MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 20.9 18.8 88 2.1 19.5 53 7 293.6 296.0 292.4 332.6 13.67 1 1000 129 20.3 18.6 90 1.7 19.2 54 8 293.4 295.9 292.3 332.3 13.63 2 950 572 20.5 19.4 94 1.1 19.7 109 24 298.0 300.7 294.7 341.7 15.09 3 900 1040 18.9 18.9 100 0.0 18.9 126 20 301.0 303.8 295.8 346.2 15.40 4 850 1531 17.4 15.5 89 1.9 16.1 118 11 304.4 306.8 295.2 343.6 13.17 5 800 2048 15.2 12.6 84 2.7 13.5 106 4 307.4 309.5 294.8 342.2 11.52 6 750 2594 12.8 6.3 65 6.4 8.9 190 2 310.4 311.9 293.1 335.1 8.03 7 700 3170 10.0 0.2 50 9.8 4.7 221 6 313.6 314.6 292.0 331.1 5.55 8 650 3783 6.6 -1.1 58 7.7 2.5 233 10 316.4 317.5 292.7 333.7 5.42 9 600 4435 2.7 -1.3 75 4.0 0.5 242 8 319.2 320.4 293.8 337.9 5.81 10 550 5135 -1.0 -9.5 52 8.5 -4.8 244 6 322.8 323.5 292.8 334.0 3.37 11 500 5889 -5.6 -12.7 57 7.1 -8.5 260 11 326.2 326.8 293.3 336.0 2.89 12 450 6708 -9.8 -22.8 34 13.0 -13.8 248 17 331.0 331.2 293.3 335.8 1.36 13 400 7607 -15.3 -29.6 28 14.4 -18.7 250 21 335.2 335.3 293.9 338.2 0.82 14 350 8603 -21.7 -35.4 28 13.7 -24.3 248 21 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.5 0.54 15 300 9720 -30.0 -37.3 49 7.2 -31.2 242 22 343.0 343.1 295.5 345.0 0.52 16 250 10992 -39.8 -46.0 52 6.2 -40.3 230 32 346.9 347.0 296.2 348.0 0.25 17 200 12475 -52.6 -56.4 63 3.8 -52.7 214 31 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.9 0.09 18 150 14274 -65.2 -72.9 34 7.7 -65.3 216 24 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16705 -69.5 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 40 7 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.99 m Freezing level: 564.01 mb = 4938.84 m = 16203.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.93 mb = 4503.70 m = 14775.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.81 mb = 349.21 m = 1145.69 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1589.85 m = 5215.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 28.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4279.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.32 mb = 660.83 m = 2168.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.6 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 203.6 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -47.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.7 neg: -43.6 tot: 90.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 35.83 m/s