MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 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 22.7 21.0 90 1.7 21.5 47 8 295.5 298.3 294.5 340.8 15.78 1 1000 122 22.2 20.8 92 1.4 21.2 47 9 295.4 298.2 294.4 340.4 15.66 2 950 567 22.0 20.8 93 1.3 21.2 84 18 299.5 302.5 296.1 347.7 16.47 3 900 1038 20.5 18.9 90 1.6 19.4 88 6 302.7 305.5 296.3 348.5 15.47 4 850 1531 18.1 14.5 80 3.5 15.7 154 1 305.1 307.4 294.8 342.0 12.34 5 800 2048 15.3 12.3 82 3.1 13.3 200 2 307.5 309.6 294.7 341.6 11.28 6 750 2594 12.7 7.3 70 5.4 9.4 218 4 310.3 312.0 293.5 336.7 8.59 7 700 3170 10.0 -0.9 47 10.9 4.2 221 6 313.6 314.5 291.6 329.7 5.12 8 650 3783 6.9 -2.7 50 9.6 1.9 228 9 316.7 317.7 292.3 332.2 4.82 9 600 4436 3.4 -6.4 49 9.8 -1.3 245 9 320.0 320.8 292.5 332.9 3.95 10 550 5137 -0.6 -12.1 41 11.5 -5.4 267 10 323.4 323.9 292.4 332.7 2.76 11 500 5891 -5.3 -17.0 39 11.7 -9.6 259 13 326.6 327.0 292.7 333.5 2.02 12 450 6710 -10.1 -17.4 55 7.4 -12.7 250 19 330.6 331.0 293.9 338.1 2.16 13 400 7609 -15.3 -31.1 25 15.8 -19.0 238 21 335.2 335.3 293.8 337.8 0.72 14 350 8604 -21.9 -34.4 31 12.5 -24.4 243 20 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.59 15 300 9719 -30.3 -44.7 23 14.5 -31.9 235 22 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.24 16 250 10991 -39.5 -43.0 69 3.6 -39.8 224 32 347.4 347.5 296.4 348.8 0.34 17 200 12476 -52.1 -55.8 64 3.7 -52.3 220 33 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.6 0.10 18 150 14274 -66.1 -72.8 39 6.7 -66.1 213 22 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16694 -70.9 -84.9 11 14.0 -70.9 41 1 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.77 m Freezing level: 557.26 mb = 5034.88 m = 16518.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.60 mb = 4160.45 m = 13649.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.07 mb = 296.86 m = 973.94 ft T: 22.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 18.71 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1367.64 m = 4486.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 27.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 89.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.58 mb = 709.65 m = 2328.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.58 mb = 4714.76 m = 15468.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.58 mb = 8403.13 m = 27568.98 ft B at Equ Level: 89.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.58 mb = 11002.52 m = 36097.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 55.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.53 Bulk Shear: 58.63 m/s