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: 32.33,-85 Latitude: 32.33 Longitude: -85.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 83 24.2 23.5 96 0.7 23.7 122 3 296.8 300.1 296.6 349.9 18.36 1 1000 137 23.4 23.1 98 0.3 23.2 123 3 296.6 299.9 296.4 348.8 18.07 2 950 584 20.9 20.9 100 -0.0 20.9 139 19 298.4 301.4 295.9 346.7 16.61 3 900 1053 19.4 19.4 100 -0.0 19.4 231 9 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.4 15.93 4 850 1544 16.3 16.2 99 0.1 16.2 264 4 303.2 305.7 295.3 343.9 13.74 5 800 2060 15.4 10.9 75 4.4 12.5 276 5 307.5 309.5 294.0 338.7 10.32 6 750 2605 11.6 9.7 88 1.8 10.4 269 6 309.1 311.0 294.3 340.0 10.14 7 700 3179 8.6 6.2 85 2.4 7.2 266 8 312.0 313.6 293.9 338.4 8.54 8 650 3790 5.7 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 270 12 315.4 316.8 294.1 339.0 7.52 9 600 4441 2.0 -3.3 68 5.3 -0.7 283 15 318.4 319.4 292.9 334.5 5.00 10 550 5138 -2.3 -6.9 70 4.6 -4.5 279 12 321.4 322.2 293.0 334.9 4.13 11 500 5889 -6.0 -12.7 59 6.7 -8.7 258 13 325.7 326.3 293.2 335.4 2.88 12 450 6708 -10.2 -20.1 44 10.0 -13.5 254 14 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.5 1.72 13 400 7606 -15.5 -26.0 40 10.5 -18.3 247 15 334.9 335.1 294.1 339.1 1.15 14 350 8601 -21.6 -40.7 16 19.0 -24.7 252 16 339.6 339.6 294.5 340.8 0.31 15 300 9717 -30.2 -45.5 21 15.2 -32.0 244 18 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.6 0.22 16 250 10986 -40.5 -49.7 37 9.2 -41.2 241 22 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.5 0.16 17 200 12464 -52.7 -59.6 43 7.0 -52.8 237 28 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.06 18 150 14260 -65.6 -74.7 27 9.1 -65.7 259 17 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16688 -70.5 -85.1 10 14.6 -70.6 18 7 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.91 m Freezing level: 576.69 mb = 4765.91 m = 15636.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.78 mb = 4349.76 m = 14270.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.49 mb = 167.17 m = 548.45 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 9.62 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 960.16 mb = 491.11 m = 1611.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.69 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 36.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 456.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.42 mb = 543.40 m = 1782.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.42 mb = 589.18 m = 1932.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 909.42 mb = 962.33 m = 3157.22 ft B at Equ Level: 19.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.42 mb = 14697.81 m = 48220.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.7 neg: -5.4 tot: 106.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 10.63 Bulk Shear: 42.97 m/s