MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 27.2 25.5 91 1.7 26.0 11 7 300.0 303.8 299.0 361.4 20.90 1 1000 116 25.9 25.0 94 1.0 25.2 11 7 299.1 302.8 298.4 358.4 20.28 2 950 567 22.6 22.1 97 0.5 22.2 23 6 300.1 303.4 297.2 352.5 17.88 3 900 1037 20.4 18.6 90 1.7 19.2 224 7 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.5 15.20 4 850 1529 17.6 14.6 83 2.9 15.6 213 7 304.6 306.9 294.7 341.6 12.42 5 800 2047 15.3 10.8 75 4.4 12.4 231 6 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.4 10.26 6 750 2591 12.2 8.0 75 4.2 9.6 242 6 309.9 311.6 293.7 337.5 9.04 7 700 3168 10.1 3.5 63 6.6 6.3 260 9 313.7 315.0 293.2 335.7 7.03 8 650 3782 7.5 -2.8 48 10.2 2.2 253 11 317.4 318.3 292.4 332.8 4.81 9 600 4436 3.6 -7.6 44 11.1 -1.6 261 12 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.1 3.61 10 550 5136 -1.1 -13.6 38 12.5 -6.1 264 13 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.0 2.44 11 500 5888 -5.6 -17.0 40 11.4 -9.8 254 14 326.2 326.6 292.6 333.1 2.01 12 450 6707 -9.9 -19.4 46 9.5 -13.2 247 17 330.7 331.1 293.6 337.1 1.83 13 400 7606 -15.0 -32.2 22 17.1 -18.9 245 19 335.4 335.6 293.8 337.8 0.64 14 350 8603 -21.5 -40.6 16 19.0 -24.6 253 18 339.7 339.8 294.6 341.0 0.32 15 300 9719 -30.3 -49.9 13 19.6 -32.2 242 18 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.13 16 250 10989 -40.1 -51.6 28 11.5 -40.9 231 26 346.4 346.5 296.0 347.0 0.13 17 200 12471 -52.2 -59.1 43 7.0 -52.4 219 32 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.07 18 150 14271 -65.0 -75.2 23 10.2 -65.1 231 15 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16706 -70.3 -84.9 10 14.6 -70.4 161 4 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.56 m Freezing level: 561.93 mb = 4968.66 m = 16301.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.28 mb = 4150.99 m = 13618.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.48 mb = 289.15 m = 948.63 ft T: 24.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 30.46 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 710.93 m = 2332.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 31.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1155.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.36 mb = 646.19 m = 2120.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.36 mb = 880.23 m = 2887.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.36 mb = 13258.00 m = 43496.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1147.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.36 mb = 16336.26 m = 53595.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: -6.7 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 44.58 Bulk Shear: 25.93 m/s