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: 32.33,-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 25.4 23.4 89 2.0 24.0 38 10 298.2 301.6 297.0 351.7 18.38 1 1000 117 24.4 23.0 92 1.4 23.3 39 10 297.5 300.8 296.5 349.5 17.91 2 950 565 22.5 22.5 100 0.0 22.5 67 11 300.0 303.4 297.4 353.7 18.31 3 900 1036 20.0 18.8 93 1.1 19.2 208 8 302.1 304.9 296.1 347.4 15.37 4 850 1528 17.9 13.9 77 4.1 15.3 217 8 304.9 307.1 294.4 340.2 11.79 5 800 2046 15.3 11.5 78 3.7 12.9 215 6 307.4 309.4 294.3 339.8 10.73 6 750 2591 12.6 7.3 70 5.3 9.4 233 7 310.3 311.9 293.5 336.7 8.60 7 700 3168 10.5 0.7 51 9.7 5.1 250 8 314.1 315.2 292.3 332.2 5.76 8 650 3782 7.6 -3.7 45 11.3 1.8 245 11 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.9 4.46 9 600 4436 3.8 -9.0 39 12.8 -2.0 253 12 320.5 321.2 292.0 331.2 3.23 10 550 5137 -0.9 -14.0 36 13.1 -6.1 261 13 323.0 323.5 292.0 331.0 2.36 11 500 5890 -5.6 -16.3 43 10.7 -9.6 259 15 326.2 326.6 292.7 333.5 2.14 12 450 6708 -10.3 -18.0 54 7.6 -13.0 249 18 330.2 330.6 293.7 337.4 2.07 13 400 7606 -15.6 -28.0 34 12.4 -18.7 240 20 334.8 334.9 293.9 338.3 0.96 14 350 8600 -21.9 -40.6 17 18.8 -24.8 243 17 339.3 339.3 294.4 340.5 0.31 15 300 9715 -30.5 -48.1 16 17.6 -32.3 230 17 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.16 16 250 10985 -39.8 -49.8 34 9.9 -40.6 227 27 346.8 346.9 296.1 347.5 0.16 17 200 12469 -52.0 -62.0 29 10.0 -52.3 218 32 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.05 18 150 14270 -65.0 -75.6 22 10.6 -65.1 229 16 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16703 -70.3 -85.5 9 15.1 -70.4 173 3 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.63 m Freezing level: 559.51 mb = 5003.37 m = 16415.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.89 mb = 4090.73 m = 13420.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.90 C = 89.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.63 mb = 332.76 m = 1091.72 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.69 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.30 mb = 757.07 m = 2483.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 27.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 796.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.35 mb = 617.28 m = 2025.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.35 mb = 1041.89 m = 3418.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.35 mb = 12489.11 m = 40974.26 ft B at Equ Level: 796.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.35 mb = 15641.38 m = 51316.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 107.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 14.14 Bulk Shear: 56.35 m/s