MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 20.5 18.9 91 1.6 19.5 51 5 293.3 295.7 292.4 332.6 13.83 1 1000 125 20.1 18.6 91 1.5 19.1 53 6 293.3 295.7 292.3 332.1 13.63 2 950 569 21.5 21.5 100 -0.0 21.5 107 22 299.0 302.1 296.5 349.3 17.26 3 900 1039 20.0 19.8 99 0.2 19.9 140 24 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.6 16.39 4 850 1531 17.1 16.7 97 0.4 16.8 155 16 304.1 306.7 295.8 346.3 14.19 5 800 2047 14.0 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 153 9 306.1 308.4 295.1 343.3 12.40 6 750 2591 12.3 8.2 76 4.2 9.7 169 7 310.0 311.7 293.8 337.9 9.12 7 700 3168 9.9 3.5 65 6.3 6.2 200 10 313.4 314.8 293.2 335.5 7.07 8 650 3781 6.4 0.9 68 5.5 3.3 207 12 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.0 6.27 9 600 4433 2.6 -3.9 62 6.5 -0.7 216 12 319.1 320.1 292.9 334.6 4.77 10 550 5131 -1.4 -10.6 50 9.2 -5.4 221 11 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.8 3.11 11 500 5884 -6.0 -16.2 44 10.3 -9.8 229 11 325.8 326.2 292.6 333.1 2.15 12 450 6701 -10.5 -28.5 21 17.9 -15.2 239 12 330.0 330.1 292.5 332.9 0.81 13 400 7596 -16.4 -40.3 11 23.9 -20.5 254 11 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.29 14 350 8587 -22.8 -36.4 28 13.5 -25.2 242 15 338.0 338.1 294.3 339.8 0.49 15 300 9701 -30.0 -42.8 28 12.7 -31.6 235 24 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.2 0.29 16 250 10976 -39.5 -53.0 22 13.6 -40.4 236 27 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.9 0.11 17 200 12458 -52.1 -60.0 38 7.9 -52.4 212 29 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.06 18 150 14256 -66.1 -73.7 34 7.6 -66.1 226 24 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16689 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.8 53 9 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.21 m Freezing level: 567.33 mb = 4889.09 m = 16040.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.58 mb = 4316.93 m = 14162.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.18 mb = 280.53 m = 920.37 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 124.70 m = 409.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.62 C = 70.92 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 33.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.73 mb = 580.71 m = 1905.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.73 mb = 2007.32 m = 6585.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 783.73 mb = 2220.21 m = 7284.08 ft B at Equ Level: 33.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 253.73 mb = 10871.91 m = 35668.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 206.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.9 neg: -17.5 tot: 169.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 3.74 Bulk Shear: 37.34 m/s