MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 33.93,-91.67 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -91.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 51 27.3 19.5 63 7.8 21.9 47 6 299.7 302.3 294.7 341.5 14.31 1 1000 135 27.1 18.1 58 9.0 20.9 48 8 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.8 13.18 2 950 586 22.8 16.7 69 6.1 18.7 54 7 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.7 12.73 3 900 1054 18.5 15.5 82 3.1 16.5 88 3 300.6 302.9 293.6 336.9 12.37 4 850 1542 17.3 -7.4 18 24.7 6.1 291 7 304.3 304.8 286.2 312.4 2.58 5 800 2059 17.1 -25.3 4 42.5 2.9 283 2 309.4 309.5 285.9 311.5 0.61 6 750 2604 13.9 -23.6 6 37.5 1.1 274 6 311.6 311.8 286.8 314.2 0.76 7 700 3181 10.0 -4.1 37 14.0 2.9 255 5 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.4 4.05 8 650 3791 5.2 -7.0 41 12.2 -0.5 251 10 314.8 315.5 290.6 325.9 3.47 9 600 4438 0.3 -6.5 60 6.9 -2.9 270 10 316.5 317.3 291.5 329.1 3.90 10 550 5130 -4.4 -13.7 48 9.3 -8.0 266 10 318.8 319.3 290.8 326.8 2.40 11 500 5873 -8.8 -25.5 25 16.7 -13.4 279 7 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.6 0.96 12 450 6682 -12.8 -28.2 26 15.4 -16.7 270 11 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.1 0.83 13 400 7573 -16.9 -31.2 28 14.3 -20.1 290 19 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.6 0.71 14 350 8562 -23.7 -33.3 41 9.7 -25.5 259 16 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.4 0.66 15 300 9670 -32.3 -36.3 67 4.1 -32.9 261 29 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.1 0.57 16 250 10927 -42.9 -47.1 64 4.1 -43.2 265 36 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.1 0.22 17 200 12401 -49.9 -74.8 4 24.9 -50.4 288 37 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14227 -58.9 -76.8 8 17.9 -59.2 287 21 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16710 -67.8 -84.5 8 16.7 -67.9 110 6 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.97 m Freezing level: 596.35 mb = 4488.38 m = 14725.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.34 mb = 3698.25 m = 12133.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.61 mb = 1038.69 m = 3407.75 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 29.95 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2729.06 m = 8953.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.75 C = 103.55 F Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: 11.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 1.47 C K Index: 4.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 21.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 300.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.69 mb = 1327.09 m = 4353.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.69 mb = 4348.22 m = 14265.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 436.69 mb = 6908.98 m = 22666.97 ft B at Equ Level: 76.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 366.69 mb = 8217.00 m = 26958.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: -18.1 tot: -2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.49 Bulk Shear: 22.59 m/s