MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 21.2 20.1 94 1.0 20.5 55 4 293.8 296.5 293.4 336.3 14.91 1 1000 136 20.6 19.7 95 0.9 20.0 57 5 293.7 296.4 293.2 335.4 14.63 2 950 581 21.5 21.5 100 -0.0 21.5 137 16 299.0 302.1 296.4 349.2 17.24 3 900 1050 19.3 19.3 100 -0.0 19.4 177 8 301.4 304.3 296.3 348.2 15.89 4 850 1541 17.0 15.7 92 1.3 16.1 172 8 304.0 306.5 295.2 343.7 13.34 5 800 2058 14.6 13.5 93 1.2 13.8 198 10 306.7 309.0 295.1 343.5 12.22 6 750 2602 11.7 9.7 88 2.0 10.4 223 10 309.3 311.2 294.4 340.2 10.15 7 700 3179 9.4 1.0 56 8.4 4.8 214 10 312.9 314.0 292.1 331.4 5.90 8 650 3789 6.0 -5.5 43 11.5 0.4 228 11 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.2 3.90 9 600 4440 2.0 -3.2 68 5.2 -0.6 232 12 318.4 319.4 293.0 334.6 5.04 10 550 5137 -2.6 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.6 224 12 321.0 322.0 293.6 337.1 4.97 11 500 5887 -6.7 -11.9 66 5.3 -8.8 211 10 324.9 325.5 293.1 335.2 3.06 12 450 6703 -10.8 -19.6 49 8.7 -13.7 206 12 329.6 330.0 293.3 335.9 1.80 13 400 7599 -16.1 -29.1 32 13.0 -19.3 209 12 334.1 334.3 293.6 337.3 0.86 14 350 8590 -23.0 -33.5 38 10.4 -25.1 200 14 337.7 337.8 294.4 340.1 0.65 15 300 9703 -30.1 -43.0 27 12.9 -31.7 204 20 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.1 0.28 16 250 10975 -40.0 -45.1 58 5.0 -40.5 187 24 346.5 346.6 296.1 347.6 0.27 17 200 12455 -52.5 -57.5 55 5.0 -52.7 187 34 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.08 18 150 14249 -66.4 -75.2 28 8.8 -66.5 209 21 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16693 -68.5 -85.4 7 16.9 -68.5 98 8 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.96 m Freezing level: 578.36 mb = 4741.51 m = 15555.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.62 mb = 4048.37 m = 13281.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.45 mb = 210.54 m = 690.73 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 136.07 m = 446.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.89 C = 71.40 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 240.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.51 mb = 558.06 m = 1830.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.51 mb = 2517.69 m = 8260.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.51 mb = 2856.26 m = 9370.83 ft B at Equ Level: 30.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.51 mb = 12210.72 m = 40060.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.2 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 236.2 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.5 neg: -3.8 tot: 95.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 8.88 Bulk Shear: 27.12 m/s