MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 14Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.13,-81.2 Latitude: 32.13 Longitude: -81.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 5 23.7 21.1 85 2.6 21.8 32 7 295.4 298.3 294.4 340.4 15.63 1 1000 146 22.3 20.0 87 2.3 20.7 35 10 295.4 298.1 293.9 338.1 14.86 2 950 593 20.4 20.3 99 0.1 20.3 76 21 297.8 300.7 295.3 344.1 15.93 3 900 1060 19.0 17.2 89 1.9 17.8 100 10 301.1 303.7 294.7 341.8 13.82 4 850 1551 16.5 15.3 93 1.2 15.7 117 4 303.4 305.8 294.8 342.0 12.99 5 800 2066 13.5 13.5 100 -0.0 13.6 249 6 305.6 307.9 294.9 342.3 12.28 6 750 2609 11.4 11.4 100 -0.0 11.4 262 9 309.0 311.1 295.1 343.5 11.37 7 700 3183 8.0 7.8 99 0.1 7.9 254 5 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.6 9.54 8 650 3793 4.9 4.4 96 0.6 4.6 236 4 314.6 316.1 294.3 339.8 8.08 9 600 4443 1.2 -0.3 90 1.5 0.4 277 8 317.6 318.8 293.7 337.5 6.27 10 550 5139 -2.8 -5.4 82 2.7 -4.1 257 13 320.8 321.7 293.3 335.9 4.65 11 500 5890 -5.7 -8.1 84 2.3 -6.8 244 14 326.0 326.9 294.3 339.9 4.17 12 450 6709 -10.5 -12.6 85 2.1 -11.4 238 12 330.0 330.6 294.6 341.0 3.23 13 400 7608 -15.3 -19.9 68 4.6 -16.8 241 13 335.1 335.5 294.8 342.2 1.98 14 350 8603 -22.1 -26.0 71 3.8 -23.1 247 12 338.9 339.2 295.2 343.7 1.31 15 300 9719 -29.9 -37.2 49 7.3 -31.0 211 14 343.2 343.3 295.6 345.2 0.52 16 250 10991 -39.9 -46.4 50 6.5 -40.4 223 16 346.8 346.8 296.1 347.8 0.24 17 200 12474 -52.3 -60.5 36 8.3 -52.5 237 19 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.06 18 150 14271 -66.5 -74.2 33 7.8 -66.5 233 18 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16690 -71.3 -84.4 13 13.1 -71.4 60 2 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.92 m Freezing level: 584.45 mb = 4658.95 m = 15285.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.24 mb = 4506.31 m = 14784.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.58 mb = 334.88 m = 1098.66 ft T: 21.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 7.57 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 1138.86 m = 3736.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.55 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 37.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.74 mb = 604.43 m = 1983.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.74 mb = 3021.60 m = 9913.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.74 mb = 5831.53 m = 19132.10 ft B at Equ Level: 60.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 393.74 mb = 7725.74 m = 25346.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.4 neg: -5.3 tot: 112.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 63.23 m/s