MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 30.51,-81.83 Latitude: 30.51 Longitude: -81.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 6 25.3 25.0 98 0.3 25.1 96 5 297.1 300.7 297.7 355.0 19.97 1 1000 139 24.5 24.0 97 0.5 24.2 73 10 297.6 301.1 297.3 353.2 19.14 2 950 590 22.4 18.5 79 3.9 19.7 47 10 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.6 14.25 3 900 1061 22.0 15.3 66 6.7 17.5 54 4 304.2 306.4 294.4 340.6 12.22 4 850 1556 19.6 11.7 60 7.9 14.5 339 3 306.7 308.6 293.7 337.6 10.24 5 800 2076 16.5 8.4 59 8.1 11.5 313 5 308.8 310.4 293.2 335.3 8.70 6 750 2623 13.3 5.1 58 8.2 8.5 310 8 311.1 312.5 292.7 333.9 7.38 7 700 3200 10.1 2.3 58 7.8 5.7 302 10 313.7 314.9 292.8 334.0 6.48 8 650 3812 6.3 -0.3 63 6.6 2.8 291 14 316.1 317.2 292.9 334.4 5.77 9 600 4464 2.5 -5.2 57 7.8 -1.3 284 17 319.1 319.9 292.6 333.1 4.33 10 550 5163 -1.0 -14.7 34 13.7 -6.4 279 21 322.9 323.3 291.8 330.4 2.22 11 500 5917 -5.3 -20.4 29 15.1 -10.4 277 21 326.6 326.9 292.2 331.9 1.51 12 450 6736 -10.2 -25.8 27 15.5 -14.6 274 20 330.3 330.6 292.8 334.1 1.04 13 400 7633 -15.6 -27.5 35 11.9 -18.7 281 19 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.4 1.00 14 350 8626 -22.8 -26.7 70 3.9 -23.7 289 20 338.1 338.3 295.0 342.6 1.23 15 300 9744 -29.2 -32.1 76 2.9 -29.7 305 20 344.2 344.4 296.1 347.5 0.86 16 250 11020 -39.1 -42.2 72 3.1 -39.4 312 16 348.0 348.1 296.5 349.5 0.37 17 200 12509 -50.8 -54.5 65 3.7 -51.0 114 1 352.3 352.3 297.3 352.8 0.12 18 150 14318 -66.1 -70.3 56 4.2 -66.2 120 22 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16717 -68.4 -82.7 11 14.4 -68.5 28 4 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.21 m Freezing level: 564.10 mb = 4966.08 m = 16292.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.70 mb = 4253.79 m = 13955.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.04 % Est. max temperature: 34.10 C = 93.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1011.39 mb = 39.80 m = 130.56 ft T: 25.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 21.16 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1824.37 m = 5985.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.97 C = 96.75 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.01 C K Index: 28.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 189.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.60 mb = 798.21 m = 2618.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.60 mb = 3653.62 m = 11986.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.60 mb = 9217.14 m = 30239.60 ft B at Equ Level: 187.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.60 mb = 11794.60 m = 38695.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.8 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 325.8 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -30.3 tot: -7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.84 Bulk Shear: 49.26 m/s