MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 21.0 18.8 87 2.2 19.5 51 8 293.7 296.2 292.5 332.9 13.74 1 1000 130 20.6 18.7 89 1.9 19.3 52 10 293.7 296.2 292.4 332.7 13.67 2 950 574 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 19.9 102 26 297.7 300.5 294.9 342.5 15.44 3 900 1041 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.5 125 16 300.6 303.3 295.4 344.5 14.96 4 850 1533 17.6 15.2 86 2.4 16.0 101 8 304.6 307.0 295.0 343.0 12.88 5 800 2050 15.3 12.7 85 2.5 13.6 56 4 307.4 309.6 294.9 342.5 11.62 6 750 2596 12.8 6.2 64 6.6 8.9 126 1 310.5 312.0 293.0 335.0 7.97 7 700 3172 9.9 1.2 55 8.7 5.1 212 4 313.5 314.6 292.3 332.3 5.99 8 650 3785 6.5 -1.0 59 7.5 2.5 223 6 316.4 317.4 292.7 333.8 5.47 9 600 4437 2.8 -4.2 60 7.0 -0.7 242 6 319.4 320.3 292.9 334.5 4.67 10 550 5136 -1.3 -10.4 50 9.0 -5.3 243 4 322.5 323.1 292.5 333.0 3.15 11 500 5889 -5.7 -14.0 52 8.2 -9.0 268 9 326.1 326.6 293.0 334.9 2.60 12 450 6708 -10.1 -19.8 45 9.7 -13.4 251 16 330.5 330.8 293.5 336.7 1.77 13 400 7606 -15.3 -31.3 24 16.1 -19.0 249 20 335.2 335.3 293.8 337.8 0.70 14 350 8602 -21.7 -36.5 25 14.8 -24.4 250 22 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.4 0.48 15 300 9719 -29.9 -43.1 26 13.3 -31.5 239 23 343.3 343.3 295.4 344.4 0.28 16 250 10992 -39.8 -45.5 54 5.7 -40.2 223 33 347.0 347.0 296.2 348.0 0.26 17 200 12474 -52.7 -56.7 62 4.0 -52.8 215 30 349.4 349.4 296.6 349.8 0.09 18 150 14270 -66.0 -72.4 40 6.4 -66.0 213 25 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16703 -68.8 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.9 37 5 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.85 m Freezing level: 566.11 mb = 4911.13 m = 16112.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.60 mb = 4294.60 m = 14089.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.82 mb = 359.82 m = 1180.48 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 12.23 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1631.66 m = 5353.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.48 C = 90.47 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.23 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 29.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3970.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.15 mb = 636.36 m = 2087.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.1 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 176.1 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.0 neg: -40.6 tot: 90.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 28.12 m/s