MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 1013 30 25.0 20.8 78 4.2 22.1 50 6 297.1 299.9 294.7 341.8 15.46 1 1000 140 23.0 19.8 82 3.2 20.8 52 7 296.2 298.8 293.9 338.4 14.67 2 950 587 20.0 19.4 97 0.5 19.6 74 17 297.4 300.2 294.6 341.2 15.13 3 900 1054 18.7 17.8 94 0.9 18.1 158 8 300.8 303.5 295.1 343.2 14.43 4 850 1545 16.7 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 197 2 303.7 306.1 295.1 343.4 13.37 5 800 2061 14.5 12.4 88 2.0 13.1 256 10 306.6 308.7 294.5 340.9 11.40 6 750 2605 11.6 10.6 94 1.0 10.9 246 9 309.1 311.1 294.8 341.9 10.76 7 700 3180 8.7 7.3 91 1.4 7.9 234 9 312.2 313.9 294.5 340.7 9.24 8 650 3791 5.2 2.5 82 2.8 3.7 244 10 314.9 316.3 293.6 337.1 7.06 9 600 4440 1.2 -0.2 90 1.4 0.5 242 15 317.6 318.8 293.7 337.7 6.32 10 550 5137 -2.3 -3.1 94 0.8 -2.7 257 14 321.3 322.4 294.1 339.3 5.53 11 500 5888 -6.3 -9.2 80 2.9 -7.6 253 14 325.3 326.1 293.9 338.1 3.82 12 450 6708 -9.6 -16.5 57 6.9 -12.1 262 13 331.2 331.7 294.1 339.4 2.34 13 400 7609 -14.7 -22.0 54 7.2 -17.0 236 13 335.8 336.2 294.7 341.7 1.65 14 350 8606 -21.5 -31.4 40 9.9 -23.6 219 14 339.8 340.0 295.0 342.8 0.79 15 300 9724 -29.6 -40.9 32 11.4 -31.1 225 16 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.1 0.36 16 250 10998 -39.8 -44.8 59 4.9 -40.3 229 18 346.8 346.9 296.2 348.0 0.28 17 200 12478 -52.3 -60.7 36 8.3 -52.6 236 21 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.05 18 150 14276 -66.0 -74.1 31 8.1 -66.0 229 17 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16695 -71.0 -84.1 13 13.1 -71.0 122 3 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.60 m Freezing level: 582.49 mb = 4684.24 m = 15368.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.42 mb = 4542.12 m = 14901.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.70 mb = 561.86 m = 1843.34 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 4.82 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1227.43 m = 4026.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.24 mb = 685.10 m = 2247.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.24 mb = 4118.92 m = 13513.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.24 mb = 5666.93 m = 18592.07 ft B at Equ Level: 22.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 454.24 mb = 6634.67 m = 21767.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.4 neg: -10.5 tot: 106.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 60.33 m/s