MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1012 30 27.3 21.1 69 6.2 22.9 76 6 299.4 302.3 295.6 345.4 15.74 1 1000 132 25.8 20.3 72 5.5 21.9 75 7 299.0 301.7 295.1 343.2 15.19 2 950 583 21.4 19.3 88 2.1 19.9 69 10 298.9 301.6 294.9 342.5 14.95 3 900 1050 18.9 18.9 100 -0.0 18.9 96 3 301.0 303.8 295.8 346.3 15.44 4 850 1540 16.5 15.9 96 0.6 16.1 328 1 303.4 305.9 295.1 343.6 13.52 5 800 2056 14.0 12.7 92 1.4 13.1 263 6 306.1 308.3 294.6 340.9 11.59 6 750 2599 11.4 9.4 88 1.9 10.2 246 7 308.9 310.8 294.1 339.2 9.94 7 700 3174 8.5 7.2 91 1.3 7.7 225 10 311.9 313.6 294.3 340.0 9.12 8 650 3784 5.5 1.8 77 3.6 3.4 246 11 315.1 316.4 293.4 336.3 6.72 9 600 4435 2.1 -0.3 84 2.4 0.8 245 13 318.5 319.7 293.9 338.4 6.23 10 550 5133 -1.3 -5.1 75 3.8 -3.2 250 13 322.5 323.5 293.9 338.1 4.76 11 500 5888 -5.3 -8.9 76 3.6 -7.0 239 14 326.5 327.3 294.2 339.6 3.89 12 450 6708 -9.6 -14.5 68 4.8 -11.5 243 18 331.1 331.7 294.5 340.7 2.77 13 400 7609 -14.8 -20.2 64 5.4 -16.6 240 19 335.7 336.1 294.9 342.5 1.92 14 350 8606 -21.2 -29.4 48 8.1 -23.1 242 20 340.1 340.3 295.2 343.7 0.96 15 300 9726 -29.5 -38.5 41 9.1 -30.8 229 23 343.9 344.0 295.7 345.7 0.46 16 250 11000 -39.8 -47.7 43 7.9 -40.5 215 20 346.8 346.9 296.1 347.7 0.20 17 200 12482 -52.2 -64.2 22 12.0 -52.5 217 21 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14277 -66.5 -71.8 47 5.4 -66.5 215 24 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16696 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.7 252 3 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.95 m Freezing level: 569.23 mb = 4864.38 m = 15959.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.19 mb = 4567.12 m = 14983.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.69 mb = 816.09 m = 2677.41 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 7.16 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1139.93 m = 3739.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.10 mb = 868.47 m = 2849.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.10 mb = 2553.17 m = 8376.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 504.10 mb = 5822.97 m = 19103.99 ft B at Equ Level: 33.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 414.10 mb = 7343.92 m = 24093.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -12.8 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 38.76 m/s