MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 23Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 23.93,-78.16 Latitude: 23.93 Longitude: -78.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 29.2 26.1 84 3.1 26.9 175 2 301.0 304.9 299.5 364.3 21.44 1 1000 135 27.7 24.2 81 3.6 25.1 178 2 300.9 304.4 298.2 357.8 19.31 2 950 591 24.6 21.4 82 3.2 22.3 65 4 302.2 305.3 297.3 352.8 17.14 3 900 1064 21.0 19.6 92 1.4 20.1 67 10 303.2 306.2 296.9 351.2 16.18 4 850 1557 17.2 16.5 96 0.7 16.7 69 11 304.1 306.7 295.7 345.8 14.00 5 800 2074 16.0 5.2 49 10.7 9.7 79 12 308.2 309.5 291.6 329.5 6.96 6 750 2620 13.5 1.9 45 11.6 7.1 92 10 311.3 312.4 291.6 329.5 5.86 7 700 3197 10.1 0.8 52 9.3 5.0 92 8 313.7 314.8 292.3 332.0 5.80 8 650 3809 6.8 -6.6 38 13.3 0.4 94 7 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.2 3.59 9 600 4462 3.3 -15.8 23 19.2 -4.1 89 7 320.0 320.4 290.6 326.3 1.85 10 550 5162 -0.2 -28.0 10 27.9 -8.2 78 9 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.4 0.69 11 500 5917 -5.7 -11.7 62 6.1 -8.2 83 9 326.2 326.8 293.5 336.7 3.12 12 450 6734 -10.9 -21.0 43 10.0 -14.2 110 6 329.5 329.8 293.1 335.1 1.59 13 400 7628 -17.2 -28.8 36 11.5 -20.0 157 3 332.6 332.7 293.3 335.8 0.89 14 350 8613 -24.6 -42.8 17 18.2 -27.1 56 3 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.5 0.25 15 300 9716 -32.9 -48.3 20 15.4 -34.3 57 8 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.6 0.16 16 250 10974 -42.2 -64.3 7 22.2 -43.0 65 13 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 17 200 12441 -54.1 -63.4 31 9.2 -54.4 37 16 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14246 -63.3 -76.3 16 13.0 -63.4 76 7 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16681 -72.8 -85.8 12 13.0 -72.9 59 19 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.58 m Freezing level: 552.31 mb = 5129.57 m = 16829.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.24 mb = 3869.26 m = 12694.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.17 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.03 mb = 387.32 m = 1270.72 ft T: 26.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 34.82 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.05 mb = 1005.34 m = 3298.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 29.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2073.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.12 mb = 842.19 m = 2763.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.12 mb = 1178.57 m = 3866.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.12 mb = 13530.48 m = 44390.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2067.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.5 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 112.5 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 333.02 Bulk Shear: 6.23 m/s