MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.13,-81.7 Latitude: 32.13 Longitude: -81.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 30 23.4 22.3 93 1.1 22.6 65 3 295.4 298.5 295.3 344.1 16.94 1 1000 147 22.5 21.8 96 0.7 22.0 64 7 295.6 298.6 295.1 343.4 16.63 2 950 595 20.8 20.8 100 -0.0 20.8 89 19 298.3 301.3 295.8 346.3 16.52 3 900 1062 18.6 18.6 100 -0.0 18.7 124 17 300.7 303.5 295.6 345.2 15.18 4 850 1553 16.6 16.1 96 0.6 16.3 130 13 303.6 306.1 295.3 344.0 13.63 5 800 2068 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 159 11 305.7 308.0 294.8 342.3 12.19 6 750 2611 11.0 10.9 100 0.1 10.9 135 12 308.5 310.6 294.8 341.9 11.00 7 700 3185 8.0 7.6 97 0.4 7.8 165 8 311.4 313.2 294.4 340.4 9.42 8 650 3794 4.9 4.8 99 0.1 4.8 201 6 314.5 316.1 294.4 340.4 8.31 9 600 4444 1.1 1.1 100 0.0 1.1 264 8 317.4 318.8 294.2 339.4 6.93 10 550 5139 -2.5 -2.6 99 0.1 -2.6 252 5 321.1 322.3 294.3 339.8 5.77 11 500 5891 -6.3 -6.7 97 0.5 -6.5 219 9 325.4 326.3 294.5 340.7 4.63 12 450 6711 -10.2 -10.9 95 0.7 -10.5 215 12 330.4 331.2 295.1 343.1 3.71 13 400 7610 -15.5 -16.6 91 1.2 -15.9 208 14 334.9 335.4 295.3 344.0 2.60 14 350 8604 -21.9 -23.9 84 2.0 -22.5 199 13 339.2 339.5 295.5 345.0 1.58 15 300 9722 -29.9 -33.9 68 4.0 -30.6 199 11 343.2 343.4 295.7 346.0 0.73 16 250 10992 -40.4 -43.6 71 3.2 -40.6 180 15 346.1 346.1 296.0 347.3 0.32 17 200 12471 -53.0 -56.8 63 3.8 -53.2 189 21 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.09 18 150 14261 -66.5 -72.4 43 6.0 -66.5 240 15 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16682 -69.3 -79.4 22 10.0 -69.4 61 9 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.65 m Freezing level: 584.28 mb = 4662.62 m = 15297.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.65 mb = 4651.02 m = 15259.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.27 mb = 170.39 m = 559.00 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 5.93 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 947.27 mb = 619.84 m = 2033.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.55 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 270.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 959.07 mb = 511.83 m = 1679.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.07 mb = 1023.15 m = 3356.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.07 mb = 1215.36 m = 3987.35 ft B at Equ Level: 18.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.07 mb = 12657.71 m = 41527.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.8 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 182.8 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.3 neg: -6.9 tot: 97.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 12.51 Bulk Shear: 21.59 m/s