MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 28.19,-89.86 Latitude: 28.19 Longitude: -89.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 -0 28.2 24.0 78 4.2 25.1 209 5 300.2 303.6 297.8 355.5 18.83 1 1000 115 26.9 23.2 80 3.7 24.2 209 6 300.0 303.4 297.4 353.3 18.17 2 950 568 22.5 22.0 97 0.5 22.1 207 5 300.0 303.3 297.1 352.1 17.75 3 900 1039 20.7 16.0 74 4.8 17.5 75 8 302.9 305.2 294.5 340.7 12.78 4 850 1531 17.8 10.4 62 7.4 13.1 107 7 304.8 306.5 292.5 332.8 9.36 5 800 2048 16.1 -3.1 26 19.3 6.5 186 5 308.4 309.1 288.8 320.2 3.79 6 750 2593 12.9 -0.5 40 13.3 5.8 214 7 310.5 311.5 290.5 325.9 4.92 7 700 3168 9.4 1.8 59 7.6 5.2 208 10 312.9 314.1 292.4 332.4 6.24 8 650 3780 6.0 0.2 66 5.8 2.8 197 11 315.7 316.9 293.0 334.7 5.99 9 600 4431 2.0 -0.2 86 2.1 0.8 204 9 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.6 6.32 10 550 5129 -1.6 -6.3 70 4.7 -3.9 210 6 322.1 323.0 293.4 336.3 4.33 11 500 5881 -6.2 -10.7 70 4.5 -8.1 201 3 325.5 326.2 293.5 336.8 3.38 12 450 6699 -10.5 -21.9 39 11.4 -14.1 242 5 330.0 330.3 293.1 335.2 1.47 13 400 7595 -16.0 -32.3 23 16.3 -19.6 263 6 334.1 334.3 293.4 336.5 0.63 14 350 8586 -23.1 -34.8 34 11.6 -25.3 182 5 337.5 337.7 294.3 339.7 0.57 15 300 9696 -30.8 -41.4 35 10.6 -32.2 84 11 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.2 0.34 16 250 10965 -41.0 -51.8 30 10.8 -41.8 110 18 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.6 0.13 17 200 12439 -52.8 -66.3 18 13.4 -53.1 93 18 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14237 -65.8 -73.0 36 7.2 -65.9 82 16 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16668 -70.7 -82.1 17 11.4 -70.7 75 15 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.18 m Freezing level: 572.92 mb = 4808.96 m = 15777.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.66 mb = 4543.13 m = 14905.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.90 % Est. max temperature: 32.25 C = 90.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.63 mb = 534.73 m = 1754.34 ft T: 22.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 35.24 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 1065.55 m = 3495.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.77 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: 3.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 16.59 C K Index: 26.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1075.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.11 mb = 743.41 m = 2438.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.11 mb = 1469.78 m = 4822.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.11 mb = 1774.46 m = 5821.63 ft B at Equ Level: 8.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.11 mb = 16312.13 m = 53516.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -21.0 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1316.46 Bulk Shear: 0.82 m/s