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: 32.33,-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 24.3 22.1 88 2.2 22.8 41 10 297.1 300.2 295.8 346.2 16.95 1 1000 116 23.3 21.6 90 1.7 22.1 41 10 296.5 299.4 295.3 344.0 16.49 2 950 563 22.6 21.8 96 0.7 22.1 79 13 300.1 303.3 297.0 351.7 17.61 3 900 1033 20.4 18.7 90 1.7 19.2 219 3 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.7 15.29 4 850 1526 17.9 15.5 86 2.4 16.3 226 6 304.9 307.3 295.3 344.2 13.17 5 800 2044 15.5 11.4 77 4.1 12.9 224 5 307.7 309.7 294.3 339.9 10.66 6 750 2590 13.0 6.7 66 6.3 9.2 233 6 310.6 312.2 293.3 335.9 8.21 7 700 3167 10.3 0.6 51 9.8 5.0 231 7 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.9 5.70 8 650 3780 7.2 -2.8 49 9.9 2.1 234 10 317.1 318.0 292.4 332.5 4.81 9 600 4434 3.6 -7.2 45 10.8 -1.5 250 10 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.4 3.71 10 550 5134 -0.9 -13.4 38 12.6 -6.0 262 11 323.1 323.5 292.1 331.4 2.46 11 500 5888 -5.4 -15.8 44 10.4 -9.3 260 14 326.5 326.9 292.9 334.2 2.24 12 450 6707 -10.2 -16.1 62 5.8 -12.4 250 18 330.4 330.8 294.0 338.8 2.43 13 400 7605 -15.3 -28.2 32 12.9 -18.6 238 20 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.5 0.93 14 350 8601 -21.6 -41.6 15 20.0 -24.7 241 18 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.7 0.28 15 300 9717 -30.3 -47.6 17 17.3 -32.1 228 18 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.17 16 250 10988 -39.6 -48.0 40 8.4 -40.3 231 31 347.2 347.2 296.2 348.0 0.20 17 200 12473 -51.7 -55.8 62 4.1 -51.9 221 34 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.3 0.10 18 150 14275 -65.4 -78.6 14 13.3 -65.5 225 16 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16699 -71.0 -85.0 11 13.9 -71.1 154 4 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.99 m Freezing level: 559.73 mb = 4998.04 m = 16397.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.03 mb = 4152.55 m = 13623.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.87 mb = 355.81 m = 1167.33 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 19.85 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 1082.21 m = 3550.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 29.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 376.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.68 mb = 685.91 m = 2250.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.68 mb = 3386.31 m = 11109.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.68 mb = 10941.74 m = 35897.66 ft B at Equ Level: 374.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.68 mb = 14205.06 m = 46603.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.5 neg: -2.2 tot: 94.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.73 Bulk Shear: 55.89 m/s