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: 32.33,-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 1005 82 23.6 21.5 88 2.0 22.1 49 10 296.3 299.3 295.1 343.3 16.30 1 1000 122 22.8 21.1 91 1.6 21.6 49 10 295.9 298.8 294.8 341.9 15.99 2 950 568 22.0 21.1 95 0.8 21.3 100 18 299.5 302.5 296.3 348.6 16.82 3 900 1038 20.0 19.3 96 0.7 19.5 88 6 302.1 305.1 296.4 348.9 15.84 4 850 1530 17.5 15.6 89 1.9 16.2 183 2 304.5 306.9 295.3 343.9 13.23 5 800 2047 14.9 12.2 84 2.7 13.1 231 3 307.1 309.2 294.6 341.0 11.24 6 750 2592 12.5 7.9 74 4.5 9.7 242 5 310.1 311.8 293.7 337.6 8.98 7 700 3168 9.9 0.9 54 9.0 5.0 235 7 313.5 314.6 292.2 331.9 5.86 8 650 3781 6.9 -3.3 48 10.3 1.7 234 9 316.8 317.7 292.2 331.6 4.61 9 600 4434 3.4 -6.7 48 10.1 -1.4 249 9 320.1 320.8 292.4 332.7 3.87 10 550 5135 -0.7 -12.6 40 11.9 -5.6 267 10 323.3 323.8 292.3 332.1 2.64 11 500 5889 -5.3 -15.5 45 10.1 -9.2 262 13 326.5 327.0 292.9 334.4 2.29 12 450 6708 -10.2 -14.0 74 3.8 -11.7 249 18 330.4 330.9 294.4 340.2 2.87 13 400 7607 -15.3 -28.9 30 13.7 -18.7 239 21 335.2 335.3 293.9 338.4 0.88 14 350 8603 -21.7 -39.0 19 17.3 -24.6 247 20 339.4 339.5 294.6 340.9 0.37 15 300 9718 -30.0 -44.5 23 14.4 -31.7 236 21 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.0 0.24 16 250 10991 -39.4 -44.3 59 4.9 -39.8 222 35 347.5 347.6 296.4 348.7 0.30 17 200 12476 -52.1 -57.0 55 4.9 -52.3 223 35 350.2 350.3 296.8 350.6 0.09 18 150 14277 -65.6 -76.9 19 11.3 -65.7 224 19 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16698 -71.2 -84.8 12 13.5 -71.3 144 2 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.47 m Freezing level: 558.23 mb = 5019.69 m = 16468.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.32 mb = 4136.32 m = 13570.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.47 mb = 337.79 m = 1108.23 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 17.33 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1097.75 m = 3601.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 29.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 162.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.18 mb = 667.39 m = 2189.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.18 mb = 4112.00 m = 13490.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.18 mb = 9618.19 m = 31555.34 ft B at Equ Level: 161.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.18 mb = 12338.61 m = 40480.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.0 neg: -12.6 tot: 63.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2.61 Bulk Shear: 62.16 m/s