MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 1011 30 27.1 21.2 70 5.9 22.9 88 6 299.3 302.2 295.7 345.6 15.86 1 1000 130 25.9 20.6 73 5.3 22.2 87 8 299.0 301.8 295.3 344.1 15.46 2 950 581 21.5 19.3 87 2.2 20.0 80 11 299.0 301.8 295.0 342.9 15.03 3 900 1049 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 77 8 301.0 303.8 295.7 346.0 15.32 4 850 1539 16.4 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 56 1 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.1 13.43 5 800 2054 14.1 11.7 86 2.4 12.5 255 4 306.1 308.1 294.0 338.8 10.85 6 750 2598 11.6 9.4 86 2.2 10.2 240 6 309.1 311.0 294.1 339.3 9.91 7 700 3172 8.6 6.1 85 2.4 7.1 242 8 312.0 313.6 293.9 338.2 8.49 8 650 3783 5.4 3.2 86 2.1 4.1 247 11 315.0 316.5 293.9 338.4 7.45 9 600 4434 2.2 -0.0 86 2.2 1.0 251 13 318.6 319.8 294.1 339.0 6.38 10 550 5132 -1.3 -5.9 71 4.6 -3.5 256 16 322.6 323.5 293.6 337.3 4.49 11 500 5887 -5.5 -8.6 79 3.0 -6.9 253 17 326.3 327.1 294.3 339.7 4.01 12 450 6707 -9.6 -18.0 51 8.3 -12.6 253 18 331.1 331.5 293.9 338.4 2.07 13 400 7607 -14.8 -28.7 30 13.8 -18.3 253 20 335.7 335.9 294.1 339.0 0.90 14 350 8604 -21.2 -32.6 35 11.4 -23.6 246 18 340.1 340.3 295.0 342.8 0.70 15 300 9724 -29.3 -36.4 50 7.1 -30.4 227 21 344.2 344.3 295.8 346.4 0.57 16 250 10999 -39.7 -48.5 38 8.9 -40.4 215 20 347.1 347.2 296.1 347.9 0.19 17 200 12482 -52.0 -64.3 22 12.2 -52.4 218 23 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14280 -65.7 -74.9 27 9.1 -65.8 205 25 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16703 -69.8 -84.9 9 15.1 -69.8 289 3 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.57 m Freezing level: 568.45 mb = 4874.73 m = 15993.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.25 mb = 4579.26 m = 15023.64 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.71 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.15 mb = 782.24 m = 2566.37 ft T: 20.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 7.28 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1108.46 m = 3636.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.46 mb = 863.64 m = 2833.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.46 mb = 2659.50 m = 8725.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 474.46 mb = 6294.85 m = 20652.16 ft B at Equ Level: 50.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 374.46 mb = 8099.96 m = 26574.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -13.7 tot: -3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 46.20 m/s