MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 4Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 24.02,-79.7 Latitude: 24.02 Longitude: -79.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -1 29.5 25.1 77 4.4 26.2 87 10 301.2 304.9 298.8 360.6 20.12 1 1000 145 28.1 24.1 79 4.0 25.1 87 11 301.2 304.7 298.2 357.9 19.21 2 950 600 23.7 23.1 97 0.6 23.3 88 11 301.2 304.7 298.1 357.3 19.03 3 900 1072 20.7 18.5 87 2.2 19.2 97 14 302.8 305.6 296.0 347.4 15.04 4 850 1566 18.8 13.1 70 5.7 15.1 97 12 305.8 307.9 294.2 339.5 11.23 5 800 2084 16.2 7.1 55 9.1 10.7 98 8 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.5 7.92 6 750 2630 13.0 -0.2 40 13.1 5.9 90 6 310.6 311.6 290.7 326.4 5.05 7 700 3205 9.2 -3.6 40 12.8 2.8 91 8 312.7 313.5 290.6 325.9 4.18 8 650 3815 6.0 -7.5 37 13.4 -0.3 90 11 315.7 316.3 290.7 326.5 3.35 9 600 4466 2.7 -11.2 35 13.8 -3.3 90 11 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.1 2.71 10 550 5165 -1.1 -10.3 50 9.1 -5.1 95 10 322.7 323.3 292.6 333.3 3.19 11 500 5918 -5.7 -16.4 42 10.7 -9.6 111 10 326.1 326.5 292.6 333.4 2.12 12 450 6735 -11.3 -21.8 41 10.5 -14.5 107 9 329.1 329.4 292.9 334.3 1.48 13 400 7628 -17.4 -31.5 28 14.1 -20.5 51 8 332.4 332.5 293.0 334.9 0.68 14 350 8613 -24.1 -42.8 16 18.7 -26.7 29 15 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.2 0.25 15 300 9719 -32.0 -40.3 44 8.3 -33.1 39 16 340.3 340.3 294.7 341.7 0.38 16 250 10981 -42.0 -50.0 41 8.1 -42.5 52 11 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.3 0.16 17 200 12450 -53.3 -62.8 30 9.6 -53.5 60 16 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14256 -64.6 -72.6 32 8.0 -64.7 64 18 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16685 -71.7 -86.1 10 14.5 -71.8 87 19 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.48 m Freezing level: 565.13 mb = 4953.06 m = 16250.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.40 mb = 3759.48 m = 12334.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.61 % Est. max temperature: 33.10 C = 91.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.59 mb = 557.59 m = 1829.34 ft T: 24.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 34.68 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 788.98 m = 2588.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 18.81 C K Index: 24.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2341.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.30 mb = 727.19 m = 2385.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.30 mb = 868.05 m = 2847.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.30 mb = 14202.28 m = 46594.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2313.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.1 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 124.1 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -7.0 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 10266.95 Bulk Shear: 0.23 m/s