MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 1006 82 22.3 19.4 84 2.9 20.4 49 8 295.0 297.6 293.3 335.8 14.25 1 1000 132 21.8 19.2 85 2.7 20.0 50 10 295.0 297.5 293.2 335.4 14.11 2 950 577 20.6 19.6 94 0.9 19.9 91 27 298.0 300.8 294.9 342.4 15.29 3 900 1045 20.1 17.5 85 2.6 18.3 114 21 302.2 304.8 295.3 343.9 14.13 4 850 1537 17.4 15.9 91 1.5 16.4 86 6 304.3 306.8 295.4 344.6 13.50 5 800 2054 14.8 12.5 86 2.3 13.3 46 4 306.9 309.1 294.7 341.5 11.47 6 750 2598 12.1 7.9 76 4.2 9.5 91 1 309.7 311.4 293.6 337.2 8.97 7 700 3174 9.5 0.5 53 9.0 4.6 208 4 313.0 314.1 291.9 330.8 5.68 8 650 3785 6.3 -2.2 54 8.5 2.0 227 7 316.1 317.1 292.3 332.2 5.03 9 600 4437 2.7 -4.6 58 7.3 -0.9 237 6 319.3 320.1 292.7 333.9 4.52 10 550 5136 -1.3 -10.7 49 9.4 -5.4 261 5 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.8 3.07 11 500 5889 -5.7 -13.2 55 7.5 -8.8 265 9 326.1 326.6 293.2 335.4 2.76 12 450 6708 -10.2 -19.8 45 9.6 -13.4 253 17 330.4 330.7 293.4 336.6 1.77 13 400 7606 -15.4 -29.2 30 13.8 -18.8 246 21 335.0 335.2 293.9 338.2 0.85 14 350 8601 -22.0 -38.7 21 16.7 -24.8 249 22 339.0 339.1 294.4 340.5 0.38 15 300 9716 -30.0 -43.7 25 13.7 -31.7 238 23 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.1 0.26 16 250 10990 -39.5 -43.0 70 3.4 -39.9 220 30 347.3 347.4 296.3 348.7 0.34 17 200 12473 -52.7 -56.3 65 3.6 -52.8 210 30 349.4 349.4 296.6 349.8 0.09 18 150 14267 -66.3 -71.1 51 4.8 -66.4 204 24 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16696 -69.6 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 50 3 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.86 m Freezing level: 566.08 mb = 4911.36 m = 16113.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.98 mb = 4223.12 m = 13855.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.93 mb = 450.62 m = 1478.40 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.29 mb = 1574.08 m = 5164.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: 0.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 30.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3881.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.05 mb = 760.43 m = 2494.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.2 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 163.2 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.9 neg: -53.0 tot: 84.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 27.41 m/s