MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 26.8 21.3 72 5.5 22.9 101 7 298.9 301.8 295.6 345.3 15.92 1 1000 134 25.7 20.8 74 5.0 22.2 100 10 298.9 301.7 295.4 344.3 15.61 2 950 585 21.7 18.9 84 2.8 19.7 93 15 299.2 301.8 294.7 341.7 14.59 3 900 1053 18.6 16.2 86 2.4 17.0 79 12 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.7 12.95 4 850 1543 16.3 15.7 96 0.6 15.9 86 3 303.3 305.7 295.0 342.8 13.33 5 800 2059 14.3 11.1 81 3.1 12.3 218 2 306.3 308.3 293.8 337.8 10.44 6 750 2602 11.6 9.5 87 2.0 10.3 228 6 309.1 311.0 294.2 339.7 10.03 7 700 3177 8.7 5.7 82 3.0 6.9 242 6 312.1 313.6 293.7 337.5 8.23 8 650 3787 5.3 3.8 90 1.5 4.4 246 11 315.0 316.4 294.1 339.3 7.76 9 600 4438 1.6 0.9 94 0.8 1.2 252 14 318.0 319.3 294.3 339.7 6.81 10 550 5135 -1.9 -3.2 91 1.3 -2.6 259 16 321.8 322.9 294.2 339.6 5.49 11 500 5888 -5.8 -10.9 67 5.1 -8.0 260 18 326.0 326.7 293.6 337.2 3.32 12 450 6707 -9.9 -22.8 34 12.8 -13.9 261 19 330.7 331.0 293.2 335.6 1.36 13 400 7606 -15.3 -22.3 55 7.0 -17.4 257 21 335.2 335.5 294.6 340.9 1.60 14 350 8602 -21.5 -33.9 32 12.3 -24.0 250 18 339.7 339.8 294.8 342.1 0.62 15 300 9721 -29.3 -37.3 46 8.0 -30.6 233 20 344.0 344.1 295.7 346.0 0.52 16 250 10996 -39.3 -53.0 22 13.6 -40.2 215 22 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.0 0.11 17 200 12481 -51.8 -65.6 18 13.7 -52.2 221 23 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.03 18 150 14282 -65.7 -74.1 30 8.4 -65.8 205 25 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16705 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.7 304 4 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.82 m Freezing level: 577.04 mb = 4758.13 m = 15610.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.36 mb = 4649.61 m = 15254.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.09 mb = 731.37 m = 2399.48 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 6.59 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1210.55 m = 3971.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: 0.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.53 mb = 933.27 m = 3061.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.53 mb = 3692.59 m = 12114.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 497.53 mb = 5926.77 m = 19444.53 ft B at Equ Level: 27.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 427.53 mb = 7097.89 m = 23286.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -24.9 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 56.77 m/s