MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.13,-81.7 Latitude: 32.13 Longitude: -81.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 30 23.1 20.5 85 2.6 21.3 41 6 295.1 297.8 293.9 338.5 15.13 1 1000 149 22.0 19.8 87 2.2 20.5 45 9 295.1 297.8 293.6 337.3 14.70 2 950 595 20.7 20.7 100 0.0 20.8 90 21 298.2 301.2 295.7 346.0 16.43 3 900 1063 19.1 18.0 93 1.1 18.4 128 13 301.2 303.9 295.3 344.0 14.56 4 850 1554 16.5 15.8 96 0.6 16.0 135 4 303.4 305.9 295.1 343.2 13.42 5 800 2069 13.7 12.9 95 0.8 13.1 300 7 305.7 307.9 294.6 341.0 11.77 6 750 2611 11.1 11.1 100 -0.0 11.1 249 6 308.6 310.7 294.9 342.4 11.15 7 700 3186 7.8 7.8 100 0.0 7.8 302 4 311.1 312.9 294.4 340.3 9.51 8 650 3796 5.1 5.1 100 0.0 5.1 247 6 314.7 316.4 294.6 341.3 8.51 9 600 4447 1.4 1.4 100 0.0 1.4 252 8 317.7 319.1 294.3 340.1 7.06 10 550 5143 -2.7 -2.7 100 0.0 -2.7 254 13 320.9 322.1 294.2 339.4 5.73 11 500 5893 -7.0 -7.3 98 0.3 -7.1 248 17 324.5 325.4 294.1 339.2 4.43 12 450 6710 -10.4 -13.9 76 3.4 -11.8 239 16 330.1 330.7 294.3 340.1 2.91 13 400 7610 -15.0 -23.5 48 8.5 -17.6 237 11 335.4 335.7 294.5 340.6 1.43 14 350 8606 -21.7 -31.9 39 10.2 -23.9 235 9 339.4 339.6 294.8 342.3 0.75 15 300 9723 -29.8 -39.3 40 9.4 -31.2 236 14 343.3 343.4 295.5 345.0 0.42 16 250 10995 -40.0 -45.8 53 5.9 -40.5 222 16 346.7 346.7 296.1 347.7 0.25 17 200 12477 -52.4 -57.1 57 4.6 -52.6 240 19 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.09 18 150 14274 -66.2 -74.2 32 8.0 -66.3 226 20 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16696 -71.2 -84.3 13 13.1 -71.2 81 5 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.60 m Freezing level: 583.01 mb = 4683.24 m = 15364.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.09 mb = 4675.39 m = 15339.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.25 mb = 358.06 m = 1174.72 ft T: 21.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 4.98 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.46 mb = 1087.69 m = 3568.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 39.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.17 mb = 602.90 m = 1977.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.17 mb = 2454.12 m = 8051.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 454.17 mb = 6638.88 m = 21780.84 ft B at Equ Level: 125.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 334.17 mb = 8940.99 m = 29333.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.0 neg: -10.5 tot: 128.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 65.33 m/s