MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 20.1 19.4 95 0.8 19.6 61 5 292.9 295.4 292.6 333.2 14.20 1 1000 126 19.7 19.1 96 0.6 19.3 63 6 292.9 295.4 292.4 332.8 14.04 2 950 570 21.4 21.4 100 -0.0 21.5 124 25 298.9 302.0 296.4 348.9 17.16 3 900 1039 19.7 19.3 98 0.4 19.5 164 15 301.8 304.7 296.3 348.7 15.90 4 850 1531 16.8 16.7 100 0.0 16.8 166 12 303.7 306.3 295.7 346.1 14.26 5 800 2048 14.8 13.5 92 1.3 13.9 178 8 306.9 309.2 295.2 343.8 12.24 6 750 2593 12.1 10.8 92 1.3 11.3 183 11 309.7 311.8 295.0 343.1 10.92 7 700 3169 9.7 3.6 66 6.1 6.2 217 12 313.2 314.6 293.2 335.3 7.10 8 650 3781 6.3 -3.1 51 9.4 1.5 221 15 316.1 317.0 292.0 331.1 4.70 9 600 4433 2.5 -7.3 48 9.8 -2.1 225 13 319.0 319.7 292.0 331.0 3.68 10 550 5131 -1.7 -10.0 53 8.3 -5.3 220 11 322.1 322.7 292.5 332.8 3.25 11 500 5883 -6.3 -12.6 61 6.3 -8.9 223 10 325.3 325.9 293.1 335.1 2.90 12 450 6699 -10.5 -27.7 23 17.2 -15.1 224 10 330.0 330.1 292.6 333.1 0.87 13 400 7596 -15.9 -48.2 4 32.2 -20.5 236 9 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.12 14 350 8587 -22.9 -34.4 34 11.4 -25.1 229 13 337.8 337.9 294.3 340.1 0.59 15 300 9700 -30.3 -42.9 28 12.5 -31.9 231 19 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.8 0.29 16 250 10973 -39.7 -50.7 30 10.9 -40.5 235 28 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.6 0.15 17 200 12454 -52.2 -55.8 65 3.6 -52.4 219 26 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.5 0.10 18 150 14249 -66.4 -75.3 28 8.9 -66.4 215 22 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16680 -69.9 -85.1 9 15.2 -70.0 85 10 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.74 m Freezing level: 570.18 mb = 4849.10 m = 15908.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.59 mb = 4053.93 m = 13300.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.02 mb = 177.86 m = 583.53 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 17.88 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 125.88 m = 412.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.60 C = 70.87 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 33.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.50 mb = 556.71 m = 1826.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.50 mb = 4212.01 m = 13818.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.50 mb = 8659.90 m = 28411.40 ft B at Equ Level: 121.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.50 mb = 10793.60 m = 35411.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.4 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 222.4 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.0 neg: -9.4 tot: 178.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.83 Bulk Shear: 42.93 m/s