MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 1004 82 26.2 25.2 94 1.0 25.5 353 3 299.0 302.7 298.5 359.1 20.54 1 1000 122 25.5 24.9 97 0.6 25.1 351 3 298.6 302.3 298.2 357.6 20.22 2 950 572 22.6 22.4 99 0.1 22.5 129 2 300.1 303.5 297.4 353.8 18.30 3 900 1042 19.6 18.5 94 1.1 18.8 210 6 301.7 304.4 295.7 346.1 15.07 4 850 1534 17.2 14.8 85 2.5 15.6 215 5 304.2 306.5 294.7 341.5 12.52 5 800 2051 15.0 11.5 80 3.5 12.7 242 4 307.1 309.1 294.2 339.5 10.73 6 750 2595 11.5 10.1 91 1.4 10.6 235 5 309.1 311.1 294.5 340.8 10.42 7 700 3170 9.1 4.2 71 4.9 6.3 255 9 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.6 7.41 8 650 3782 6.9 -1.7 54 8.6 2.4 260 11 316.8 317.8 292.6 333.4 5.20 9 600 4435 3.2 -6.2 50 9.4 -1.3 268 13 319.8 320.6 292.5 332.9 4.00 10 550 5134 -1.5 -11.1 48 9.5 -5.6 266 13 322.3 322.9 292.3 332.2 2.99 11 500 5887 -5.6 -17.0 40 11.4 -9.7 250 13 326.2 326.6 292.6 333.2 2.03 12 450 6706 -9.8 -20.7 41 10.9 -13.3 248 16 331.0 331.3 293.5 336.8 1.64 13 400 7605 -15.0 -31.6 23 16.5 -18.8 250 19 335.4 335.6 293.8 338.0 0.68 14 350 8602 -21.5 -43.3 12 21.7 -24.8 261 19 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.7 0.24 15 300 9718 -30.2 -49.4 14 19.2 -32.1 246 19 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.14 16 250 10988 -40.3 -51.6 29 11.2 -41.1 234 25 346.1 346.1 295.9 346.6 0.13 17 200 12468 -52.3 -63.9 23 11.6 -52.5 224 33 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14267 -65.3 -73.5 31 8.2 -65.4 231 17 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16703 -69.7 -84.0 11 14.3 -69.8 136 4 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.39 m Freezing level: 566.16 mb = 4908.54 m = 16103.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.99 mb = 4194.39 m = 13760.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.62 mb = 204.44 m = 670.72 ft T: 24.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 19.59 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.53 mb = 622.46 m = 2042.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 32.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1278.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.42 mb = 586.73 m = 1924.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.42 mb = 725.26 m = 2379.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.42 mb = 13359.82 m = 43830.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1269.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.7 neg: -1.6 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 90.98 Bulk Shear: 14.05 m/s