MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 25.4 24.0 92 1.4 24.3 120 4 298.0 301.5 297.3 353.1 18.95 1 1000 132 24.4 23.4 94 1.0 23.7 122 4 297.6 300.9 296.8 351.1 18.44 2 950 580 21.1 21.1 100 -0.0 21.1 147 15 298.6 301.6 296.1 347.5 16.82 3 900 1049 19.6 19.3 98 0.3 19.4 227 10 301.7 304.6 296.3 348.4 15.83 4 850 1541 17.0 15.8 92 1.3 16.2 227 4 304.0 306.4 295.2 343.7 13.36 5 800 2058 14.9 13.7 93 1.1 14.1 260 4 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.5 12.45 6 750 2602 11.6 11.0 96 0.6 11.3 246 4 309.2 311.3 295.0 342.9 11.09 7 700 3177 8.5 8.0 97 0.5 8.2 247 6 311.9 313.7 294.7 341.7 9.67 8 650 3788 6.2 -0.4 62 6.6 2.7 267 11 316.0 317.1 292.9 334.2 5.73 9 600 4440 2.2 -2.8 69 5.0 -0.4 279 13 318.7 319.7 293.2 335.3 5.18 10 550 5137 -2.0 -10.1 54 8.0 -5.5 272 12 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.4 3.23 11 500 5889 -5.8 -16.7 42 10.9 -9.8 252 13 326.0 326.4 292.6 333.1 2.07 12 450 6708 -9.9 -21.6 38 11.7 -13.6 248 14 330.8 331.1 293.4 336.2 1.51 13 400 7607 -15.3 -26.9 36 11.6 -18.3 244 16 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.0 1.06 14 350 8603 -21.5 -44.0 11 22.6 -24.7 252 17 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.7 0.22 15 300 9720 -30.0 -46.2 19 16.2 -31.9 244 19 343.0 343.1 295.3 343.8 0.20 16 250 10991 -40.3 -51.5 29 11.1 -41.1 240 24 346.1 346.1 295.9 346.6 0.13 17 200 12469 -52.5 -60.2 39 7.8 -52.7 237 30 349.7 349.7 296.6 350.0 0.06 18 150 14266 -65.4 -74.9 25 9.5 -65.4 249 15 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16695 -70.5 -84.7 11 14.2 -70.6 34 8 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.32 m Freezing level: 574.07 mb = 4801.72 m = 15753.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.41 mb = 4353.61 m = 14283.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.04 C = 87.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.77 mb = 257.15 m = 843.67 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 10.28 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.45 mb = 521.09 m = 1709.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.78 C = 78.41 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 38.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 552.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.25 mb = 577.94 m = 1896.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.25 mb = 623.70 m = 2046.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 905.25 mb = 998.52 m = 3275.95 ft B at Equ Level: 16.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.25 mb = 14886.35 m = 48839.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 280.7 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.7 neg: -8.8 tot: 72.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 18.71 Bulk Shear: 29.55 m/s