 13.5 -71.5 44 9 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.92 m Freezing level: 568.87 mb = 4919.00 m = 16138.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.20 mb = 4508.09 m = 14790.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1009.30 mb = 99.47 m = 326.33 ft T: 23.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 7.38 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.35 mb = 992.34 m = 3255.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 405.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.71 mb = 725.93 m = 2381.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.71 mb = 2382.36 m = 7816.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.71 mb = 10654.95 m = 34956.74 ft B at Equ Level: 405.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.71 mb = 14153.09 m = 46433.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.1 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 3.1 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -4.9 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 73.71 Bulk Shear: 5.51 m/s