MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.36,-86.61 Latitude: 33.36 Longitude: -86.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 986 237 24.9 22.2 85 2.7 23.0 68 7 299.3 302.4 296.6 349.9 17.33 2 950 560 21.5 21.0 97 0.5 21.2 71 12 299.0 302.0 296.1 347.7 16.70 3 900 1028 19.0 18.9 99 0.1 18.9 186 4 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.5 15.42 4 850 1521 17.9 15.7 87 2.2 16.4 282 4 304.9 307.4 295.4 344.7 13.33 5 800 2039 15.5 13.0 85 2.5 13.8 278 9 307.6 309.9 295.1 343.4 11.85 6 750 2584 12.6 7.7 72 5.0 9.6 269 9 310.3 312.0 293.7 337.4 8.82 7 700 3161 9.2 7.9 92 1.3 8.5 243 8 312.7 314.5 294.9 342.5 9.63 8 650 3773 6.8 -2.3 52 9.1 2.1 254 9 316.7 317.6 292.4 332.6 4.98 9 600 4426 3.5 -12.8 29 16.3 -3.3 261 10 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.2 2.39 10 550 5127 -0.8 -15.3 33 14.4 -6.4 251 12 323.1 323.5 291.8 330.3 2.12 11 500 5879 -6.1 -11.4 66 5.3 -8.3 238 15 325.6 326.2 293.4 336.4 3.20 12 450 6698 -9.8 -28.0 21 18.2 -14.7 247 15 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.0 0.85 13 400 7595 -16.1 -41.7 9 25.6 -20.4 269 15 334.0 334.0 293.0 335.0 0.25 14 350 8588 -21.8 -40.1 18 18.2 -24.8 255 19 339.3 339.4 294.5 340.6 0.33 15 300 9705 -29.3 -48.9 13 19.6 -31.3 258 22 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.7 0.15 16 250 10981 -40.0 -49.9 34 10.0 -40.7 243 27 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.3 0.16 17 200 12463 -51.3 -79.7 2 28.4 -51.7 240 31 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.00 18 150 14270 -65.2 -74.1 28 9.0 -65.3 253 37 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16702 -69.5 -84.8 9 15.2 -69.6 123 11 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.52 m Freezing level: 559.52 mb = 4993.31 m = 16382.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.58 mb = 4020.60 m = 13190.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.93 mb = 578.80 m = 1898.92 ft T: 21.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.48 mb = 823.84 m = 2702.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 38.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 270.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.75 mb = 793.22 m = 2602.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.75 mb = 934.87 m = 3067.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 879.75 mb = 1224.38 m = 4016.95 ft B at Equ Level: 12.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 809.75 mb = 1935.21 m = 6349.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.9 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 282.9 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.4 neg: -8.9 tot: 45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 5.45 Bulk Shear: 49.63 m/s