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: 32.33,-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 1006 82 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 19.9 65 4 293.0 295.6 292.9 334.3 14.56 1 1000 133 19.8 19.4 98 0.4 19.5 68 4 292.9 295.5 292.7 333.6 14.32 2 950 578 21.4 21.4 100 -0.0 21.4 130 20 298.9 302.0 296.4 348.8 17.13 3 900 1047 19.1 19.1 100 0.0 19.1 158 13 301.2 304.0 296.0 347.1 15.63 4 850 1539 17.0 16.4 96 0.6 16.6 179 11 303.9 306.5 295.6 345.4 13.94 5 800 2055 14.5 14.5 100 0.0 14.5 172 8 306.6 309.0 295.7 345.9 13.07 6 750 2600 12.4 9.0 80 3.4 10.3 198 11 310.0 311.8 294.2 339.5 9.65 7 700 3176 9.1 6.0 81 3.1 7.2 204 10 312.5 314.1 294.0 338.5 8.40 8 650 3787 6.1 -3.8 49 9.9 1.1 222 12 315.9 316.7 291.7 330.1 4.45 9 600 4438 1.8 -2.2 75 4.0 -0.3 232 12 318.2 319.3 293.2 335.7 5.44 10 550 5135 -2.3 -7.4 68 5.1 -4.7 227 12 321.3 322.1 292.9 334.4 3.99 11 500 5886 -6.4 -13.7 56 7.3 -9.3 221 10 325.2 325.7 292.9 334.2 2.65 12 450 6702 -10.6 -25.1 29 14.5 -14.7 215 11 329.8 330.1 292.7 333.8 1.10 13 400 7599 -15.8 -37.9 13 22.0 -20.0 212 9 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.8 0.37 14 350 8591 -22.8 -36.2 28 13.4 -25.2 210 13 338.0 338.1 294.3 339.9 0.50 15 300 9704 -30.2 -42.0 31 11.8 -31.7 215 21 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.0 0.32 16 250 10976 -40.0 -48.1 41 8.2 -40.6 209 21 346.7 346.7 296.1 347.5 0.20 17 200 12456 -52.5 -59.2 44 6.7 -52.8 194 32 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.07 18 150 14250 -66.7 -71.3 52 4.6 -66.8 210 21 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16682 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 75 8 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.75 m Freezing level: 578.09 mb = 4743.64 m = 15562.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.71 mb = 4307.62 m = 14132.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.25 mb = 148.56 m = 487.40 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 15.79 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 133.38 m = 437.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.67 C = 71.00 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 36.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 140.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.23 mb = 539.78 m = 1770.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.23 mb = 3923.32 m = 12871.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 399.23 mb = 7613.19 m = 24977.35 ft B at Equ Level: 140.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.23 mb = 10996.13 m = 36076.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.5 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 226.5 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.1 neg: -4.9 tot: 113.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 5.11 Bulk Shear: 27.53 m/s